Assetto Corsa PC Graphics Starter Guide - 5 Things You Need

[@phillipbeharall6271]

Thank you 👏👏👏👏👏 its clear informative information that as a 70 yr old plus can understand I can now go to my pc and play this video on my iPad and follow it with confidence once again thanks I will donate

[@SimRacing604]

phillip beharall thanks so much for your kind words!

[@joelwillstein9906]

Well, I'm 72 and really got so much out of this video. I purchased AC because of the American track mods, even though R3E is my go to sim mostly because I've yet to be able to get my G29 to feel anything like it does in R3E, and I've tried everything including the LUT fix. But I'm hoping that sooner then later I'll find a method that works.

[@bobmcl2406]

Dang, I thought I was Mike's oldest subscriber and fan, at a mere 65 years old! Maybe we need to start a Masters Sim Racing League. We can let Mike join us as a coach. 😉

[@10vingers]

@@bobmcl2406 So probably I'm the youngest here with 57 ;)

[@bobmcl2406]

@@10vingers why, you're practically a whippersnapper! 😉 Seriously, it is interesting that there is a significant population of older sim racers. I love the mental challenge that it presents. It's hard work to concentrate long enough to finish even a short race without "binning it".

[@michaelhavlena923]

Don’t forget to test with desired quantity of AI, as this is the biggest FPS killer. I spent a lot of time making the game look quite good, and the game had very decent FPS when testing alone on the track. The big surprise was when I finally ran a race with 20 AI only to find the game with unacceptable FPS performance, at which point I had to dial down the settings. Biggest impact was to deactivate the apps. All depends what is most important to the individual.

[@dennisw8026]

Assetto Corsa is still the King of Sims

[@donovanswift5010]

King of drifting sims

[@Bearical]

@@donovanswift5010 kiny of everything

[@humanbeing9079]

I recommend "Lightroom.fx" by Marty Mcfly for anyone with some knowledge colour grading/image editing; it's essentially Photoshop for your game, you can adjust basic functions like exposure, gamma, color temperature, if you really want to get into the nitty-gritty you can adjust midtone, highlights curves etc. and really make the game to look the way you want to. For example, games like RF2 have a really unnatural blueish hue to it, which can be easily fixed with lightroom. I also highly recommend SMAA, which is a postprocess Anti-aliasing(removing jagged edges) technique. It doesn't lower fps at all and do a really good job at removing those pixelated edges. Assetto Corsa's MSAA option affects performance greatly, so I enable SMAA and turn down MSAA from 4x to 2x to improve performance. For those who want a sharper/less blurry image, "adaptive sharpen" and "filmic sharpen" are good options, they come with reshade by default. Adaptive sharpen sharpens edges, while Filmic sharpen sharpens surfaces, pick the one that serves your needs. Hopefully this is helpful.

[@CreamyCornCob]

The blue tint in AC can easily be fixed by going to page 1 or 0 in the SOL app and turn up your warm slider ;)

[@toddmcdonough]

Good news - I built a pc. Bad news - blew my sim budget on full R3E content and GTR 2. I'll have to get by on these until the next steam sale event. Thanks for another great vid.

[@me8548]

Just leveled up my game. Thank you so much. Can’t wait to have enough for the racing wheel I want

[@pedrocampinopt]

Thank you very much, I was puzzled with this issue and thought that was something wrong with my graphic card. Nice radio voice by the way...

[@chiawildy563]

With an I5, AC still looks very very good. Well done!

[@zebraafs]

Thank you so much for taking your time to help us enjoy even more our sim racing experience

[@Scottphoto]

Love your channel Mike, your videos are a huge help to a noob to PC sim racing. Like me. 🙌🏼

[@vatch07075]

Great guide, Mike. Thanks for posting this. I've been following your CM/Sol updates since you first introduced them. Game changing difference in AC, especially tracks like LA Canyons! Cheers, mike!

[@SimRacing604]

Ed Berger thanks so much Ed! I really appreciate that

[@jefflacey6234]

Thank you for this! I do really want to get some of these mods, but I just struggle with titles that are mod heavy.

[@SimRacing604]

Jeffrey Lacey my pleasure, thanks so much for watching. Mods can be daunting even for me, so I try to pass along knowledge where I can

[@marco1115]

Thank you so much! My game now looks absolutely amazing! Great tutorial!

