PISTA Motorsport

What is PISTA Motorsport?

PISTA Motorsport is an exciting virtual experience that allows racing enthusiasts to live the adrenaline and thrill of competing on Argentina's most iconic tracks. Meticulously designed to replicate the sensations and challenges of racing car driving, offers stunning graphics and realistic physics that provide an immersive experience.

With a wide selection of iconic Argentine racing cars, players can choose their favorite vehicle and put it to the test on detailed and accurate circuits. Each car has its own unique handling and technical characteristics, adding depth and authenticity to the driving experience. [1]

Notes:

• Available from Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2434120/PISTA_Motorsport/
• Currently in early access
• Release August 28th, 2025

Game play from August 2025:

Open Modding

Early Access details indicate the team wants PISTA Motorsport to be an open modding platform:

“We want PISTA Motorsport to be a completely open project to the community. We invite all modders who want to participate in the project and all players to send us their suggestions and ideas to improve the product as much as possible. It’s a race sim designed with the community in mind; we hope you enjoy it!” [2]

Initial Impressions by Shovas

• Startup and Onboarding:
• Startup onboarding is decent, asks for first name and last name, then displays the main screen which looks clean but a little outdated, which is understandable
• Handling, Physics, and Tires Simulation:
  • Once I got settled in with controls and FFB, I did start to feel the simulation underneath it all. Handling and physics felt as decent as rFactor 1-level isiMotor games can feel.
  • I can't say much about tires yet, they seem to have decent grip and communicate well enough through FFB.
• FFB:
  • They seem to be relying on a centering force (default 100%) to make up a lack of gyro or pneumatic force (big center deadzone with centering force disabled)
  • Now that I've got ffb sorted I can feel there's a simulation here. Not sure it's true but I heard about some connection to AMS1 so maybe that's what's underneath it.
• Visuals:
  • Graphics engine is unity
  • Great car and cockpit modelling, track modeling not so much
  • Driver hands animated up to 300deg, more than some sims can say
  • Head physics is weird, disabled by default though that's good
• Trivia:
  • Trackwalk mode let's you walk around the track with ASWD controls
• Suggestions:
  • Setting up controls was rough. The basics are there but don't have the usability of assigning controls in modern sims.
  • Setting up FFB could be better. Practical defaults for common hardware would be greatly appreciated. Crowdsource from your beta testers if you have to.
  • Low rendering quality in mirrors hurts first impressions
  • Onboarding users should be polished more before launch. First impressions are key. Everything should be as smooth as possible.
  • Default FOV completely loses sense of speed, even to the detriment of knowing you should break earlier for turns. Default FOV should be adjusted to increase sense of speed.
  • Offline play should allow exiting even while car is moving
• Other Thoughts:
  • I'm happy for them, great to see new country-themed sims that hopefully serve their motorsports scene, tracks, series, simracers, and fans