{"id":1758162,"date":"2026-02-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1758162"},"modified":"2026-02-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T21:00:00","slug":"assetto-corsa-evo-ditches-its-original-career-mode-plans-for-a-reworked-driving-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1758162","title":{"rendered":"Assetto Corsa Evo ditches its original career mode plans for a reworked \u2018Driving Academy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There\u2019s been a big shift in direction over at Kunos Simulazioni, those purveyors of luxurious driving sims and developers of Early Access title\u00a0Assetto Corsa Evo<\/em> \u2013 the single player career mode as it was originally planned has gone in the bin, in favour of a reworked ‘Driving Academy’ that focuses more on teaching you how to sharpen your skills.<\/p>\n

The studio announced on 4 February via the game\u2019s official Discord server that it has \u201cdecided to move away from the current Career mode and in-game economy systems. This means features such as XP, virtual currency, and economy-based progression will no longer be part of the experience”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Previously,\u00a0Assetto Corsa Evo<\/em>\u2019s career mode sounded like it would work a bit like the\u00a0Gran Turismo<\/em> games. You\u2019d earn cash and XP by completing events, then spend them on more cars and unlock more events, giving you a sense of progression as you worked your way through.<\/p>\n

But not everyone was happy about these plans. The\u00a0Assetto Corsa<\/em> franchise is just as well-known for its online PvP racing, particularly in GT3 racing sim\u00a0Assetto Corsa Competizione<\/em>, and in online racing it\u2019s all about keeping a level playing field for all competitors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It seems a challenge, then, to marry that online component to a single player experience which locks off vehicles until you earn enough in-game cash to buy them. Some community members voiced concerns along these lines about the original career mode plans prior to this change in direction.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis decision wasn\u2019t taken lightly,\u201d the statement continues, \u201cbut it allows us to focus on building a clearer, more authentic experience that better reflects what our community values and supports the long-term vision of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Career mode isn\u2019t just being hacked away to leave a gap in the experience though. Instead, the Driving Academy will be expanded to become the single player focus, and it\u2019s all about helping you get quicker and helping you learn the nuances of different cars and tracks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the original Career mode won\u2019t be part of the final direction,\u201d says Kunos, \u201cproviding meaningful structure for solo play remains very important to us. Our goal is to guide progression through skill, learning, and competition, rather than through an artificial economy, while continuing to support well-received features like vehicle tuning.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, online play is getting serious reinforcements. Following the introduction of ranked races in the 0.4 update, there\u2019ll soon be special events, online leaderboards, hot stints and “other focused game modes” joining the multiplayer roster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s been a big shift in direction over at Kunos Simulazioni, those purveyors of luxurious driving sims and developers of Early Access title\u00a0Assetto Corsa Evo \u2013 the single player career mode as it was originally planned has gone in the bin, in favour of a reworked ‘Driving Academy’ that focuses more on teaching you how […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-1758162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1758162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1758162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1758162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1758162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1758162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1758162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}