Question to Kunos about their code

I want to ask a very broad question about your work process. And I'm very uneducated in programming, so you might find this weird and out of place, maybe even intrusive and offensive but, what I'm asking is basically this:

Do you hard code things irreversibly or try to keep your code as clean as possible? Some programmers make too many things hard coded. An example I (with my limited knowledge) can come up with is translating. Do you use variables for that, or do you just write things in the code? And I don't mean translating, (the game got translated, so that obviously work) but it was just an example to tell you what I mean. Are you leaving yourself options open for later?
A more specific question is this: can you for example, if you so later choose completely rework your graphics engine? Are these things modular enough for you to add something like better lighting? Or lets say that in 2 years (well into your development for AC) DX12 brings something HUGE to the table. Like real time ray-tracing. Will you be able to adapt to that? Take a huge chunk of the game code (graphics engine) and replace it? Or would that be a lengthy and near- impossible thing?

Or lets say the physics engine. We see from the changelogs that you are tweaking largely, for example changing the tyre models, but I assume these are just tweaks. What if you decide, 3 years from now that you want to make a groundbreaking change. Like adding soft-body simulation. (tyres flexing etc.)? Would you be able to do that?

Ok, let me ask this with different wording: how deep does the modularity in AC go? I mean, we obviously see that adding tracks, cars and changing the UI will be really simple.
But what about more advanced things like; Could a modding team 10 years from now, when AC is graphically obsolete develop their own graphics engine? And swap it with yours? Are the graphics, physics, sound and what ever other engines there are, inseparable? Do the graphics work completely on their own?

I know these questions are tough, and you may not even be able to answer them without giving out important secrets about your game. However they aren't meaningless. Still, if you can't answer them that's perfectly fine.

Thanks for reading, and even more thanks if you actually reply.

 

Good to hear. Thanks KS.
~Bailey

 

Good answer

 

With scrum? Weekly meetings don't have to last more than 30 minutes (15 minutes are ok).

 

You guys are superb! Love you Team Kunos.

 

As long as I enjoy reading your post because you asking right kind of question I'm a kind of distracted and hard to follow... my eyes without my own will looking at your user pic all the time.