AI or Multiplayer?

Hi all.

Just wondering what people are looking forward to the most in AC - racing offline against AI or online multiplayer?

The only way to ask this is to which you would prefer to best integrated into AC, as even MP centric players will spend a lot of time offline.

Cheers.

 

Well basicly both. BUT, i prefer multiplayer more.

Career mode is just a big bonus for thiskind of simulator. When you get tired of crashing in first corner in mp, you can relax a moment by driving againts AI

 

Add option "both". That is what i would vote anyways

 

I have played AC once since 0.4 just to update 0.5 to see what the update was. I just updated to 0.61 or whatever it is... and found the AI just awful. I have been waiting on multi-player since the pre-release and really expected it to be integrated first. I have said this before, no one will ever get AI perfect and I am shocked since they already had some experience integrating Multi-player with NetKar Pro.

I just hope that multi-player is around the corner because I have several friends ready to purchase but not until it is released.

I believe that the AI is a nice distraction for everyone, but it really is not very good at this point. I would much rather be playing Race On if I was going to play with AI or Game Stock Car.

I think there was a similar vote previously that leaned strongly towards MP but it didn't matter. At the end of the day, this is a small vocal community that probably doesn't represent the majority of those that own the game.

 

Of course everyone would like both but that defeats the purpose of the poll.

 

well, in that case i would prefer Multiplayer.

 

MP first.

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i vote for AI, because its easier and faster (useful when you got not so much time) to race against them. On MP sometimes you need way too long until everything starts, but its enjoyable

 

Such a poll is a bit like going on a car enthusiast forum and asking should Ford make a Focus 125BHP 1.0 Ecoboost or a 330+BHP RS? Sales of the former make the latter a possibility...

 

I vote for human stupidity over artificial intelligence. It is waaaay more fun! That doesn't mean I don't understand Shaddix' point.. It is true that ai is more convenient for people who don't have much time.

Tony you have a point there too, but don't forget that the ac community consists mainly of enthusiasts!

 

I voted for MP.

In my opinion AC could be on the way to become the best Race Simulation ever, but than it should have the best MP ever too. In other words, the simracing community is waiting since a couple of years for a new SIM. Everything, wich came up the last 2-3 years, wasn`t really good. Maybe all (hardcore) simracer hoping so much, that AC would exceed all this arcade games, wich where released in the past. There are a lot of discussions during the last weeks and months about the MP. We`re talked about Teamrace, Weather, Nightlight and so much more. Last but not least...maybe we expect to much from AC.

This words are not to blame KUNOS, just to see the whole thing a little bit more realistic. I'm sure MP will come, but maybe we don`t get than, what we expected & hoped.

P.S.: Dear Dev`s, maybe it`s better to discuss with your customers, instead of deleting & editing their postings ;-)

 

Given that AC's not a 100% online setup, it's impossible IMHO to ignore the need for a reasonable AI. Likewise, if it doesn't offer a system that'll keep the traditional online simmer happy, it'll lose a surprising amount of potentially very long term support very quickly indeed. I think both of those are a given to such a high degree that both will inevitably happen.

To pick something from another thread, what interests me more is exactly how Kunos are going to assist (or otherwise) in ensuring there'll be a decent possibility of some pick-up racing with stock content that's easily accessible for online newbies to give a try. As I mentioned elsewhere, sim racers don't pop out the womb with Clubsports attached to their umbilical cord and an innate ability to keep Sunday afternoons free, so for the long term benefit of all involved some sort of mechanism is needed to help bridge the gap between the AI and the traditional online scene.

 

AI for me. There has not been a decent high-fidelity singleplayer racing sim for the PC since GTR2. I will definitely do some MP in AC but its MP infrastructure, i.e. not just the racing/net code itself but all the stats, tech support and everything else you need in a modern MP racing sim, will have to be of a very high standard to compete with iRacing. On the other hand, the SP already justifies its purpose as a state-of-the-art serious SP product as long as they fix the AI's current violent and brutish inclinations. Many of you will disagree; this is just my 2c.

 

The question in its self is quite badly worded IMHO. Obviously people would want excellent integration of each aspect even if they dont use some of it much and this isnt just the 2 options given, I want the best possible integration of every aspect and no half arsed lame features which I am sure Kunos is in the exact same thinking. Why would anyone want poor integration of any features?

Not really by not having the option of both you are getting mixed results even though the wording I think is very wrong so I want even vote, some people will only prefer AI others Multi while many would want both. If given the 3 options youd get a better view actual opinion as many of the multi only crowd seem to think AI is completly useless. If you had 3 options then I think it would clearly show that multi only would be a much lower percentage then many people think.

 

I would love for AC to get real acitve online cups often with commentary etc (like i-racing), and not just people hooking up randomly here and there (well that too of course).

MP, but AI too.

 

To me anyway, that would be the perfect solution - classic "here's the .exe, now fill yer boots", plus the option of some structured stuff in exchange for a small sub. Part of me wishes I had a bit (and it really isn't much) to throw at a few servers because the software side of providing a basic structured service is seriously one-banana stuff.

 

"One banana stuff". Never heard that before. Must use it.

 

Ultimately we need both. Strong cases have been made for MP and AI in this and other threads. I for one am glad kunos is taking The AI thing seriously. It will enhance the experience of racers at all skill levels. Having said that, I'm really looking forward to doing some online racing in AC. We've got a number of folks involved that are already hard core simmers, and a bunch more like me, that have developed a real desire to take this thing seriously and get some skills going. I think all levels will find like minded racers in the AC MP community. Short story, I plan to take advantage of and enjoy both AI and MP.

 

I have a genuine hard time understanding why people would rather compete against AI when they can compete against a human..

 

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