[@CdH94]

PC combusted just watching this.

[@SimRacing604]

Chuck does Hotlaps it’s the winter. Now your PC is serving double duty. Y’welcome

[@Alstevens83]

I've been using CM and Sol for almost a year and it really makes the game look incredible to play and record replays on. I might have to look into the other mods just to see what I can do with it. Also, when I first tried to instal Sol, it took me nearly three hours before I got it working right lol.

[@CreamyCornCob]

All ya had to do was drop the four SOL folders in your AC root and your done :D

[@Alstevens83]

CreamyCornCob TBH I was completely new to modding at the time, so when you see the PDF instructions... Yeah I when through that and god some interesting results at first.

[@paulr1068]

Perfectly put Mike. Great stuff as usual..

[@liliango52]

Thanks so much!!! These enhancements make a huge difference!!!

[@SimRacing604]

Matt Penningroth no problem! I’m happy you’re seeing a difference

[@liliango52]

SimRacing604 Thx for responding! AC is a blast if you have a wheel!

[@nikosterizakis]

Great video, I wish I had seen it a year ago when I bought AC!.. Many Thanks

[@Lucas-vm2fm]

Thank you so much I went from didn’t know anything to complete the whole tutorial👍

[@Dral.09]

Curiosity: Its named "Sol" because it means "Sun" in Portuguese :) Nice video as always!!!

[@juliantaffa4089]

Huh, that is really cool. That is a very fun fact.

[@jonkarsypm6348]

Like in spanish

[@parkerault2607]

@@jonkarsypm6348 Sol is latin for sun, which is why it is the root of the word for sun in all romance languages. Sol was the name of the roman sun god. This is also why we call our local planetary system the solar system. :)

[@jonkarsypm6348]

@@parkerault2607 interesting... thanks for the info.

[@olliesgaming9201]

AWESOME VID MIKE

[@d3tach3d]

You can check or uncheck any of the shaders you want in game with reshade so install them all so they are available and then uncheck the ones you dont want in game with the Reshade OSD. I recommend starting with a preset like the one he suggests at race department but going from there and tweaking it more to your liking. Remember, the PP filters will change the whole look so just stick with the SOL PP Filter and go from there with Reshade

[@counterdebate]

THANKS MIKE😎

[@ApeStep]

Thank you this has been really helpful and I appreciate you taking the time to make a video on this subject 😍👍

[@SingleRacerSVR]

Thankyou Mike, no seriously...… thankyou, thankyou, THANKYOU!!! Mr SimRacing604.... Your a Legend ; )))

[@alpha007org]

I know it's getting old but I want THAT kind of retirement too, please!!! On my old computer I had problems with shadows. On some tracks there was "shimmering" (not native ENG speaker) or/and "broken" shadows. Here, on the new one, in my free time, I am playing just ACC because since around the patch 1.2 Kunos made ACC really a different game for me. I only wish there was FFBClip app available for ACC. Anyway, I will install AC with your recommendations (didn't know about "inmersion" preset) and hope it will work flawlessly and look beautiful.

[@Krisisawake]

Content manager is mandatory. It's so powerful that I don't use Kunos launcher anymore. For only 5$ it's so crazy !

[@SimRacing604]

Kris Grym agreed! Some of the best money I’ve spent on AC, for sure

[@mduckne3585]

They gave me chances to shoot stunning shots! Thank you so much! =33

[@Bambeakz]

This is great stuff. Perfect tutorial to share with friends.

[@SimRacing604]

Bambeakz thanks! Have fun with it

[@bobmcl2406]

This is (yet another) excellent, clear video. Thank you for doing this. I have CM, CSP, and Sol installed, but then I ran into weird behaviour, so I stopped exploring. I think I resolved the issues (not CSP/Sol related, finally). Now I wish I had backed things up, so I could revert and make sure I got everything installed per your directions. Is there a clean uninstall for CSP and Sol? Thanks!

[@pally8868]

Fantastic video BTW - very nice thank you. Quick question - did anyone else notice a more washed out bright look after installing everything here - it looks great don't get me wrong but it looks quite bright

[@MichaelMKM]

Thanks for sharing! Now my game looks gorgeous but my driving skill still sucks af...lol

[@tiagofelix1571]

Great video Mike, super useful, keep up the good work!

