Content Manager

Content Manager is the most useful program for Assetto Corsa and without it you will have to spend a lot of time managing all the options.

Content Manager is free in the basic version and can be downloaded from this site:

Content Manager (acstuff.ru)

Weighs only 10.851 Mb

How to upload to your computer

If you have downloaded it, you will find in Download the file

Open the file with any unzipping program and you will find 3 files:

Launch Content Manager.exe and this warning will appear, which will install Content Manager in the right directory and recognise you as a Steam user, if you are already registered on Steam

In any case, it is important to check that the Content Manager.exe file is located in this position

Steam/steamapps/common folder

if not, look for the Content Manager.exe file and move it to the right folder.

What is it for and how to use it

Let's take a look at the most important advantages of this extraordinary programme which will simplify the (complex) management of Assetto Corsa.

The premise stands in the definition of the content of this program: it is a launcher of Assetto Corsa, i.e. it directly starts the simulator and provides various control panels from which you can choose or modify the configurations of the simulator.

First advantage

One of the many advantages of Assetto Corsa, linked to the longevity of this simulator born in 2014 and which I still consider to be the best, is the availability on the web of a very high number of mods, i.e. applications to be inserted into the simulator. So we're talking cars, tracks, utilities, weather, etc..

Each of these mods must be inserted in a specific Assetto Corsa path and folder, otherwise it won't work and you'll waste a lot of time looking for tutorials, studying them and putting into practice what is recommended.

Well, Content Manager saves you all this time. Do we need to add a car? Generally cars, like all mods are in .zip format and so we should first unzip the.zip file into a folder and then look for the directory to put it in. This is a big waste of time and can also cause errors.

With Content Manager it's just a matter of a drag&drop from the zipped file to the "Drive" page.

A new page will open, we just have to click on "Install" and Content Manager will put the car in Assetto Corsa in the right place.

Same procedure for tracks and so on.

 A new page will open, we just have to click on Install and Content Manager will put the track in Assetto Corsa in the right place.

Second advantage

The graphic look is one of the most important features of Assetto Corsa and it is related to the most realistic look possible that every player would like to see on his monitor.

In the "SETTINGS" page under "VIDEO" there is an impressive number of settings that serve to improve the graphic appearance. Don't be impressed by titles that may sound unfamiliar and whose values are normally fine as you see them because they have been extracted from the video card. The most interesting setting is the Post-Processing under "Filter", which contains a pop-up with a number of effects that change the appearance (colour, sharpness, blurring, lighting etc.) of Assetto Corsa.

Some of the best mods that change the realistic look of Assetto Corsa with links, in order of my preference:

Sol  Peter Boese

Natural Graphics Mod 5.0.1   Chris Kennedy

New Horizon Shades  Master

A3PP  Marocco2

None of these mods conflict with the others as they can be enabled or disabled by the "Filter" popup.

This filter can also be disabled.

Third advantage

On Assetto Corsa the settings are a bit scattered, while in Content Manager it is easier to have an overview and above all to test every change instantly. For example, in Post-processing, the LUT is used to better distribute the force (Force Feedback) that the simulator attributes to the steering wheel.

Content Manager has hundreds of features that you could write books about and there are many reviews on the web, so I will stop here at the most important advantages of this outstanding software.