By night, a brilliant collection of lights put on a show as you fly past billboards, buildings and even over the famed Rainbow Bridge. By day, shadows from nearby buildings give a great sense of speed while the surrounding landmarks take your eyes away from the road. These are game mechanics typical for an open world arcade racer, not AC.įurthermore, the map is gorgeous. Certain sectors are automatically timed by the servers giving an online leader board, while flashing your lights at a car ahead will challenge them to a race. To make things interesting, the online servers feature many time trial and race functionalities. Ferrari F40 carves through traffic with other players at high speed. This sort of experience has to be seen to be believed. Doing it with traffic pootling along and other players flying past you without a care in the world is something else. Taking Assetto Corsa as its base, the project turns this racing simulator into a new and improved Midnight Club or Need for Speed equivalent.ĭriving these open roads at break-neck speeds aboard amazing machinery is one thing. Well this mod throws that vision on its head. One traditionally thinks of simracing as a racing event on a closed track. Whether it’s the ridiculous kei cars racing at Knockhill or a pack of Japanese monsters taking on Laguna Seca, this mod will propel you back to GT4. Image credit: Kunos SimulazioniĪway from the Tokyo road network, driving these cars on normal tracks gives a true Gran Turismo feeling. Taking JDM weapons on closed tracks gives strong GT4 vibes. Especially when flying through one of the Shutoko’s many tunnels. Interiors feature everything one would expect, exteriors are beautifully crafted and the engine sounds are to die for. Stock MR2s and Silvia S14s join comical kei cars like the Honda Acty.Įvery single one of these cars are recreated to a brilliant level of detail. On the other hand are more pedestrian models. JDM classics like FD Mazda RX-7s and Skyline GT-Rs of all generations join European exotics like the Murcielago and F40. On the one hand are the hyper-powerful, tuned cars. Though fortunately, it isn’t covered with people in-game. In more recent updates, parts of the Tokyo inner city have also joined the track, including the infamous Shibuya crossing. The map mixes long, wide-open sections of expressway, narrower twisty portions, colourful bridges and theatrically tuneful tunnels. Image credit: Kunos SimulazioniĬountless miles of road are available to explore. Shutoko looks just as good at night as it does in the day. The car packs are predominantly full of JDM weapons and the majority of the world will have to get used to driving on the left. The map itself focuses on a famous network of Japanese express ways. Expansive Car List and MapĪs you may have guessed by now, the Shutoko Revival Project is nothing if not Nihon-centric. The map and car collection are in constant evolution and donations seemingly help to further push the boundaries of what Kunos originally intended for AC. While the team does accept donations through its Patreon, the entire experience is available for free. Image credit: Kunos SimulazioniĪccording to the team’s Patreon page, they aim “to be the definitive version of Shutoko, otherwise known as Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway, or the Shutoko. The SRP car list is the perfect mix of JDM and exotica. The result is an astonishing blend of Need for Speed meets simracing. This is all done as AI traffic goes about its business on the open roads. Players can join one of the team’s servers and explore the map with other online racers. Not only this, the team incorporates its map with countless legends of the JDM scene, all created to great detail. What the Shutoko Revival Project is doing is recreating this real-world location to a 1:1 scale. In Japan, the Shutoko is the network of highways linking various parts of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. The Shutoko Revival Project mod on Assetto Corsa is possibly one of the best ways to chill out after a challenging time behind the wheel. Image credit: Kunos Simulazioniīut there’s a new kid on the block. Some take to smashing into barriers with a sofa on Wreckfest, others choose to drive trucks across Europe in Euro Truck Simulator. While taking a break altogether does work, jumping into a more relaxed environment behind the wheel is the ideal way to fall back in love with virtual cars. That’s why even the best simracers need to take a break in order to stay in love with this amazing passion. Simply pushing the limits lap after lap is exhausting. Finding oneself caught up in accident upon accident is a frustrating thing. Intense practicing for league races can get tedious. That’s where oddball experiences like the Shutoko Revival Project come in.ĭespite being a fun hobby, simracing can take its toll on many. Same cars, tracks and T1 incidents don’t help to keep the enjoyment. Sometimes, simracing can get frustrating.
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