Installing mods (cars & tracks)

Know the root folder first

Installing mods means putting files into the game root folder — the one from the previous level (...\steamapps\common\assettocorsa). These are the folders that matter:

Folder	What goes in it
content\cars\	Cars
content\tracks\	Tracks
apps\lua\, apps\python\	App mods, split by script type
extension\	CSP-related content, commonly config-ext (Pure configs, filter script settings)
system\cfg\	Post-processing filter files and scripts

Right-click the root folder in Explorer and Pin to Quick access — you’ll be back here often.

Manual install (recommended)

Installing by hand is more reliable than dragging into CM. Content Manager can misplace files or break a mod outright; if a mod installed through CM is misbehaving, redo it manually — that overwrites the bad install.

The thing to check is which level the archive was packed from:

• The archive already contains a full path like content\tracks\some_track\ → drag its contents straight into the root folder and merge.
• The archive only contains some_track\ → put that inside content\tracks\ yourself.

Same logic for cars. One folder per mod — don’t mix files from different mods together.

Dragging into Content Manager

The quick way: drag the archive onto the CM window and let it detect and install. This works fine for well-packaged mods, and they show up in CM’s car / track lists afterwards.

But as above — if something doesn’t appear, textures look wrong, or the track won’t load, redo it manually.

Where to find mods

• Browse the authors here — we list Chinese modders, and each profile links to where they actually publish (Bilibili, Afdian and so on).
• We don’t host mods. We point you at the author’s own release page, so you get the genuine, current version.

Installed but not showing up?

Work through these in order:

1. Wrong folder level — by far the most common cause. Re-check the section above.
2. Needs CSP — many newer mods require it, sometimes a specific version.
3. Needs official DLC — some mods reuse car or track assets from paid DLC.
4. Stick to sources you trust; don’t install files of unknown origin.

Next

Cars sorted — now look at the tools the community actually runs, in Recommended mods.