Weekend Multiplay was ... BRILLIANT!!

Thank you KUNOS I had so much fun online.

 

People get hounded for "complaining", or giving honest feedback on issues that really really need fixing but then people make threads and posts like this saying how amazing it is.

This is quite damaging imo and I hope the devs don't look too closely at this thread.

 

I see only positive in here, is that bad?
Every other post here mentions fixes and improvements that are still needed. How does this cloud any outstanding issues.

It must be quite refreshing to the devs to see some positive feedback for a change... IMHO

 

Are you being serious?

We already know that they're dedicated to bringing excellence and polish to their work. This is a labour of love for this team. They've never shown us that they will be cutting corners or happy with average. Why would this thread be anything but inspiring?
I could have said we need VoIP or a lobby that lets you change race settings on the fly, or suggested any number of improvements. Frankly, there are already plenty of those threads and my intent was to affirm to them that this definitely lived up to my high expectations considering the MP aspect seemed doomed for a spell there. I honestly expected all kinds of frustrating issues that plague alpha releases like Arma III, Simcity, BF4, etc. This team did NOT compromise when they were under pressure here to drop an update just because it was Friday. And most here have no problem giving credit where credit is due.

 

Yes, there are threads addressing issues then you start one claiming the netcode is brilliant.

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Really?

 

People complain too much about issues they must know could happen in this stage and this is damaging.

What OP did was give positive feedback and saying what MP actualy does well, at least what is working now.

Sorry but your opinion is selfish and short sighted.

 

Exactly, it's in development!! Don't tell them the netcode is brilliant, it's not, you can't race as it is!

 

yes, actually, "I" can race as it is. It was "my" opinion. Go make your own thread about how terrible and un-brilliant it is for "you".

 

Great, so we just need a few hundred more Digital Aura's and KUNOS can end development!!

 

LOL. Sorry man, I wasn't trying to say that the game is done as far as I'm concerned. That really isn't my intention. Kunos if you're reading this, then get back to work...there's lots more to be done.

 

Actually, I have been monitoring net throughput to my dedicated server all weekend and even with 15 drivers fully populating it, the highest ping was 113. The server is running on a domestic 120/10 pipe. So yes I would like to say that the net code is brilliant.

If it's not for you then perhaps look at what is going on with your LAN or even you ISP's routing.

Coupled with the fact I was connecting to 3rd party servers whilst my dedi was running and wife and her friends browsing the net I had great pings...

The evidence, from my point of view, IS that the net code is Brilliant.

Look closer to home if you are having issues, it's always easier to blame the game.

 

Yeah, no worries - I didn't mean KUNOS, I meant other people!!

My point was just to highlight the netcode isn't 'brilliant' at the moment and that AC is in development so we shouldn't give KUNOS the wrong feedback.

 

thank god there are still people who says things as they are.

otherwise with your "no matter what gratitude anything" attitude they wont be able to improve anything and see mistakes. because you simply love anything?

seriously, how could you like this MP? have you not played any racing online before?

MP was out and it was bad, it was not fun to play. cars were all over the place, and it was laggy. i was thinking i would play lots and lots of time but i managed to do 4-5 races so far. total of maybe 2 hours gameplay. there have been strange crashes everytime i raced. and there were many bugs.

booking system is not good, hard to use, hard to join the servers.

yet.

there is a 10 years old technology called LFS that has better mp than the one we have right now. and i know kunos have been criticised before too about MP of NKP. thats the critical part they must improve. with people like you they cant.

 

I'm guessing this was directed at me so allow me to retort.

Schubert: otherwise with your "no matter what gratitude anything" attitude they wont be able to improve anything and see mistakes. because you simply love anything?

Actually, no! I have had posted more than my fair share of critical posts and have tried to be as objective as I can. I speak from my own personal experiences whilst playing most of Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon.

Schubert: seriously, how could you like this MP? have you not played any racing online before?

In fact I have raced online before quite a great deal. Whilst the core game still exhibits fundamental issues, the underlying netcode is strong. Frankly, I find your tone quite offensive and very rude.

Schubert: MP was out and it was bad, it was not fun to play. cars were all over the place, and it was laggy. i was thinking i would play lots and lots of time but i managed to do 4-5 races so far. total of maybe 2 hours gameplay. there have been strange crashes everytime i raced. and there were many bugs.

Strange that none of your post history shows you reporting any of these bugs that are many in number. Laggy could be any number of issues, not to mention the hosted server being on week hardware or an overloaded pipe. I do not doubt that you had lag issues, many others have had some minor issues with lag. This was not my experience so, before you try to deride me perhaps explain to the devs in the MP Bugs section what your issues were, in detail with supporting evidence.

Schubert: booking system is not good, hard to use, hard to join the servers.

It was complicated for about 2 minutes until you figure it out... Like anything new.

Now I am not trying to start a flaming match here. As always, I am trying to be objective. No one is saying that there isn't issues. The Dev's won't stop working on the code because a few of us have had positive experiences. This thread actually started as a way of showing the devs that thy've done a great job with the netcode so far. You obviously cannot have read this thread from the beginning.

You sir, are not what I would call, a useful contributor to this community in any way. Most of what you post is derisory and not even well constructed.

You may respond if you wish but, I will not as it seems that someone with your online attitude deserves my lowest form of contempt.... My ignorance.

 

such a sensible reply. at least i am showing what i am feeling, you are hiding cursing words behind those shakespare sentences. and you are afraid of even getting a reply.

i was not even adressing you, i was adressing the thread owner.

first of all, if you had actually looked at my posts you would see i made quite many bug reports, or at least posts. you dont need to open new topics to report bugs or you dont have to report an already reported bug. people are faster than me and i am grateful.

the mp we have now is bad, it has many issues, there is almost nothing to like in it other than the feeling of realism of the physics and graphics. nobody likes to wait 2-3 min before joining a race. nobody likes sitting and being have to ready to join just after booking time runs out not to miss the race start. nobody likes races or quals finishing without you do your lap. nobody likes strange lag crashes.

let me hit and run just like you did now.

sir due to the kind of attitude you might have put on the post you have just made which could either be purposely or not, i must apologise for myself as i have been now forced to ignore you.

wow, these kind of things do not really make sense.

 

lol jog along...

 

oh and just hosted 4 races in a row and every single race was full of track cutters ( then had to enforce rules ) and people overtaking by dive bombing and shunting people out of the way.

zzzzz

and it will ALWAYS be like this unless you race a private league

 

derailed.

BTW, Relapse.. thanks for your help in the multiplay configuration thread. Nice to see some positive contributions in this forum!

 

On the right servers MP works almost to good for an alpha.So briliant job.From my experience 75 % of the cases are peoples fault for joining server and dont look at the ping before..it`s like they dont give a **** or dont know what ping is ..i really dont know.However last 2 days i managed to find 90% ppl with under 100 ping on almost all servers i played but the first days everyone was joining any server and destroying others experience but i bet ppl were just eager to try it so it`s all okay .
Also the collision update made a huge diference in crashy public rooms so i`m really happy with that, great job .

If Kunos listens and i bet it does i would be intersted to know if we could get an improved rear view mirror. (F11) It`s a bit stretched in my opinion like a 4:3 image that has been transformed into 16:9.But the most important fact and i guess it has to do with the lightning of the game (hdr off here btw) is that sometimes the track behind you it`s just so white you barrely see anything whos behind.(overexposed)
That`s my opinion so far
Also with HDR on @ nurb when playing in the susnset before the final chicane when the sun shines in front of you the image goes so dark you can barelly see the braking point.So both hdr ON and off things could be polished a bit.Not to priority anyway and kind off topic i know lol