Assetto Corsa Competizione is one of the most beloved sim titles around. First dropped in early access back in 2018, the GT specialist took some time to grow into a spectacular sim but it got there by the time console versions came online in 2020.
As both an accessible and accurate simulator, ACC has garnered a lot of love from new players and a dedicated league racing community. However, after a long time it is seemingly entering an end phase as attention from its publishers turns to Assetto Corsa Evo and things have started to go wrong.
Esports drivers often have a different feel for racing than us mere mortals, but they are a good gauge of how a title is behaving under the hood. Daire McCormack, one of the most prolific GT3 esports drivers around, has finally come out and given voice to concerns that have been floating around the ACC community for a while now.
Daire isn't the only one to speak up about ACC's problems, but he is the loudest and the one most likely to be listened too.
In his tweet on September 23 he goes on to say:
ACC continues to have a dedicated community, but its monthly peak player count on Steam is starting to slip away.
Other titles like iRacing and Le Mans Ultimate offer stellar physics and roadmaps for the future while ACC very much heading toward its end game as Kunos shift focus to Assetto Corsa Evo's impending launch.
Fans are desperate to see ACC roll back to version 1.7 or 1.8 when the cars felt more realistic and there were fewer balance issues or "meta" settings.
It seems unlikely to happen though.