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Assetto Corsa EVO
Developer KUNOS Simulazioni
Assetto Corsa EVO (shorthand for "evoluzione", Italian for "race setup", "evolution") is an upcoming sim racing video game developed by Italian developer Kunos Simulazioni and published by 505 Games. The game was released as a Steam Early Access title on 16 January 2025. It is the third installment in the Assetto Corsa series following Assetto Corsa Competizione. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
549 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
36
Rotten
173 positive · 303 negative
95% range 32–41%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 173 | 303 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 12 | 9 | 33 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 1 | 7 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
5,794 of 10,895 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
35% recommend · 123 yes, 226 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 349 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (12,742 of 21,653 positive).
Many players praise the driving physics and feel as authentic and top-notch. [1][2][3][4] Several reviewers are upset that the promised career mode and economy were cancelled. [5][6][7][8] Some players see potential in the early access despite rough edges and delays. [1][3][9][10]
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Representative posts
- [2]
Open World Driving Simulator. This will be one of the greatest race games ever made because of the REAL tracks coupled with open world. The physics are top notch, I have run the actual McLaren Simulator on Nurburgring and this game takes me back to that with maximum realism. The latest release in Alpha shows how solid stable and real this game is. I have played everyone of the Assetto games, they are hard working …
- [4]
It possesses perhaps the most authentic driving feel currently available, yet it is wrapped in a package that feels unfinished, unstable, and at times, broken. As of August 2026 The game remains in Early Access, and while the core simulation is exceptional, the surrounding experience requires significant patience..
- [5]
As of the recent announcement of removing the economy from the game, I really can't believe it's a game we were originally promised. Even though it's still in EA removing one of the most essential selling points of the game with almost 0 community feedback is absurd. They promised way too much for it to be believable, my only hopes was that it’d be atleast implemented in the future but they’re straight up cutting it …
- [14]
Let me be blunt: Assetto Corsa EVO is the closest thing to a consumer scam the gaming industry has produced in recent memory, and the only reason Kunos Simulazioni isn't facing legal consequences is because we've all been conditioned to accept this kind of behavior from game developers. Let's rewind. When EVO was marketed and sold into Early Access, this wasn't pitched as "pick a car, pick a track, go." That was the …
- [17]
I can't get a refund, so I'll just write this review instead. I bought this game on day one of early access with the belief that Kunos were trustworthy. Ever since I have been waiting patiently for the single player elements that got me to buy into an early access game. Promises of career mode that featured a massive open world seemed almost too good to be true and I wanted to support a developer with such lofy …
Summarised from 34 of the 422 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
35% of the 349 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Assetto Corsa EVO. The complaint that keeps coming up: cancelled career mode and economy, a key selling point. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
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60 of 549 · most liked firstAs of the recent announcement of removing the economy from the game, I really can't believe it's a game we were originally promised. Even though it's still in EA removing one of the most essential selling points of the game with almost 0 community feedback is absurd. They promised way too much for it to be believable, my only hopes was that it’d be atleast implemented in the future but they’re straight up cutting it entirely. Edit: Felt like more needed to be said. The product category…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →> be kunos > ask 40 bucks for early access title > be a full year behind development timeline >”haha… hold on guys, we’re actually going to scrap most of what people were looking for that was going to be unique for pc sim racing, and focus on driving in circles, like that’s never been done before” > no refunds yeah sorry kunos hard pass more nuanced review for the people calling me poor and flaming me for my lack of hours: For context I have just gotten into the sim racing hobby as of last…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Developer just shared an announcement that they are gonna remove the in game career, XP, virtual currency, and economy-based progression which was a big selling point for me and already present in the game since day 1. They claim they are gonna rework the career but without an in game economy i dont see this turning into the game they marketed. I know this is early access but this just feels unfair. Refund requested.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We haven't moved an inch in the past 20 years of racing games. And this game is no exception. Yes, the physics are good, but so was the physics of ac, why should i pay for this game? -the "academy" is nothing but chopped up time trials of the race tracks. it doesnt teach you anything. you just try again and again on cold tyres to beat a given lap time. same as the games of 20 years ago. it doesnt give you feedback, it doesnt tell you how to improve, hell you dont even see your delta to your…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Came for career mode, stayed because I cannot refund it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let me be blunt: Assetto Corsa EVO is the closest thing to a consumer scam the gaming industry has produced in recent memory, and the only reason Kunos Simulazioni isn't facing legal consequences is because we've all been conditioned to accept this kind of behavior from game developers. Let's rewind. When EVO was marketed and sold into Early Access, this wasn't pitched as "pick a car, pick a track, go." That was the old Assetto Corsa. EVO was supposed to be the evolution — the name literally…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So far the work thats being put on this game is wonderful, despite of this im going to join the community and im not going to support this business model of forcing users to pay to host their own servers. Allow the users to host their own servers the way it was in the original AC Do not take this path