Assetto Corsa Ultimate Edition

Assetto Corsa is the simulator that a large part of the sim racing community still treats as the reference, eleven years after release, largely because of its tyre model and its openness to modding. Kunos Simulazioni built it around laser-scanned circuits — Monza, Silverstone, Spa, Nurburgring, Laguna Seca — and a licensed car list running from road cars to Formula machinery, with Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini and Mercedes all present. The physics model covers tyre temperature and wear, suspension geometry and aerodynamics in enough detail that setup work changes lap times rather than feel. Force feedback support for wheels is deep, and VR through SteamVR and Oculus is well implemented. Single-player covers career, championships, hotlaps and special events; online racing runs on community servers. The modding scene has added thousands of cars and tracks over the years, which is the real reason the game has not gone away. The Ultimate Edition bundles every paid content pack ever released for the game — all three Dream Packs, all three Porsche Packs, the Red, Ready To Race, Japanese and Ferrari 70th Anniversary packs and the Tripl3Pack.