Assetto Corsa EVO edges ever closer to the pivotal Version 1.0 release, this time with V0.8. Released today, 9th July 2026, the latest early access update adds the Kyalami circuit and three new cars: KTM X-Bow GT2, KTM X-Bow GT4 and Volkswagen Golf R Mk8. Perhaps more pertinent will be a touted improvement in virtual reality performance, with foveated rendering an option that we found made VR racing smoother . It’s not the only performance-focused change, with ‘enhanced VRAM reporting’ and ‘supersampling and enhanced windshield rendering’ added. That’s all very tech-heavy, but developer Kunos Simulazioni claims these result in on-screen performance enhancements. If you’d like to know all the changes to the game’s rendering, the list is below. We took this image using the freecam, which now works better (in our testing) following Version 0.8 June’s update marked the start of car mod creation. This update expands upon that, with community-created vehicles now allowed to be used in multiplayer, plus the ability to create custom liveries within the external mod SDK. There’s, as ever, a host of game crash and bug fixes (listed below), and we also got on better with the freecam in our testing, too. Assetto Corsa EVO Version 0.8 update patch notes Content KTM X-Bow GT2 KTM X-Bow GT4 Volkswagen Golf 8 R Kyalami General external livery creation support fix for crash when player is changing car setup while the session changes or restarts added protection for controls listening while the session changes or restarts fixed a crash when starting the game from a mapped network drive fixed empty showroom showing briefly after launch before the splash screens added numberplate selector in the paintshop for relevant cars Multiplayer possible crash fix when joining an MP server server/MP chat: feedback after using admin commands fix for a startup