Assetto Corsa: Porsche Pack I Review (Brownninja97)
Like most people I utterly lost it at the news that Porsche was coming to AC, its my favourite brand, my favourite racing game, am I biased well of course. Porsche had a 10 year exclusive agreement with EA which was broken for this three part dlc fest. The winningest manufactuer finally accurately recreated with the current state of the art technology available today.
Porsche 911 Carrera S: You will get a lot of people that wander why this still exists, its not going to destroy records, the Cayman beats it at a lot of tracks, its the pure experience, its that feeling of making you feel 10 again and loading up that first racing game that got you hooked backed by that beautiful soundtrack it provides, the 911s are renowned for their driving experience and that addicting transition from understeer to oversteer never gets old. Also dont worry, its rival the Corvette lets you recreate one of the most legendary rivalries of racing history.
Porsche 718 Cayman S: Take all of the flaws of the Carrera S and throw them out the window, that is what the Cayman S is, not everyone will like it, the boxer engine doesnt scream anymore, the balance is there, the speed is there, you will question how on earth you are achieveing such speeds and laptimes. This car can punch way above its weight, it can give a SLS and a R8 a serious run for their money.
Porsche 918: This is it, the pinnacle, the spearhead of Porsche and you know what that means, Assetto corsa has the holy trinity. It takes a lot to break physics and if anyone will do it then its Porsche, this car pulls like nothing else, the power loss at the wheels is way less then its rivals and its more hybrid power by it understeers due to its weight. You can win with any one of the holy trinity but makes for some wild races, these are cars that will be remembered for decades, this is a rivalry you seriously dont want to miss, which ever side you pick you will have a wonderful time.
Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport: Specs wise this shouldnt be as fast as a normal FIA GT4 car but the cayman puts up on hell of a fight, there is a reason why this racecar was sold out for over a year when it came out, every team wanted one, because they knew Porsche werent messing around, when it comes to racing very few can hold a candle to Porsche. The GT4 continues that ability, taking a lot of the parts from a 911 GT3 this car can cut tracks apart and do unmentionable things to its rivals, some cars favour certain types of tracks, this favours everything, this is the epitome of balance. The downside is everything else may feel bad as a result.
Porsche 911 RSR 1974: You cant have porsche without the widowmaker, this car requires your full attention at all times, you need to be focused if you want to tame this beast. It will oversteer everywhere, you heading into a chicane OVERSTEER, you going around a S formation OVERSTEER, you driving in a straight line OVERSTEER probably. This also has the best sounds in the game bar none, nothing comes close this has a utterly beautiful soundtrack, I can only hope this gets some rivals soon as it a masterful car which is an incrediable amount of fun.
Porsche 935/78 Moby D**K: Ok so you read above paragraph, that was a car with 300 bhp, now take the same car, the same characteristics and slightly nudge the bhp to 800 and add the mother of all turbo lag. This is utterly frightening, you need to be on the top of your game for this, the devs dont trust you so its capped at around 600bhp by default and you can open the turbo fully to 800bhp if you are feeling up to it. Everything is amplfied here, this is the edge of technology from the 70s, had this got better tyres it would have destroyed Formula 1. You will fail with this car many times, its not easy but its an achievement when you can get a good lap in. If you are 10 you can take pride in knowing it has a naughty word in its name, its that hardcore.
Porsche 917/30: Ok so you read the above paragraph, yes this is happening again. Porsche in their infinite wisdom thought they needed more power because 800 or so clearly isnt enough. So this makes around 1500bhp with the turbos on full tap. Let that sink in for a bit, its crazy, like seriously dont know how to explain it. This is an experience like no other firstly because no other games have dared adding the 917/30 and because you need to make sure you have health insurance before driving it ingame. It wheel spins in all gears, you can be going 200mph and its still spinning, no one knows how fast it can go because there arent any straight lines on the planet to contain it. This also have a unique feature that you can to care about, this drinks fuel at a ridicoulous pace like you are dropping KGs of fuel off the car each lap so you need to take in mind that across a race the characteristics of it will change quite a lot keeping you on edge, there is no mastering this car, there is respecting it and hoping that today its not angry and doesnt want to smite you and your close family down. If you have the pleasure of heading to Zuffenhausen in Stuttgart for a day or so and see this in reality you will realise its actually a gokart with big wheels so its probably a good thing that nothing think like this will be creating again for our safety.
Doesnt matter if you like Porsche or not, if you are remotely interested in motorsport or cars in general this is already a solid buy, for the price nothing can touch it and there is something for everyone all wrapped nicely into this neat package now stop reading this and get it already.
tl;dr: Cars for all generations, all types of characteristics, all award winners, the quality is there in all ways its a solid buy.