[@SimRacing604]

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@d3tach3d]

There is a lot of things in reshade that can be used as a replacement of what CSP has for certain graphical setting that is less performance hungry so ReShade is definitely a must have if your wanting to squeeze as many FPS possibly while looking as good as your system can handle. Plus there are things that CSP just doesnt have the ReShade does.

[@levmans8865]

Maximum thanks to you (y) Great explanation and easy to follow steps.

[@SimRacing604]

levmans my pleasure! Thanks for watching

[@CreamyCornCob]

Great vid as always. Saw your at 60hz/61 fps. You can drop your screen stutters entirely I see by: Nvidia control panel - v-sync to auto. CM: tick your vsync on, tick and set 'limit frame rate' to 60fps. Gone through hell trying to get this area perfect and its butter on a 60hz panel. Cheers!

[@juliantaffa4089]

The problem with v-sync is that it introduces a very slight input lag, so if he's not experiencing screen tearing he should be ok with the current settings. But I 100% agree that v-sync is superior to screen tearing

[@CreamyCornCob]

@@juliantaffa4089 Yes, that slight lag is there, but I'll take it over micro stutters. And I saw a lot of that stuttering or tearing (which ever) in Mikes videos. Cheers Julian!

[@tlight901]

Excellent, thank you.

[@torque7025]

Hi again bro. You forgot to go back and show your choice for reshade? Could you tell me what you use?

[@FlockersDesign]

Keep in mind that the PP filter ar the exact same as reshade filters Only the are named differand dont reccoment using both of them at the same time one for preformance to youre running two effects at once Yes i work with reshade for years And maby will make a video why the are the same if people dont see it

[@Ilegator]

THIS IS INSANE

[@tmoshamo]

Hey modmike604, looks like i need to download some stuff😎 later man

[@francisclark6937]

Thank you

[@SimRacing604]

Francis Clark my pleasure! Thanks for watching

[@d3tach3d]

Why not have anisotropic filtering at 16x It has no performance impact and will give you twice the distance on texture detail rendering. Every game ive ever played it has never dropped the FPS a single frame whether its 4x to 16x.

[@R0ndras]

I would skip reshade. If its like any other game reshader, it will impact your perfomance without that much improvement. I remember trying it for example with Mafia 3 and the game went from 60 to 20 fps when its just like a few colours and lights being changed...

[@jackjude]

Not all ReShades are made equal. If you turn on the reShade console in game you can see the rafts of editable effects available - and which are tuned on.

[@joeelliott1781]

is there any specification needs for these?

[@TheGooGaming]

I love your setup

[@Rafael.Leon24]

Great video Mike! Quick question: could I download the Horizon graphics mod for Assetto Corsa through content manager? Thanks in advance

[@boomerdiorama]

Thankfully I outgrew the obsession of modding and tweaking. No need for GFX mods in Assetto Corsa anyway. Just drive and have fun now. . .Lol.

[@JesusIsGod222]

Please make a video about FFB settings you use for AC ..or maybe you already have one ?

[@SimRacing604]

KJV I haven’t done one for a while, but I’m sure I could! Thanks for the idea

[@JesusIsGod222]

@@SimRacing604 thank you man. I am new to AC and ive learn alot from you . My game looks incredible now following your suggestions . I am just wondering what in game / content manager FFB settings you are using for that immersive feel .

[@CreamyCornCob]

@@JesusIsGod222 It really varies wildly between wheels. This is a good start even if you don't have that wheel. Improvise and think 'lut'. www.briankoponen.com/assetto-corsa-thrustmaster-tmx-t150-settings/

[@CreamyCornCob]

@@JesusIsGod222 It varies wildly between wheels but a good start is here. Use your own wheel and think "LUT" www.briankoponen.com/assetto-corsa-thrustmaster-tmx-t150-settings/

[@Sneka97]

Great video with a lot of info! Btw did the performance dip for you? How much?

[@adammisztal5358]

Hello mate! I have problem with content manager, when i click go the game is loading, but after 5 second I am popping up an error "the game crashed" Maybe you know whats going on here?