Kunos, the community survived because of the custom and free servers, people are already paying for your product, i will change my review if they allow people to host their own servers FOR FREE…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When I bought the game, it was advertised to have a career mode, single player mode, whatever you wanna call it, on the final product. I'm not a great fan of early access, but still I bought it, on that premise (career mode) and wanted to support the devs on it. Was really hoping it was going to be a Gran Turismo type of game for PC, since I just wanted a chill racing game, with the occasional multiplayer but with a strong emphasis in car simulation has it is with other Assetos. Midgame the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They promised a single-player campaign mode, like what Gran Turismo has. They cancelled it. I spent $40 on the game at launch, waited like a year and a half, I check back in and it's never going to be what was promised. Ridiculous. Such a massive mistake on Kunos's part. They should un-cancel the campaign or start offering full refunds to everyone, you can't just advertise the game with a huge selling point and then not deliver. That's nuts, it's like fraud or false advertising or something.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- Was promised an in depth career mode. - Bought the game early access to support it, even though I know better. - Get burned when the developers completely scrap the core single player part of the game to chase what every other race sim is doing. - Know it was my fault for believing them. - still hurts to get lied to
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They cancelled the career mode and in-game economy. The hopes for a Gran Turismo like game for PC is gone. Reduced to atoms.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cancelling career mode so late into the early access period after you know that was the main selling point of the game is beyond scummy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I agree with the negative reviews when they talk about Career Mode. Career Mode was the main reason I bought into this game, and for it to be pulled away like it didn't matter just made me not give a hoot for playing any further. iirc, they were clamping down on mod support, too. Only reason the original Assetto Corsa is so popular to this day is because of mods. Good job, devs. Excellent work.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't get a refund, so I'll just write this review instead. I bought this game on day one of early access with the belief that Kunos were trustworthy. Ever since I have been waiting patiently for the single player elements that got me to buy into an early access game. Promises of career mode that featured a massive open world seemed almost too good to be true and I wanted to support a developer with such lofy ambitions. Oops. Kunos have canceled career mode and all in game economy in order to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Developer pulled a bait and switch. Lied about what this game would be, then once they had people's money they took away every feature that made the game worth buying. Do NOT give these lazy greedy devs your money! There's 0 reason to buy this now that they got too lazy to make the actual game portion of it. Stick to the original Assetto Corsa, it's the same thing but with a larger community and mods to allow for varied gameplay. Luckily Steam allowed me to refund WELL past the normal refund…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bunch of sad chud devs who over promised for a game that would of been incredible, then they go back on their word and remove all the features that i bought the game for.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The promised a career mode, then they took it away Career mode was the only reason I invested in the early development of this game. I can just play Assetto Corsa if I want just another simulator
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do Not Buy. Can't recommend after devs pulled the biggest promised features and my reason for purchase, feels like a bait and switch. Game is also poorly optimised and prone to crashes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This games fun but they baited us with a promise of openworld and just kept delaying it to the point they dont even acknowledge it anymore the cars also feel unessarily heavy. as someone who has driven highend race cars irl they dont feel this heavy. In fact IRL race cars feel as though they defy physics. edit: yes smooth-brains I bought this game EA expecting bugs and unfinished features. For a long time after this game came out the optimization was terrible yet you dont see me putting that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game had a lot of promise but has been a disappointment on almost every level. Its been 8 months of early access and the game is still as deep as a pound. Barely any content to play and what does work is alright at best. Kuno's is spitting in all our faces with the time line of early access. Dont buy early access games, its always a waste of money especially from companies like Kunos. These greedy little rats are charging to host a server. Completely destroying the dream we had of a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Doesn't plan to support dedicated servers like the old AC and Competizione (and any other respectable MP game). This means you're relying on playing on their servers (which may be shut down at any time) or paying their 'partner' 1 euro per slot whilst it's still being offered. This also limits modding support on the server side.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I cannot recommend this game in its current state, namely because there's no (apparent) development on career mode, which has been a main selling point for the game. No open-world either, which has been promised 2 updates ago. The online racing system is very antiquated. The backbone is fun but as it stands this is just a sandbox racing sim like Assetto Corsa is. And there's not much point of getting this in my opinion. I expected a gran turismo like experience but it's not there yet.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cancelled all of the good plans for the game after a ton of early access purchases. Now everyone's stuck with a game that they never wanted
