If you are a sim racer who enjoys modded content for Assetto Corsa, you have likely encountered one of the most infamous and confusing error messages in the community: “Assetto Corsa is obsolete – v1163 is required” (often accompanied by a missing or broken link).
If you’ve spent any time downloading custom cars or tracks for Assetto Corsa, you’ve likely run into a frustrating popup:
“Assetto Corsa is obsolete – v1163 is required.”
Or a similar variant: “Car/Track requires game version 1.16.3.” assetto corsa is obsolete v1163 is required link
The "Assetto Corsa is obsolete (v1.16.3 is required)" error is a common glitch in Assetto Corsa modding that usually occurs when the Custom Shaders Patch (CSP) Content Manager misinterprets a recent base game update. Why This Happens This error often pops up even if you are on a newer version Fixing the “Assetto Corsa is Obsolete – v1163
which updates automatically to the required compatibility level. settings to ignore this warning? Save 75% on Assetto Corsa on Steam settings to ignore this warning
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This typically happens because your game has actually updated to a version (like
Edit the version: Find the very top entry (it might say 1.16.4). Change it to 1.16.3 and save the file.