[@parkerault2607]

Hi Mike, Sol is pronounced like "soul", as in solar. Sol is latin for sun, and Sol Invictus ("the unconquered sun") was the official sun god of the roman empire. :)

[@henrydavis3935]

Installed everything as instructed but when I load it up the sky is black? Driving around the Nordschleife, trees etc are all there but the sky itself doesn't appear?

[@snappy703]

I have some problem with the Sol, if i select weather with rain nad start the game. Ingame i doesn't see the rain. Some tip how to solve it? I reinstalled the game, deleted all mods idk what to do....

[@simonolsen9995]

How does the Reshader add-on and Inmersive Preset go with VR?

[@marzipug5439]

Works well but lags

[@andykleine79]

Thanks for the video, do you have a graphic setup with oculus? Thanks

[@underthewatar1]

Is there some way to like increase the performance in assetto corsa? i have a bad laptop but I wanna play the game so I'm wondering if I should buy it?

[@leoperkovic9405]

how to install dpc audi s3 (Encrypted & CSP)

[@zyynn9612]

great video!!! thx

[@pure_rl]

is race department the only way to get sol? trying to see if there is a way to get sol without spending money because race department requires you to log in which costs a monthly or yearly fee.

[@snick9314]

How do i open the reshade menu in game? I try shift F2 and i just get camera changes and when i use the HOME button I get an cmd prompt pretty much

[@Ilegator]

Thank you so much.

[@h__5206]

thanks alot

[@vivianvaldi7871]

Hello, in first steps everything was fine & great until ReShade came in. At this stage some weird visual effects came in play, resolution was kinda lost. So uninstalled ReShade, only keeping the Post Production Filter PPF Immersive/ But , I'm asking if the problem wasn't a consequence of not cheking DirectX 10 in AC video settings, in first place. with ReShade... If anyone experienced that strange blurry effect with ReShade, please gimmy some feedback, thx.

[@BigMoneyBums]

is there a link for SOL that doesnt take 2 hours to download despite being on 1gig fiber?

[@pomaranc3647]

can you please show how to remove this lines that show you where to drive on road cuz they ruin my screenshots pls reply

[@jackjude]

What's the performance hit like with the ReShade?

[@2ndLastJedi]

Thanks Mike :) What track is this? 14:19

[@dodge33cymru]

Laguna Seca ;)

[@v6tex]

Whenever I install reshade, my game fails to load after 1 or 2 sessions. Annoying as hell, but no matter. I'm not playing this game for graphics anyway.

[@priv1leged]

question to the youtuber @SimRacing604... Would you recommend AC or ACC to new players?

[@aleksthecarguy5679]

AC is is better cause it supports modding

[@bluegoon4206]

Will all these work online or is it just for career races against ai in career mode

[@broken1965]

Mike is this still relevant for latest version

[@regibson23]

Does that inmersive filter work for AC or just ACC? It's shown as being for ACC.

[@Alain-jq4hq]

do i open the zip files that i downloadeD? and where to put them. got no clueee

[@therealjamespickering]

Make Assetto Great Again

[@christianmortensen9412]

Why is my content manager bugged? All of a sudden it says “error” whenever I try to enter a game either online of practice

[@SimRacing604]

It’s not just you. I have the same issue. Usually I just restart the session and it works. I don’t know the cause, but hopefully future updates rectify this issue

[@christianmortensen9412]

@@SimRacing604 Ok thank you, and great video!! Keep up the good work

[@SimRacing604]

@@christianmortensen9412 thanks very much!

[@timkankelj41]

Hey Mike, if I already have a bunch of content(mods) installed inside the actual game install, if I install content manager how will that transaction affect those things. I heard if you have content manager you do not install mods inside assetto corsa install, but install them through content manager. What about content that I have already installed? Should I reinstall everything? Thanks in advance :)

[@juliantaffa4089]

You'll be fine, all Content Manager does is that it can automatically install mods for you, in the same way you would manually. It automatically knows which cars and tracks are mods, and categorises them accordingly. You can install Content Manager and you won't need to change anything. I have CM but still prefer to manually install mods.

[@lifeclip9878]

Can I use custom shades patch without content manager?

[@t8365]

@simracing604 Does this still apply if you have a gtx 780 and your pc is about 8 years old😬🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️.