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Career mode was scrapped. Eifel is still advertised on the website as coming in summer 2025. Yet, they don't even mention it anymore. The studio can't even be bothered to update its website. Updates now consist of minor bug fixes and recycled content from previous iterations of the franchise. This EA was a bait-and-switch and I regret purchasing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I believe most of us came here for the open world and driving the the ring.. Now it's just another sim. Good job guys.. could have just sent updates to your older titles instead of promising something new.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Developer has decided to not support self hosted dedicated servers in favor of requiring paid hosting. I will never support this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game promised something the other similar games were missing. A proper career mode, single, non multiplayer mode. That is the reason I purchased it. I do like the game, graphics are up to date, works good on a triple monitor setup, very immersive. What I would like the developers to know is that not everyone is eager or want or prefer to play on servers, live, multiplayer races. I would love to be able to change this negative review into a positive one if they revert their decision on the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game itself doesn't feel bad. As expected. Performance could be better, especially at this point in it's life cycle. But the biggest complaint I have is the constant delays in updates that were promised over a year ago at this point, AND the fact that they completely pulled the career mode that had been advertised before the games early access build. It's such a slap in the face. I only bought the game for the career mode. I feel as though refunds should be offered to everyone if they…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →! I do not recommend buying this game ! It launched in January 2025, and the developers promised that a "free roam" mode would arrive by the summer of that same year. The Steam page stated that the Early Access phase would last about a year, yet nothing has happened in this regard, and we are already in the second quarter of 2026. There is no free roam mode, no full version (1.0) release, and the career mode has been cancelled. I advise against purchasing it until version 1.0 is released, as…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I will never buy a game in early access again, I believed that this will be the Gran Turismo for computer.... I am so unhappy and heartbroken, I bought a full MOZA rig and built it around everything Assetto, but that dream was taken away from me. I will never trust anyone again, the sacrifices I made in this economy , in a third world country as a minority to be able to acquire everything. I am really devastated.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →v0.7 update - DLSS working much faster for me. Bumped it up to DLSS to Ultra (with some other settings dialled down) big performance boost for me! VR working nice✔️ Nordschleife! ✔️ Some fun cars! ✔️ *Predictable physics!✔️ Looking forward to open world! (* for some of the cars I drove anyway 😁 I'm no pro racing driver! )
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’m honestly very disappointed after the most recent developer announcement. The direction the game is taking now feels completely different from what I originally paid for and expected when I purchased it. It’s frustrating to invest time and money into something, only to have it change in ways that no longer align with the experience that was advertised or promised earlier on. At this point, I would consider requesting a refund, but due to my playtime I already know it will most likely be…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I purchased this game for the promised single player features which were subsequently cut so the game development could pivot to focus on things that other games already do better. Shame on me for actually believing Kunos I guess. If you're looking for an online racing sim I suggest you try iRacing, Lemans Ultimate, or any of the other half dozen or so sims that are out there. If you're looking for a single player career mode I don't know what game you should play but it sure as heck isn't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As many others, I bought this game because of the career mode, which they cancelled.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Preordered, just because of single player mode, and they removed it. I have no other comment but, it is a fraud.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I already own AC and ACC, and decided to buy AC Evo as soon as I saw it in early access, thinking it would retain the potential to allow self-hosted servers to play with friends in our own pace and relaxed environment. Not just the idea of having to spend 15€ + taxes to rent a server every month, or 5€ for a single day, it forces players to be online when that was exactly what I was avoiding. I bought the game in early access while it was v0.1 just to support Kunos, and they end up doing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I know Assetto Corsa EVO is still a work in progress, and to be fair, the core driving experience is solid. The cars feel incredibly good to drive, and the physics model is highly accurate and responsive. However, the major updates from the developers are incredibly disappointing. The announcement that they are pulling the planned career mode and strictly blocking unofficial modding completely ruins the potential of this game. Modding is what kept the original Assetto Corsa alive for a decade.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this in early access. "Career Mode" and "In game economy" are gone, never to be debuted. This was core content. It has now been scrapped. Don't buy this game. I don't trust this game company any longer.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just play the other one, more cars, more content, better performance, way cheaper. The only thing better about this game is the level of detail and the Nurburgring freeroam campaign ...Oh whats that? they scrapped the campaign and the freeroam is Wayyy overdue? Yeah this game is just worse. Don't even consider. As you can see I've put a lot of time into this game, but I regret a lot of that time, I should have been playing the original instead, and you should be too. Kunos you failed
