At last year’s Sim Racing Expo, our own Andreas Nie interviewed Antonio Moro, Creative Director for Racecraft, a new sandbox-like title from Italian developer Vae Victis.
Fast forward six months, and Racecraft is now available on Steam Early Access. Racecraft differentiates itself from the crowd with its ‘procedural racing experience’. Essentially, fans are able to create the tracks. Or you can let the game create one for you and you can save it if you like it. This means there are an infinite number of track layouts.
The cars can also be built from scratch, but you start off with an open wheel car that looks a bit like the 2013 Ferrari F1 car…
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Executive Producer of Vae Victis Games, Fabio Cristi, reached out to us and provided us with some insight on where the game is and where it’s headed below.
This first Early Access release features:
- Infinite procedural generation of tracks with different tortuosity and length
- Support for keyboard, gamepads and Thrustmaster and Logitech wheels
- Race Mode vs. 100 progressive AI levels
- HotLap Mode with Ghost or AI training.
- Cloud saving for tracks and lap records
- Advanced Driving Menu: tune your car while you are driving without losing focus
- Track Analysis Adaptive Control: controls adapt according to the track shape
The main features we’re adding within the next 6 months are:
- Career mode
- Asynchronous multiplayer
- VR support
- Multiplayer
Racecraft is certainly an interesting concept. If it peaks your interest, you can add it to your Steam library for $15.99
