GAMES: New Porsche Pack for 'Assetto Corsa'

Now anyone can set a new lap record in a 919 Hybrid – from the comfort of their own home.

The third Porsche Pack for the racing simulation "Assetto Corsa" was announced today. The pack brings a range of vehicles to the virtual track, from one of the brand's first racing cars, the 718 RS 60 Spyder from 1960, to the Le Mans legend of the 1980s, the 962C, and the current 919 Hybrid LMP1 car.

Porsche has made unprecedented efforts to ensure that the historical motorsport vehicles offer realistic driving behavior, which is why Kunos Simulazioni, the Italian developers behind the racing simulation, worked closely with the Porsche engineers. In addition, race logs and development documents were gathered from the historical archive at the Porsche Museum and analyzed in minute detail.

There are three Porsche Packs available for "Assetto Corsa" with a total of 24 historical and current vehicles. Owners of a PlayStation 4 or Xbox One will need to wait until January 2017 for the latest Porsche Pack release on those platforms.