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As fun as it is, I cannot recommend this game if you have an AMD GPU due to the quite literally unavoidable crashes in multiplayer. Shame.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought it for the career mode, they removed it after I bought it, I can't refund. Instant no.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finished a special event and crashed the car into the barriers which caused the game to crash, 10/10 for realism.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →False advertising & lies at its finest What the hell is this? Kunos has completely lost it and their behavior is inexcusable. Laying out the roadmap, being late nearly a year with it and then cancelling the most important feature most people bought the game for? Are you serious? DO NOT BUY THIS. Who knows what else they're gonna lie about and cancel. None of the plans, roadmaps, promises are true at this moment because nobody can tell if they're gonna implement what they say anymore. There's…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its been almost two years since they announced the free-roam, open world Nurburgring map through many social media channels as the main selling point to this game (along with career mode lol). There has been little to no news about this at all, instead they are focusing on mediocre "updates" on an unfinished game. Why did KUNOS feel the need to do early access for EVO? This was not needed at all, Assetto Corsa was released 10+ years ago, they know this community is solid and would have waited…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Need to pay to host a server. And only in a cloud service only. This game has a expiry date already. For me Kunos is dead. Keep your game, and the money you "stole" from me. The promise was very different from this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dev promised career, pulled it after going through many updates, claiming it was coming, then canceled it under the guise of "Early Access". Now that it's too late, this isn't eligible for refund. Personal preference but to me the definition of EA to is "bugs and some missing items" and not an "changing the entire focus of production and development". I just simply wouldn't have bought in if the dev was up front. Pulling it now that no one can get their money back feels pretty scummy to me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After update 0.9 I cannot play any game mode (Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Events). No matter what I do the game keeps crashing every time I try to launch any race. I tried reinstalling the game, setting graphics to default, changing AMD drivers to default. The game is in a broken state - currently cannot recommend :(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No progression on optimisation since launch, i can't recommend a game that cannot adhere to its own minimum/recommended requirements after so long
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Feels pretty great but, like, what's the point of the current garage system? I already own the cars, but I gotta add each individual variant of it to my garage before I can drive it? What? Why?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why would you remove the career mode, when it's the only thing that's supposed to set your game apart from every other sim racing game?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Horrible VR experience, nothing is optimized, Im running a 5090 and its barely playable with good graphics. Random out of position errors in VR. Shaders not loading or missing to load. Tons of memory used that is not actually actively processing in the game. So many effects are rending at the same time without any optimization ... the lighting alone is costing 102ms of lag per frame with high graphics. If you combine everything together its nearly .2 seconds delay per 1 second of render time…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The developer deleted a large part, which is unacceptable. I know it's early access, but now that they've received funding, they canceled a significant part of the career mode, which is why I supported the developers in the first place. This is 100% bait-and-switch, and Steam should not tolerate such behavior.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No plans for hosting your own servers, must use paid services. UI interactions are also just terrible. Can't even get this game to change to an external display properly. Coming back to edit this review. This game is dropping their promises and significantly reducing the scope of what was promised initially. I hate to say it, but this game has turned out to just be a blatant scam.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Leaving a negative review because they sold the game that there will be a deep career mode for it, its the only reason i bought the game to support it, but now they decided to just remove and stop developing the career mode. I WISH I COULD REFUND but its too late.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Open World Driving Simulator. This will be one of the greatest race games ever made because of the REAL tracks coupled with open world. The physics are top notch, I have run the actual McLaren Simulator on Nurburgring and this game takes me back to that with maximum realism. The latest release in Alpha shows how solid stable and real this game is. I have played everyone of the Assetto games, they are hard working devs that truly love driving and racing. Buy a wheel and stop wasting money on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can't recommend this game after the hype they created with YouTubers for a sick campaign mode + an actual release plan for it and then rug pulled it later. Definitely won't buy any of their early access games in the future after this, because you clearly can't trust their word.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought the game on the promise it will have carrer mode with economy. Now they announced they will remove the carrer mode and no longer work on it. If you wish to buy this game based on this promise, dont. No more carrer mode.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Usage of web-based matchmaking in 2026 is very indicative of how far KUNOS is falling short from their original targets. AC EVO offers no new features that suggest it "redefines" the series. Beyond updating the graphics and physics, this game is virtually the same as the original: no career mode, outdated matchmaking system, and (as of v 0.8.1) no driving academy. With it's frequent sales and vast mod library, the original Assetto Corsa is a better buy. As it stands, they may as well rename…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yeah, the roadmap is delayed. Yeah, it's a little rough around the edges. Yeah, we're not getting the "open world" part any time soon - and it's not really even open world. But, the driving dynamics, track feel, and experience are much better than Assetto Corsa, and even have surpassed AC: Competizione. It feels nearly 1:1 with the real cars, speaking as someone who has irl driven a few of the cars featured in the game. If it's as modable as AC, it will be a 10/10. If it's not, it's still an…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Last update (0.4) shockingly good game performance, improvements on game stability, car handling, content.... still far from a full release version but the solid pace of improvements means that this is gearing up to be a true succesor to AC and perhaps quite some more. This isn´t just hope anymore... it´s real.....Solid buy recommendation!
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