Assetto Corsa's Realism vs Automobilista 2's Gameplay Magic ┃Simulator Buyer's Guide !

Regardless of who's better, both are more than worthy of being in your Steam library. Me? I often go back and forth between the two.

Still, game vs sim debate, modded vs one-stop-shop, one for guests, another for personal abuse. Both affordable, both created with big love to racing and customer. Support both.

AMS2 sorely needs a structured career mode. I just cant engage with it without one

You do the only Sim content that i am interested. Not enough people compare the excellent FFB of AC to other sims.

I have both, but I spend more time on AMS2 exactly because of the ease of use, you pick the track, pick a car, pick the weather and go for it... meanwhile in AC, you pick the track... in a random site, you pick the car... in a random site, and I don't even bother with weather, install it, play for 15min and get disappointed by the quality of the mod, rinse and repeat

Your comparison of the two titles that appeal to me is terrific. Nicely balanced and unbiased. As someone that recently bought AMS2 and happens to be one of the 3 people with a VR headset, it has been a great choice. Been loving it since, there's so much there to unpack, including mods - something you neglected to mention. For anyone reading this Reiza has opened the doors to modding, so the future looks bright. Not much atm but you can get a lot of the Project Cars 2 tracks and a few dozen cars, with new content coming up periodically. However I just recently learned about the incredible world of AC's modding. And really want to delve into it. Just waiting for AC to go on sale again, as I missed it for Can$4 last month during Steam's Christmas sale. Waiting for another sale but watching videos like this one here makes me want to break the bank and pay full price. hehehe make a cup of tea... You are so British. Have a biscuit with that :)

Thanks for the video comparisons. I enjoy both games and do my racing in VR mode. Each racing game I have has a different feel to them, which i expect. Once I got used to the differences and tweaked a few things, both games were fun to do some racing. Take care.

Former SCCA D-production driver here. AMS1 is the best if you want something that drives like a real car. I’d say AC is fine except the kerb issue is a deal-breaker. Every kerb in AC is coated with ice.

Gm, this is the most unbiased comparison you've done ( imo )...great job, totally agree with you!!!

I have the both of them but for me AMS2 is my game of choice. To have fun in AC you have to get a lot of mods and they are all over the place as far as quality, if you're trying to get a full class you have to go to multiple sources. But the track mods in AC are great. AMS2 is just ready to go almost right out of the box. Classic F1 and Formula USA cars are my addiction of choice.

I love both games but tend to play AMS2 more as i love it in VR

I got AC strictly because I wanted a Pitt Race mod. The initial version wasn't very good but the latest is terrific. I only go to Pitt Race anymore so having a track I can practice on is critical. I also use the Track Attack plugin so I can analyze sim and real-world data. I've managed to set up a car in AC that acts about as close as possible to my actual car and I do use VR. I'm very happy and I can't wait for the release AC2 next year.

AMS2 is just like DiRT Rally, not quite a hardcore sim but it compensates elsewhere by having a good single player experience and great accessibility. I don't have patience or enough free time to mess around with mods anymore so I'm glad AMS2 exists, it's my go to sim nowadays. As many people have said it's definitely missing a career mode tough, the championships are fun but don't quite scratch that single player itch.

Im AMS2 all the way although i do agree with mods ac can be great as well. To me comparing the two is like comparing a street car to a street car with track mods lol. I appreciate you acknowledged that by mentioning the out if the box comparison. I do believe once the mods catch up with ams2 it will be incredible they have already started mods for ams2.

Being from Norway, we know quite a bit about Salmon. That said, this is one of your better videos, kudos, and I wholeheartedly agree. You failed to mention that there are mods for ams2, and I'm a bit offended to be honest , since I have released a few converted tracks for AMS2, and there are lots more to come. It is true that for now the only tracks I can do for AMS2 are conversions from PC2, but that might change.

AMS 2 is just a go to for me. It's too easy to set up racing and there is so much content to help tweak the wheel out there and you don't need to mod as much as you do with AC. Also, Salmon do have legs.

11:27 Hey thanks for the shout out. I could never go back to 2D sim racing.

A very fair comparison with humour as a bonus!

You should do an end of year 2023 Sim Analysis where each Sim is, ranking every sim for all the categories you presented in this vid

Salmon do have legs. Thank you for the video GM, enjoyed watching.