{"id":110345,"date":"2020-03-13T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/?p=133087"},"modified":"2020-03-13T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T19:00:00","slug":"assetto-corsa-competizione-is-racing-to-xbox-one-this-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/03\/13\/assetto-corsa-competizione-is-racing-to-xbox-one-this-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Assetto Corsa Competizione is Racing to Xbox One This June"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/ACC-Main-HighRes_Hero-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C675\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-social --> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-main entry-main--post entry-main--post-no-sidebar\">\n<p>Today we<br \/>\nbring the news so many sim racers have been waiting for! We\u2019re thrilled to<br \/>\nannounce that <strong><em>Assetto Corsa Competizione<\/em><\/strong>, the Official GT World Challenge<br \/>\ngame, will launch on Xbox One June 23. <\/p>\n<p>The road to<br \/>\nget here has been incredibly exciting for everyone at 505 Games and Kunos Simulazioni<br \/>\nand we can\u2019t wait to bring <em>ACC<\/em> to Xbox One later this year. In the<br \/>\nmeantime, let me tell you more about what to expect\u2026 <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-01-15-11.09.07-1.jpg?w=940\" alt=\"Assetto Corsa Competizione\" class=\"wp-image-133098\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The Official<br \/>\nGt Challenge Series Game<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As mentioned,<br \/>\n<em>Assetto Corsa Competizione<\/em> is the Official GT World Challenge game,<br \/>\ngiving players the opportunity to experience the real atmosphere of the GT3<br \/>\nchampionship with manufacturers such as Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren, Lamborghini,<br \/>\nand Porsche. Featuring official cars, tracks, drivers and teams, our players<br \/>\nwill be able to jump into Sprint and Endurance races, as well as the iconic Spa<br \/>\n24hr race, in both single and multiplayer modes.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><strong>Laserscan<br \/>\nTechnology&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Assetto Corsa<br \/>\nCompetizione<\/em> features<br \/>\nsome of the most well-known circuits on the planet, brought to life through<br \/>\nLaserscan technology. This tech enables our dev team to recreate circuits with<br \/>\nthe highest level of accuracy, so expect to feel every bump and kerb on track<br \/>\nthat you would in the cockpit of a real car. Those that know Kunos Simulazioni<br \/>\nknow that this dev team is all about attention to detail, so tracks such as<br \/>\nSilverstone, Monza, Spa-Francorchamps and the N\u00fcrburgring are going to be real fun<br \/>\nto race on.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-2020-01-15-11.06.11-1.jpg?w=940\" alt=\"Assetto Corsa Competizione\" class=\"wp-image-133096\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Realism<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>ACC<\/em> takes full advantage of Unreal Engine 4,<br \/>\nbringing day and night races, photorealistic weather conditions and graphics,<br \/>\nmotion capture animations, improved tyre and aerodynamic models and more to<br \/>\ngame. The level of immersion you\u2019ll experience from a driver\u2019s perspective is<br \/>\nincredible. In fact, we\u2019ve already seen GT World Challenge drivers jump on the<br \/>\nPC edition of <em>ACC<\/em>, which is surreal to see. If anything, this is solid<br \/>\nproof that Kunos developed something very close to the real-life experience. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Intercontinental<br \/>\nGT Pack DLC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players who<br \/>\ndecide to pre-order <em>Assetto Corsa Competizione<\/em> will receive free access<br \/>\nto the Intercontinental GT Pack DLC at launch, which features four of the most<br \/>\niconic international circuits from around the world: Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit<br \/>\n(South Africa), Suzuka Circuit (Japan), Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca (United<br \/>\nStates), and Mount Panorama Circuit (New South Wales Australia). What\u2019s more,<br \/>\nthis DLC will come with over 45 new car liveries, 30 new teams and 50 new<br \/>\ndrivers, along with all-new game modes from the Intercontinental GT Challenge,<br \/>\npowered by Pirelli. (There\u2019s a lot to be excited about here!) <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/ss_f6386517ca3c36efb1c667fde765fe7e463f4837.1920x1080-1.jpg?w=940\" alt=\"Assetto Corsa Competizione\" class=\"wp-image-133099\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>For those who<br \/>\ndon\u2019t want to pre-order, don\u2019t worry! The Intercontinental GT Pack comes to<br \/>\nXbox One this Summer as a standalone paid DLC. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Race to The<br \/>\nFinish Line<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over the<br \/>\ncoming weeks, we\u2019ll be giving our community more info on the console edition of<br \/>\nAssetto Corsa Competizione over on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/AC_assettocorsa\">official AC<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/505_Games\">505 Games<\/a> Twitter channels. Today<br \/>\nhas been super exciting for the team and as a Community Manager, it\u2019s awesome<br \/>\nto finally be able to talk about today\u2019s announcement. We\u2019ve seen the console<br \/>\nquestion asked so many times so it\u2019s nice to finally be able to say yes, <em>ACC<\/em><br \/>\nis coming to Xbox One June 23! See you trackside!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .main-content --> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we bring the news so many sim racers have been waiting for! We\u2019re thrilled to announce that Assetto Corsa Competizione, the Official GT World Challenge game, will launch on Xbox One June 23. The road to get here has been incredibly exciting for everyone at 505 Games and Kunos Simulazioni and we can\u2019t wait [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-xbox-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}