It wasn’t a big announcement. There was no cinematic trailer, no countdown on an official website. Just a notification. A quick message on Discord. And yet, there it was: version 0.2 of Assetto Corsa Evo had arrived. Quietly. Without ceremony.
At first, I felt confused. After two months of silence, you expect something more substantial, more… justified. But, as often happens in video games —and in life— what truly matters doesn’t always arrive with fireworks. Sometimes, it comes slowly, almost on tiptoe.
New cars, some familiar, others carrying unexpected emotional weight. Yes, nothing we hadn’t seen before. Many assets brought over from previous titles. But does that make them any less valuable?
I don’t think so.
Because what this update brings is not raw power, but intention. The intention to build, to evolve, to keep adding pieces —even small ones— to the larger puzzle this simulator will become once it’s complete.
Could it have been communicated better? Without a doubt. Does it feel a bit light considering how long we’ve waited? Probably. But it’s also true that judging a living project as if it were finished is unfair. And I say that as someone who also thought: “Is this really it?”
But then I remembered why we’re here.
We’re here because we believe in the core idea. In that obsession with detail, in the sensation of perfectly modeled tarmac, in the digital roar of a well-simulated engine. We’re here because we know good physics can’t be improvised, and a community isn’t enforced — it’s nurtured. And even the smallest patch contributes to that.
Version 0.2 is not a leap. It’s a step. But even a small step can matter if it moves in the right direction.
And in this case, it does.
VR support, triple screen, special events, replay tools… these are signs of progress. The rest —categories, themed races, class systems— will come. Because this is not the final product. It’s the promise. And we’ve chosen to walk alongside it.
So yes, maybe the excitement didn’t arrive with a bang. Maybe we expected more. But let’s learn to look through a different lens. Sometimes, the value of an update isn’t in what it shouts, but in what it whispers: “We’re working. We haven’t stopped. Trust us a bit longer.”
What do you think about what’s coming in the next update?
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