AC EVO ONLINE Update - Testing hot laps and Academy challenges - Wheel game play

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The video features Evil Rabbit providing an update on the latest changes to AC EVO Online, focusing specifically on new special events and gameplay mechanics. The session begins with a test of a damp hot lap challenge in the GR86, allowing viewers to see how the game handles slippery road conditions with standard road tires. As the driver navigates the Indy circuit, they note that the wet surface makes the car significantly more prone to sliding, requiring careful steering inputs and cautious braking to maintain control. Despite the initial difficulty caused by the lack of grip, the experience is described as cool and engaging, offering a distinct driving feel compared to dry conditions. Following the hot lap test, the focus shifts to the return of license challenges, which brings back elements reminiscent of the older Grand Turismo series. The driver attempts these specific tasks in an RS3 Sportback, noting that the car does not break easily as expected, which adds a layer of difficulty to completing the objectives within the time limits. During these attempts, the player struggles initially, managing to secure only one star on the first try before improving their performance to earn two stars on subsequent runs by pushing wider through corners. The commentary highlights the fun aspect of trying to achieve gold ratings in these challenges, treating them as a nostalgic return to the structured progression found in previous racing games. The video concludes with an overview of other new features and current limitations within the updated game environment. While there are exciting new challenges available for various cars, the presenter points out that leaderboards have not yet been fully implemented or fixed by the developers. Additionally, technical adjustments are made regarding the steering wheel settings to accommodate paddle shifters in the RS3, ensuring the gameplay feels authentic to the intended design. Overall, the episode serves as a look into the evolving state of AC EVO Online, balancing new content with ongoing technical refinements while encouraging the community to follow along on social media for more updates.

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hello everybody I'm evil rabbit we're here on a of course of Evo the online and everything has been updated so we're just going to go straight into some special events it looks like we do have a MX5 ND Cup race we do have a hot Stant in the gr which we may actually start with that one so we got a damp hotlap stent in the gr and we're going to see how this works with them updating everything it's quite great make sure you guys follow me on all social media all find in the description box below let's get to it so we have a hot stent here I'm not sure what we uh need to do well we're just going to go full drive we're going to leave PC and everything on because this is just going to be gripping and we already want to slide W oh it's damp damp conditions that's right oh I stall in the car I forgot this is damp condition so it's going to be a little bit uh a little bit slippery so we need to uh manage our slipp oh oh man this is really slippery in the damn conditions here oh this car wants to slide a lot but we need to try and uh manage that I don't think I'd be ripping I probably will be ripping the car in this condition gr86 is definitely this is going to get where it's going to get squirely oh I forgot to miss this track crap it's the Indie circuit yep it's the Indie circuit or the GP whoops well that happens so now we'll we'll get better on our second lap that's for sure so this that full one okay now I know where we are maybe this is very very slippery trying to manage my steering a little bit better because yep I just wants to start sliding right away oh The Damp conditions make for a really really cool kind of Driving Experience on road tires was not sure how that one was going to react all right so we're going to go and do our actual first hot lab since now I remember the course as we almost lose it going through [Music] that the mods go a little bit slower through here ooh managed to slide there we [Music] go got a little bit of heat in the tires it feels like it's getting a little bit more grip got to remember what turn this is now miss second gear man as you get it in after the fact but we uh missed it for a [Music] second Yep this car gets the damp feeling feels really good in the game though for some reason it's uh quite different feeling push that corner a little bit too much probably didn't need to break as much there but I'm trying to be cautious and we're just going to go full Sim with this [Music] we got [Music] it try to go a little bit quicker on this lap as I say that we go to the third so 156 so now that we've completed one of our track one of ours let's see if we do we have to complete the whole thing in order for it to count I'm not entirely sure cuz I've never done oh no apparently you do so uh well there's a lot of cool things that we need to look into with all of the new because there's no leaderboards I don't believe or anything yet so they've haven't fully uh fixed that but there's some challenges and stuff we can do in cars which is really cool so we're going to be diving a lot into all of that but the other thing that they did add back in is the license challenge maybe uh it was there license there it is so RS3 sportback I'm not sure if this is a paddle shift or not and if it is we're going to have to change our steering wheel Because unless we go here and then we go to shifter and then we need Gear Up and gear down so we do have it set I think we have it set for okay so we do have it set on that all right so that's good so we can run it in that mode if it is a paddle we can run our our shifter toggle off our ignition we're going to go drive it is a paddle shifter [Music] so I feel like this is back in the old Grand trisal days of running uh oh this car does not break okay we're gonna have to restart that uh this car does not break how I uh expected it to so we're just going to try that one more time what I say this is back to oh we're not doing the greatest on our licenses uh back in Grand Turismo when you had to run the licenses and stuff like that [Music] so it's kind of fun and interesting to have license challenges here in Evo we have to break way sooner Press menu to end session so how did we actually fair in that uh one one star that's it [Music] we only got one star okay this the same challenge we need to get 20 [Music] seconds man we need to get 20 seconds to complete this [Music] challenge so I can do if we keep pushing wide like [Music] that H we a well at least we got two stars on that this time so these license challenges are definitely going to be fun and going to be trying to do it just like in GT trying to get all Golds so that'll do here for this episode here on Evo make sure you guys follow me on all social media all found in the description box below can't retrieve our data on that run oh hurly access I'll evil rabbit I'll see you guys on the track [Music]