Assetto corsa wikipedia page - someone should set it right

Under the Reception section ...

Most of the reference links point to an infamous blog we all know about. Hardly the truth when someone just wants to see one side of the coin.

Does wikipedia allow anybody to edit such articles without proper data to back it up? Either Kunos or someone should make sure this is corrected.

 

Of course they do, I tidied it up once but evidently someone bought back all the terrible[1] citations.

[1] opinion, not real news sites, etc.

 

wow thats so cringeworthy, that sad **** really is so desperate for whatever his sim of choice is to be more successful than ac

 

as far as I know the guys have been fighting this "war" for some weeks... it's hard to win against people that have literally nothing better to do in life than express their frustration as DNA/cum waste, especially when you are trying to actually do some real work.
As usual, stupidity will win... it's incredible that part of the dev team has to waste time every day to fix this ****.

This really exposes the sad state of the community at the moment.. where a bunch of mentally damaged individuals make an entire community look bad.. they are, LITERALLY, the daesh of sim racing.

 

Hahaha. I actualy feel sorry for him. I would say. Nothing to see here. Just keep walking...

 

This is why I never use Wikipedia.
I looked up a subject in which I have more than 20 years experience in, and it was full of BS from one guys perspective. Some of it was just completely untrue and potentially a major cost burden to the unsuspecting (like, knock your house down and rebuild it, major).
Same thing with AC it seems.
That's about all you can expect from wiki unfortunately.

 

As someone used to say, I think this can resume what's been happening for months:
"The more your product gets popular, the more haters it will attract. It's just a statistical fact. Having a couple of blogs/users dedicated to discredit your game is just yet another milestone on the road to success. Nobody will bother writing bad stuff on a game nobody cares about. So it's all good.. ignore them and stay focused on what you are doing. The solution is simple: close the computer, go out for a walk, enjoy life... do all the things these idiots can't do."

There's as well another quote I like, from a Valve dev:
"Direct anger towards problems - not people; Focus energies on answers - not excuses."

 

I can see a quote from our great and wise leader being posted on a certain site again.

 

And the extreme attitude of such individuals means that its become scary for normal critics to actually post their opinions even if they do in a polite and respectful way due to the fear of being branded as an accomplice or a fanboy etc. People have stopped having polite and meaningful discussions but rather just want to force their opinion on others. There is a lack of trust and normal individuals suffer due to a few sour grapes.

Even in our forum, the tolerance towards differing opinions is very less just due to such extremists.

 

It's essentially been hijacked by the AC hating crowd. I've seen the exact same dialogue posted on that pretendracecars site, so I'm pretty certain it's just some upset RF2 guys.

 

Hey! Let's face it silly things are typed from all manner of people/sites. If that is all it takes to make someone not buy/use a product then they are usually not the type of person to think for themselves and as such who really cares. I have people in my Steam friends list that own AC but do not like it, some who own PCars/rF/RRO/GSCE etc etc who prefer AC. Each to their own, but if they feel the need to type BS on a wiki page then good luck to them. Constructive criticism is so much better than surreptitious web pages. Hey! Sometimes Pretendcars does actually hit the nail on the head.

Personally I see whoever is doing that as a sad and lonely person that needs help separating reality from online experiences. We do not have to like the same things, but we still have to respect others choices and the blood and sweat ALL developers put into making our games fun and exciting.

 

I don't know if Austin Ogonoski has any mental issues, and I don't think it's right to comment on that, (heck, we don't even know if he wrote what was in the Wiki entry, despite the fact that it was clearly inspired by the content of his blog) but it's clear to see that he has realized that by publishing highly controversial articles he has become somewhat of an infamous minor-celebrity. He knows this and uses his blog purely to create controversy and to get people angry, thus giving his site more traffic. I mean holy cow, have you seen the comments section? It makes the Youtube comments section look like a bunch of angels.

Whilst he and his blog probably shouldn't be compared to the absolute insanity of ISIS, one comparison can be made in that he feeds off of publicity, much like ISIS. The more he is ignored the better the chances are that his "Every sim is ****" blog will dissolve into nothingness.

The best thing you can do is not visit PRC.net. Because the less publicity he receives, the better. And that includes threads like this.

 

The comments about the AC physics engine alone are laughable.

 

After celebrity gossip, now racesimulator gossip

 

The problem that someone sees to have with the wikipedia is that he seems to think the wiki page should be like a review about the game. It should not be a review, it should be a description of what ac is.

 

I just see it as a compliment that some individuals are willing to go to these extremes because AC is threatening their favorite sims. Doesn't take away the fact it's very annoying to deal with, but there's a possitive to every negative!

 

Somehow this individuals always get all the attention they are seeking. Look at this thread, two devs write in here yet some thread issues seem to be forgotten.

 

the ***** is using a cuebot to edit the page