Assetto Corsa EVO 0.2 adds Open/Career modes, 7 cars, and 2 circuits

Assetto Corsa EVO 0.2 is now live on Steam. In the official release announcement, the team says this update focuses on two major game modes, added content, performance work, and a wide batch of gameplay, UI, and input changes.

What changed

Features

Added Open Mode and Career Mode.
Open Mode provides access to all in-game cars without limitations, with local garage persistence for customized and saved cars.
Career Mode remains the progression-focused mode and no longer depends on backend gameplay flow.
Both modes are available offline; Special Events still require an online connection.
Initial startup now prompts players to create a profile and choose a mode, with switching available later.
Performance improvements were added for traditional screens, VR, and triple-screen setups.
UI/controls updates include controls-page input polling, a cancel button, video-settings tooltips, and keyboard/controller support for dual-handle sliders.

Cars

Added 7 cars:
- Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evoluzione
- Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA
- Lotus Exige V6 Cup
- Honda NSX-R (92R)
- Maserati GT2
- Mazda Miata (MX-5) NA
- Porsche 911 Turbo 3.6 (964)
Open Mode adds an “All Cars” button for quick selection and optional transfer into the garage.
Vehicle UI/input filtering and car-thumbnail presentation were updated.

Tracks

Added Circuit of the Americas with GP and National layouts.
Added Donington Park Circuit with GP and National layouts.

Physics

Re-enabled fuel and battery consumption.
Re-enabled gearbox damage.
Updated handling and setup for the Camaro ZL1 and ZL1 1LE.
Tweaked visual tyre flex.
VR updates include a VR TV camera set, dynamic mirror capture by default, runtime video-setting changes, enhanced reflections, and DLSS.

Fixes

Fixed a VRAM leak in the UI engine that caused performance degradation over time.
Fixed invalid laps appearing as best laps in timetables.
Fixed predicted/delta finish-line spikes.
Fixed multiple controller-navigation, input-device, and showroom-control issues.
Fixed automatic gearbox shift audio, car flickering in radar, electronics setup transfer to track, and several car-data/localization issues.

For league ops, we should confirm event regulations around fuel use and gearbox damage, decide whether new cars/tracks enter our rotation, and brief drivers on the new Open/Career split plus the offline/online behavior for Special Events.

From the changelog

Structured change list parsed from the official notes.

features

Dear Assetto Corsa EVO Community -
Version 0.2 of our Early Access program is now available on Steam. Restart your Steam client and make sure you update the game to its latest version.
Coming with Release 0.2, a large amount of performance improvements covering traditional screens, VR and Triple Screen users are now available, alongside a list of gameplay and UI improvements.
Make sure you update your game client for a better experience on Assetto Corsa EVO.
Enjoy your driving!
----- Changelog - Version 0.2 -----
General
Please note that Special Events still require online connection.
- controls page now has an input poll for itself, solving the ui input filtering.
- controls page cancel button
- UI: video settings tooltips
- UI: Slider - keyboard/controller control for dual handle sliders

cars

This new update brings two major game modes, offering the Open Mode as a way to access all game cars without limitations, and the Career Mode offering game economy and progression mechanics.
Both game modes are available without needing an internet connection, which will still be required for Special Events only.
Additionally, 7 new cars and 2 new circuits are available.
In Open mode the dealership is an open source of cars for customizing and adding them to the player's local garage. There is no limitation to access and customization options.
Open mode also has persistence on locally customized and saved cars.
"All Cars" button in Open mode car selection allows quick selection of all cars ingame, and also moving them into the garage if the player would like a customized example.
Initial startup prompts the player to create a profile and select the desired mode - after that they can switch between the modes at any time.
- added input filters to vehicles UI pages to listen to appropriate functions on each given page
- fix for flickering caused by the thumbnail creation on car purchase
- car customization: reject rim design on pending design mismatch (fixing entry duplication)
- fixed car flickering in radar
- car thumbnails updated capture scene with contact shadows and adjusted spacing

tracks

- added Circuit Of The Americas - GP and National layouts
- added Donington Park Circuit - GP and National layouts
- added Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evoluzione
- added Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA
- added Lotus Exige V6 Cup
- added Honda NSX-R (92R)
- added Maserati GT2
- added Mazda Miata (MX-5) NA
- added Porsche 911 Turbo 3.6 (964)
The Gameplay has been altered so that players have a choice to play in Career or Open mode.
Career mode will be the previous progression mode without any backend dependency on gameplay flow.
- fixed electronics setup settings not transferring to track

physics

Physics
- re-enabled fuel and battery consumption
- re-enabled gearbox damage
- handling and setup updates to the Camaro ZL1 and ZL1 1LE variant
- tweaked visual tyre flex effect
- VR: added VR TV camera set
- VR: mirror capture mode now defaults to "dynamic" in VR
- VR: runtime changes of video settings
- VR: enhanced reflections
- VR: added DLSS
- fixed blurred shader functions (tyre, rim, disc) not working in reverse

fixes

- Lambo and Lancia cardata fixes and tweaks
- fixed gear shift audio event for automatic gearbox
- fixed in-session controller navigation issues
- fixes to controller navigation and focus in showroom controls
- localization updates for all languages
- added soft configuration to controls page so it responds without applying
- UI: fixed invalid laps being displayed as best lap in timetables
- fixed a VRAM leak caused by the UI engine causing degrading performance over time
- fixed issues with input devices not sent to the UI and other input-related woes
- fixed predicted/delta finish line spikes
Gameplay
- added Open/Career modes