Assetto Corsa Rally - Early Access Update 0.4 Changelog (30th April 2026)

Modified on Thu, 30 Apr at 10:20 AM

NEW CONTENT:

Added 2 new cars: Peugeot 306 Maxi Kit Car and Subaru Impreza S3 Gr.A 1993

Added snowy weather conditions in Rally Alsace and Rally Wales
Added 2 new Assetto Corsa Rally Events groups for the 2 new cars, for a total of 12 new events
Addes 1 event each (3 total) in the FWD, RWD and 4WD Traction groups with mixed weather conditions
Add 3 new partners in the Rally Encyclopedia

CARS:

Fixed go-pro cameras in replays clipping with bodywork on ultra-wide resolutions in Hyundai i20
Fixed gameplay cameras clipping with damaged bodywork in Citroen Xsara WRC
Fixed exposure of “Between Heads” and Driver/Co-Driver go-pro cameras in replays for all cars
Reduced direction-based ambient occlusion on cars
Updated LCD on Lancia Delta
Updated license plates on Skoda Fabia
Added competition logos on all cars
Made the back face of window stickers less saturated (simulated the paper backing)
Many minor bug fixes across all cars

INPUT:

Implemented Fanatec FullForce and Logitech TrueForce, with new in-game FFB parameter to be tuned by users
Improved generic devices compatibility. This enables more devices to work as expected.

PHYSICS:

Added angular damping to small movable objects to prevent unrealistic spinning
Added Peugeot 306 Maxi Kit Car and Subaru Impreza S3 Group A
With the Peugeot 306, it was made available for the first time the adjustment of brake bias through a pressure limiter valve (similarly to tandem master cylinders cars) instead of a balance bar. This, despite the car having a dual master cylinder setup. This allows the driver to reduce rear brake pressure without increasing the front one.
Further tires tuning for all surfaces, in particular:
- The way wet conditions and snow affect tire forces has been modified; they no longer reduce cornering stiffness, and the S-shaped curve is effectively cut off when grip is saturated.
- In the case of snow, an additional experimental deformation component has been added to the slip angle, which increases the more suitable a tire is for snow. This simulates the tire actually gripping the underlying surface.
- These changes make the transition between grip and no grip more immediate and noticeable on both wet and snowy surfaces, improving the car’s responsiveness in the wet and its controllability on snow.
- The parameters related to the tire’s dynamic masses and damping have been fine-tuned for more consistent force delivery.
- The ability to grip on snow has been added to gravel tires, making them suitable for driving on snowy gravel roads.
- The parameters of the tire’s S-shaped curve have been adjusted based on test data.
- The load sensitivity parameters of some tires have been refined based on results from field tests.
Revised aerodynamic tuning for both drag and lift forces
Revised some vehicles setups and presets to improve handling or to make it more adequate to latest tires changes.

AUDIO:

Impreza Engine/Exhaust implemented. The sound will improve further in the future – our audio designer is an Impreza owner and wants to make it perfect!
306 Maxi Engine/Exhaust implemented.
Skoda exhaust after-fire implemented.
Rally2 turbo added to Skoda
Improved gravel skid feedback.
Improved 3rd person spatialization for replays especially approaching from a distance.
Improved 3rd person spatialization for forced induction.
Improved 3rd person spatialization for rear engine vehicles.
Fix for turbo BOV sounds cutting off too early based on the drop in turbo pressure.
Fix for too much “hill” reverberation coming through the cabin view.
Fix for various sounds cutting out randomly.

GAMEPLAY AND UI:

Updated pacenotes for Monte Carlo Bollene
Updated pacenotes for Monte Carlo Sisteron
Fixed incorrect pacenote call on Wales Hafren North 3/6
Fixed stop marshals at Monte-Carlo Bollene 7/8 and Monte-Carlo Sisteron 6/6 not guiding player to stop point
Fixed some incorrect respawn collisions around crowd on Monte-Carlo Bollene walls
Fix an issue resulting in the automatic tire allocation on rally weekends to give an odd number of total tires and single compounds.
Fix an issue preventing the automatic tire allocation to give the correct number of multiple compounds tires. This allows for more tire choices during rally weekends, even while using the automatic selection.
Added Apply button in Video options
Fixed minor text and translations issues

ONLINE:

Player session now correctly sets the client version
Added the Partners functionality
Leaderboards: added a dedicated endpoint for fetching leaderboards as Partner
Leaderboards: store client version with the Leaderboard entries
Leaderboards: FetchLeaderboard procedure now checks for the minimum allowed client version
Leaderboards: removed the results collection from the Store operation, which was causing tons of false errors, ending up in a Time Upload Failure dialog

VFX, LIGHTING AND ART DIRECTION

Added snow support for Alsace and Wales
Added support for the snow on the offroad track materials
Improved road and trajectory readability in snowy conditions on all tracks
Improved the transition between clear and fully snowy ground
Improved the transition between dry and melting snow
Improved the consistency of the snow effect between different surfaces
Improved the snow on asphalt particle effects
Improved vehicles ambient occlusion
Adjusted the red box at stage start and end of all stages for better visibility in daylight conditions

ENVIRONMENTS

Improvements to rally/event dressing at Monte Carlo Sisteron
Improvements to rally/event dressing at Alsace Munster
Improvements to rally/event dressing at Alsace Saverne
Improvements to rally/event dressing at Wales Hafren South
Improvements to rally/event dressing at Wales Hafren North
Added new parked vehicles
Improved parked vehicles visuals by adding shadows under the chassis
Fixed floating vegetation bugs across all stages
Fixed minor bugs across all stages