{"id":3020,"date":"2024-12-11T15:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funplayarcade.com\/blog\/assetto-corsa-evos-eifel-open-world-map-revealed-will-expand-to-over-600-square-miles\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T15:00:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T15:00:22","slug":"assetto-corsa-evos-eifel-open-world-map-revealed-will-expand-to-over-600-square-miles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funplayarcade.com\/blog\/assetto-corsa-evos-eifel-open-world-map-revealed-will-expand-to-over-600-square-miles\/","title":{"rendered":"Assetto Corsa EVO\u2019s \u201cEifel\u201d Open-World Map Revealed, Will Expand to Over 600 Square Miles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gtplanet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtplanet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gtplanet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1-1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-138033\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>In a little bit of a surprise announcement, Kunos Simulazioni has confirmed details about the open-world map that will feature in <em>Assetto Corsa EVO<\/em> &#8212; and it&#8217;s quite something from the sound of it.<\/p>\n<p>As we&#8217;d somewhat expected from the video in which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtplanet.net\/assetto-corsa-evo-latest-20241019\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"136612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the open-world was teased<\/a>, the map itself is based on the roads of the real world around the Nurburgring. It&#8217;ll be called &#8220;Eifel&#8221; &#8212; the name of the region and hill range in Germany in which the Nurburgring nestles.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, Kunos has gone to the trouble of laser-scanning the entire region in order to recreate it as close to 1:1 as possible in the game. All 600 square miles of it. Assuming a circle roughly centered on the Nurburgring, this would be the equivalent area to the map below:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtplanet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gtplanet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1-2-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-138035\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Map data \u00a92024 GeoBasis-DE\/BKG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That won&#8217;t initially be the case, nor will the map be available to players alongside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtplanet.net\/assetto-corsa-evo-announcement-trailer-20240930\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"135907\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">start of Early Access<\/a> on January 16, 2025. A smaller, but undefined, area will be introduced some time in the summer of 2025, with the map expanding over time to reach the 1600 square kilometer (617 square mile) total.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the laser-scanning of the area, Kunos has developed a new terrain technology to recreate the landscape, and will release additional areas in stages. It&#8217;s not clear what the total road distance or type will be in the map, nor whether you&#8217;ll be limited to the asphalt areas or not.<\/p>\n<p>However Kunos did comment that any local business in the area could become part of the game &#8212; featured not only as the premises but offering their products too. We&#8217;re presuming that&#8217;s limited to automotive-related concerns, although that may not necessarily be the case.<\/p>\n<p>Players will be able to interact with these businesses &#8212; particularly when it comes to upgrading vehicles &#8212; as part of the game, and Kunos is inviting applications from businesses in the area to be part of <em>ACE<\/em>. One example provided is that of Nurburgring YouTuber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtplanet.net\/gamers-win-gt4-class-nurburgring-20240408\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"132828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Misha Charoudin&#8217;s<\/a> &#8220;Vulcan Alpha&#8221; tuning firm, located near the &#8216;Ring.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtplanet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gtplanet.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-1-3-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-138037\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Players in the USA will also have the chance to get a sneak preview of Assetto Corsa EVO this weekend, at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p>The PRI SIM Racing Arena Presented by U.S. Army &amp; SRO America at the show will be providing short demonstrations of Assetto Corsa EVO to attendees, although it looks like it&#8217;ll be a case of waiting in line for a spot &#8212; and it&#8217;ll likely be in high demand!<\/p>\n<p><a href='\/forum\/posts\/14377941'><i>Discuss this article in our forums&#8230;<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a little bit of a surprise announcement, Kunos Simulazioni has confirmed details about the open-world map that will feature in Assetto Corsa EVO &#8212; and it&#8217;s quite something from the sound of it. As we&#8217;d somewhat expected from the video in which the open-world was teased, the map itself is based on the roads&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-3020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assetto-corsa-evo","tag-assetto-corsa-evo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/funplayarcade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/funplayarcade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/funplayarcade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funplayarcade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funplayarcade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/funplayarcade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/funplayarcade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funplayarcade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funplayarcade.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}