ACC Playercount Round-up: December 2020
At the time of writing, it’s January 2nd (happy New Year, I guess!). This means another month has passed, and it is time to see how the playercounts for Assetto Corsa Competizione developed in December. After last month’s round-up wherein I summarized five months, I’m back to my regular schedule again. Keep in mind: this will only be a retrospective for December. I will write a full year review of the numbers in the following days. Stay tuned for that one! In this article I will analyze the playercounts from...
Enhanced Diecast: Hot Wheels 1:64 Ford GT40
A couple of weeks ago, I decided to ‘upgrade’ a Bentley Continental GT3 with some leftover paints I had lying around. When I ordered the Bentley, a different car also caught my eye: a diecast GT40 MK1 in Gulf livery. Being the racing fan that I am, I couldn’t miss the opportunity to also own a piece of racing history. While the two arrived simultaneously, I wanted to try the Bentley first since it seemed like a less difficult job. During that first enhancement, I learned a couple of things....
Wallpapers pt. 4: Five more ACC-screenshots enhanced!
It’s been a while since I did one of my screenshot collections. While there was a time earlier this year I kept hammering out editted screenshots (part 1, part 2 and part 3), I didn’t stop making them. They were just less frequent. Now though, I’ve collected five more enhanced wallpapers I find worthy of posting the before and after edits of. Clicking the before and after links below the pictures opens the high-res, Imgur-hosted versions. I hope you like them! Battle at Misano This one is taken from one...
New hobby: improving Diecasts with a bit of paint.
Back in April, in the heights of the first lockdown, a video was suggested to my Youtube-feed. Little did I know that it would lead me down a rabbit hole, resulting in me eventually buying and painting a Hot Wheels diecast. The video in question was a video by the youtube channel 3DBotmaker, a channel previously focussed on creating 3D-printed tracks that pivoted their content into using those tracks to do actual races with commentary. Honestly, while a bit nerdy, it provides great entertainment. Some of the ‘drivers’ have whole...
How to optimise your starts in ACC to jump the competition
You’ve probably had this happen at least once: you did everything right at the start, yet the person behind you is already ahead after not even a hundred meters into the race. There’s two options: he’s cheating (highly unlikely), or your starts aren’t as good as you think they are. I personally thought that ACC’s starting procedure was clear as day, but with nearly 1200 hours ingame my experience is not your average player’s. This thread on the ACC subreddit made it clear to me many people are struggling to...
The Privateer’s Pitbox wants your input!
Our new simracing-community, The Privateer’s Pitbox, is eagerly awaiting the moment Simracing.GP to leave its beta-phase so we can start organising our first league. Since our community is important to us, we’d like your input on the specifics of our first league. To gather your input, I’ve set up a google forms survey, so you can let us know your preferences. The form requires you to log into your google account. This is not for me to acquire your emailadresses (I have turned that option off). This is so you...
The case for a new ‘Versatility Rating’ in Assetto Corsa Competizione
In my preferred community (MrGit’s discord), there is a common complaint when it comes to multiplayer racing. This complaint is not unique to ACC. It was prevalent in Assetto Corsa and probably in games such as rFactor and Raceroom as well. If you think about it, is a logical consequence of having dedicated servers. What is this problem you ask? Well, it is the lack of people racing in varied conditions on diverse tracks. We’ve all seen the popularity of Monza servers. You might even have entered a server with...
Design: Running is in my sole
Before I talk about the design above, I have to tell you a little story. Scroll down if you want to go directly to the designs! Last monday, I ran a personal record on the half-marathon distance (21.093 meters). I obliterated my previous best (1:55:06) by over six minutes (1:48:56). I wasn’t planning on doing a record attempt. No. I was doing a testrun preparing for a record attempt which was at the time (and still is now) a couple of weeks ahead. I had been slowly building my pace...
ACC Playercount Round up/Catch up: July – Nov 2020
Earlier this year, I wrote articles detailing the playercounts of Assetto Corsa Competizione. Due to a variety of reasons (limited time being the primary) I stopped writing those. However, I never really abandoned the thought of diving into the playercounts of Assetto Corsa Competizione to try and discern trends, whether positive or negative. So here we are with a round-up of five months. July, August, September, October and November. If you feel the need to catch up, this is where I left off: June’s round-up. In this article I will...
Lexus RC F GT3: Full custom ACC Livery-design.
There’s been a way to make fully custom liveries for ACC ever since the first lockdown, when the templates were leaked. I dabbled with creating some liveries, but never really took a deep dive into it. Partly because of a lack of time, and partly because I had no reason to make a fully custom livery. Now though, I’ve been adopted into a tiny (~5-person strong) Dutch ACC community/team. This finally gave me a reason to create a fully custom livery, to contribute to the team cohesion. For an upcoming...
