Supernova plan to build an authentic and immersive rally sim that focuses on capturing the skill and essence of rally driving. In the preview shown for AC Rally the developers explained that the sim will feature an extended damage system allowing indiivdual parts of the cars to break in a visual and physics based way. Additionally there is a huge focus on simulating all of the elements of rally such as surface degradation, dynamic weather, and irregularities in road surface.

The game is being built in Unreal Engine 5, which is a bit concerning to us considering the amount of UE5 games that suffer from performance and optimization issues, but the hands-on previews of the game seemed to run well. In an upside all cars and even the rally stages have all been laser scanned for accuracy and the game does look beautiful. On the physics sides, hands-on impressions have shown that the game will also lean more towards the unforgiving nature of Richard Burns Rally than the more simcade and forgiving nature of Dirt 2.0 and EA WRC.

Assetto Corsa Rally is also coming sooner than expected with a planned launch into Steam Early Access on November 13th 2025. Initially there will be 4 stages with two gravel stages in Wales and 2 tarmac stages in Alsace totaling 33km of roads. There will also be 10 laser scanned rally cars including Group B, WRC, and Rally2 class cars with 5 game modes to choose from.

Initially it will be a singleplayer experience with leaderboards but there is plans to introduce more multiplayer systems later on in Early Access. Besides the traditional online leaderboard based tournament systems we’ve come to expect from rally games, apparently there will also be servers eventually that allow you to compete simultaneously with your friends – though it sounds like you won’t actually visibly see each other, just real time updates for sector timings etc.

The full release is planned to have over 120km of laser scanned rally stages, 5 international rallies, a total roster of 30 rally cars, with more updates to come post launch. There will be support for triple monitor setups day one of Early Access however VR support will come at a later stage as the developers aren’t happy with the current implementation, which isn’t surprising for a UE5 based sim.

The initial content list for Early Access is as follows:

Official Licensed Cars:

• Alfa Romeo GTA 1300 Junior Gr.2 – 1972

• Citroen Xsara WRC – 2001

• Fiat 131 Abarth Gr.4 – 1976

• FIAT 124 Sport Abarth Rally 16V Gr.4 – 1973

• Hyundai i20N Rally2 – 2021

• Lancia Delta HF integrale EVO Gr.A – 1992

• Lancia Stratos Gr.4 – 1976

• Lancia Rally 037 EVO 2 Gr.B – 1984

• Mini Cooper S Gr.2 – 1964

• Peugeot 208 Rally4 – 2020

Real Stages:

• Rally Alsace – Munster

• Rally Alsace – Saverne

• Rally Wales – Hafren South

• Rally Wales – Hafren North

Game Modes:

• Assetto Corsa Rally Events with online leaderboards

• Free Practice

• Rally Weekend

• Single Rally Stage

• Time Attack with online leaderboards

We’re pretty excited for this instalment in the Assetto Corsa franchise, and with some comments about the potential for mods in the future this could be shaping up to be the next major thing in rally sim. Head on over to the Steam Early Access page if you want to add it to your wishlist.

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