Kunos Simulazioni’s Licensing Project Manager Marco Massarutto has revealed a new piece of content for Assetto Corsa via his Facebook page, the BMW M4 Coupe. Here’s the quote from Marco.
Considering the size, I would never supposed this car was so nimble (and neither so powerful) until I drove it at Vallelunga last year. I’ve been really surprised, and the driving experience has been so exciting that I decided to require also the license of this model to BMW. And the best is yet to come, because for this particular car, we have created a special partnership with a very well-known company that will set a thrilling experience with the BMW 4M Coupé in Assetto Corsa. See you in Frankfurt next Spring.
That tease at the end of the statement has me intrigued…
The F82 M4 Coupe will join other BMW offerings in Assetto Corsa such as the E30 M3, E89 Z4, 1 Series M Coupe, E92 M3, E30 M3 Group A, Z4 GT3, M3 GT2 and M235i Racing (Dream Pack). That’s a lot of BMW’s. Kunos’s BMW garage is starting to rival its large Lotus collection.
The 2015 BMW M4 Coupe will arrive in Assetto Corsa with 425 horsepower and 406 lb-ft of torque thanks to its new S55 twin-turbo inline six-cylinder engine motivating the rear tires to propel the 3530 lbs car from 0-60 mph in 3.9 seconds.
As you can see, no concrete timetable was given for release – although that “Frankfurt next Spring” comment could be something – but we do know that it will not be part of the soon to be release Bonus Pack. Maybe it’ll be part of a ‘Dream Pack 2’?
And speaking of Assetto Corsa, Darin caught up with the Kunos crew at E3 and captured some exclusive footage of the new WIP user interface for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Assetto Corsa. Check it out at our Inside Sim Racing YouTube page.
Well that is nice for the folks that want to drive street cars and maybe drifters. I prefer race cars.
Please.. Please manual transmission…