"God Lisha: Racing" DLC Intercontinental GT review: Always look forward to the next circle of wonderful

Racing simulation driving games are a special category of racing games, with high degree of authenticity and professionalism, which make such games occupy a niche in the huge racing game market, and gradually cultivate a group of loyal and high-level core players, forming their own unique cultural circle. Among them, 505 Games released on the Steam platform "Assetto Corsa: Competition one" (Assetto Corsa: Competition one) as a rising star in recent years, its immersive experience to the player and professional production level, is also unique.

In general, we simply divide racing games into several categories. Among them, the most common and most widely known is the "Need for Speed" series, which focuses on entertaining racing games. This kind of game with the refreshing sense of racing and visual exaggeration as the core selling point, in the play experience, suitable for most of the entry-level players who have a certain interest in car culture.

After this, it is like the "Extreme racing" series, which focuses on the entertainment effect at the same time, the pursuit of a certain sense of authenticity. This kind of work combines the entertainment effect of "need for speed", while pursuing a certain sense of reality in the driving experience. It will not be very difficult to get started, but if you want to master it, you also need to have a certain amount of practice.

The highest level of all racing games is the driving simulator. This is the ceiling of professionalism and realism in racing games. Although there is still a certain gap with professional driving simulation software in terms of the richness of details, as a tool for players to "realize their dreams", whether it is playability or production scale, it has reached the peak of racing games.

"Divine Power Kosa: Racing" is such a work of pursuing the ultimate driving experience. Since the game itself was launched on the Steam platform in 2018, after successive iterations of the version, the game has shown quite good quality. In its latest "Intercontinental GT" expansion pack, players will drive the new GT3 series sports car to new tracks around the world to start a new journey.

This "Intercontinental GT" expansion pack has added four new track maps. Cayarami Grand Prix Circuit in South Africa, Suzuka Circuit in Japan, Weathertech Circuit Laguna Seca in the United States, and Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, Australia. It covers various track types in the real race, and the real track is restored to the greatest extent through the laser scanning modeling of the real track. At the same time, with the game's original dynamic weather system, whether it is day or night, clear sky or rain, different tracks under the influence of dynamic weather, will bring players a completely different driving experience.

Take the rainy track alone. In the game, when players drive in rainy days, they will affect the difficulty of driving because of the water on the road. If you play with a handle or a professional steering wheel, the player can feel the vibration feedback generated by the race tire slipping on the water surface. Compared with the dry ground on a sunny day, the ability of the tire to grasp the ground at this time will be greatly reduced, giving the player a real feeling of rainy driving. At the same time, thanks to the excellent performance of Unreal Engine 4 in weather rendering, the rain in the game can achieve the inertial splashing effect like real raindrops, obscuring the player's vision, and thus bringing more challenges to driving. From all aspects, "Divine Power Kosa: Racing" can be said to be the industry's top in the restoration of the track.

The same pursuit of authenticity, is the game appeared in a variety of top GT3 sports cars. In the latest "Intercontinental GT" expansion pack, the game has added 45 new racing brands, 30 teams and 50 new drivers. Power parameters and driving sound were collected for all vehicles on the actual track. After the experience, different vehicles in the process of running laps, can obviously feel the difference in the performance of the car, such as Lamborghini's GT3 car has a strong straight-line acceleration ability, and Mercedes-Benz's GT3 series car has excellent steering ability when turning corners.

Therefore, even if it is the same track, controlling different racing charts will not make players easily bored. Every GT car has its advantages and disadvantages, and every driving experience will be different.

What's more, the training of vehicles is also a highlight of the game to ensure the diversity of player experience. For each game, players can debug their own vehicle parameters before the game, these adjustable parameters are rich in content, tires, body shock absorption system, body chassis height, etc., can be adjusted according to the needs of players. For racing fans, it is also very worth studying the gameplay.

In terms of competition system, after joining the "Intercontinental GT" challenge, the overall playability of "Shenli Kosa: Racing" has been further improved. Players can choose from a wide variety of match modes. From regular practice sessions to various weekend endurance races with dynamic weather effects, players can hone their driving skills in a variety of ways in these modes. At the same time, players can also deeply customize the computer AI, auxiliary functions, etc., to create a most suitable competition environment for themselves.

"Divine Power Kosa: Racing" is a relatively "core" racing game, and its threshold is high. For ordinary players who have not been exposed to professional racing culture, there is no small difficulty in adapting to this game.

First of all, the game does not offer a relatively friendly beginner orientation session. Therefore, it is very easy to dissuade a large number of players in the early stages of learning. In my own experience, when I first came into contact with this game, I often retired because I did not understand the rules of the game, or I was not familiar with the driving skills and crashed the car beyond recognition. Before playing in the event mode, it is recommended to learn the relevant rules of GT events to adapt to this core racing game.

Secondly, the requirements for hardware configuration are also stricter than most racing games, especially in the operation mode of the game. Although "Shenli Kosa: Racing" supports keyboard operation, the actual operating experience is not satisfactory, on the one hand, because of its unique key Settings, on the other hand, the keyboard itself can not simulate the feedback of the operation of racing car driving. Even with the handle operation, it is difficult to accurately control the steering of the vehicle through the handle rocker. Therefore, the professional game steering wheel is the best choice for getting started.

Today, "Shenli Kesa: Racing" has been recognized by many professional racers with its first-class simulation driving experience, and even has become a simulator for some professional teams to use for daily training, which fully demonstrates the ultra-high production level of this work. At the same time, the electronic racing competition with "Divine Kosa: Racing" as the competition project has also won the support of racing game players around the world. This work allows their passionate blood to be spilled on the virtual arena.

Judging from the content of this DLC expansion pack alone, the price of 58 yuan is definitely worth the money for fans of the series. New tracks, new models, just hearing the roar of the engine is enough to get their blood pumping.

But for ordinary players who don't know about professional racing competitions, Assetto Corsa: Competizione has a relatively high barrier to entry. This is not a racing game for everyone. But if you can calm down and practice over and over again, hone your technique in boring cycles of brushing. Then, after countless attempts, you may be able to experience the unique joys of professional racing driving.

After all, this is a game that only a few people can enjoy.