[@juliantaffa4089]

Still install Content Manager and Custom Shaders Patch, then change settings to suit your PC. You can also find post-processing filters that improve FPS

[@t8365]

@@juliantaffa4089 thankyou

[@thms7.127]

Is it possible to install those mods with the lite version of content manager ?

[@Eyyy579]

yes

[@richysracing9524]

Wicked good for newbies this, I have a big problem my boot on win 10 is corrupt and I can't get on my pc🙁, I'm getting a black screen with blinking underscore, no sim racing for me so sad, if there's anyone can help be much appreciated trust me I'm so annoyed

[@WromWrom]

Did you try the rescue helpers from W10? Or doesn't it even boot? You can DL a rescue W10 system from MS that you can either use in a bootable USB or burn onto a CD/DVD to see if that helps you.

[@richysracing9524]

@@WromWrom I can get onto win I just af to boot from save and exit screen on the bios but the ssd I use to boot is not an option where my boot 1 and 2 sequence is which obviously is the problem, I'll try that thou later 👍💯

[@richysracing9524]

@@WromWrom nice I just seen won 10 iso boot sequence as a download to USB, think that will do the job try it when I wake up thanks for that

[@WromWrom]

@@richysracing9524 Glad to be of help, mate. Ping me if there's any other issue

[@richysracing9524]

@@WromWrom I don't see how that will fix my problem though its not showing up in bios, or maybe it fixes that must do, it is old I7 2600 16gb drr3. Rx580 8gb, bequeit gold Pro 750w psu, 2 250gb ssd, 1 tb wd, but I suposse doesn't matter how old, the ssd is working because its letting boot from bios save and exit. I've done a save files and reset so I lost 2000 cars for ac and all my track, had to install everything again like ffb, rsr, content manager, sol, sp, it's annoying done all that to restart my pc and it do the same lol

[@willhenn2515]

Ive installed reshade and inmersive and at the top of my screen when in a race it says “ reshade is now installed successfully press home to start tutorial “ what should i do ?

[@SimRacing604]

Will Henn start the tutorial if you have the time. You should be good to go though

[@boomerkc3]

@@SimRacing604 But how do you remove the message at the top of the screen?

[@patrickfalk3743]

Can u make a video like this for acc?

[@OutreRim]

How do these add ons affect game performance?

[@LorenzoClara97]

Quite a lot

[@SimRacing604]

Matt Prior it definitely will affect performance, and I alluded to that near the end. You’ll have to customize the settings to work best for your system. My PC is comparatively old, and I can still run mostly max settings with these add ons installed

[@mmmarac]

Matt Prior CSP+Sol are game changers, must have! Reshade and most of those custom pp filters are performance (fps) eaters.

[@WromWrom]

A lot, especially if you use VR.

[@OutreRim]

@@SimRacing604 thank you man!! I will definitely be installing these and I'll see what I can do if my pc is slow

[@hackxy1165]

Just got got a Logitech g29 and i see the wheel your using and I now feel poor xD

[@SimRacing604]

Lol. I’ve been fortunate to get some expensive gear, but honestly it’s more than anyone needs. Spending thousands on a video game controller is a strange thing to do

[@hackxy1165]

@@SimRacing604 yeah it is, but it’s a hobby to some people

[@ahmadrafiresmawan4940]

"Unexpected error" this text just showed up when i wanted to drive it, after i uninstalled the reshades it works but when i installed again the text still showing up. Should i reinstall the AC??. Plz answer

[@ronweir9463]

Might be a nodded car that's not working with the graphics mods. Happened to me

[@perlaco4135]

did u find a solution mate?

[@SpookyRipples9]

make similar about rfactor2

[@bachuusmusicstudios5511]

Great video ...Allready installed content manager sol and csp ..and the reshade made me a bit nervous .LOL dont want to mess is it .. can you use Reshade within contentmanager....Great video ...want some relaxing music while you tweak ..chek out my channel Thank you ….great work .Bachuus

[@blotmaster1]

I do not care one bit about eye candy, I care about physics which is something that is far from the mark in AC. Back to the sim all others TRY to replicate. Back to the best, back to rF2.

[@balankaman]

bro no matter what i do assetto corsa just looks so bad

[@FutoDriftMastersHD]

Thank you