READ HERE About 1.0 multiplayer structure

Oh yes, servers are so expensive, that's why we have hundreds of them completely empty.

 

I have a little exercise for you.

Count (or make up) the number of servers currently running. Find out the cost of running a server. Multiply the number of servers running by the cost per server.
Forecast the number of players who will buy the game. Calculate the revenue from sales.
Divide the revenue total by the cost of running the servers (we'll ignore staffing and ongoing development costs).

Let me know when you answer isn't infinity.

 

I’m here in a bar in London, sipping a Negroni, and reading this thread LOL!

 

Which bar, maybe i'll drop by. We can discuss economics.

 

But I already explained a possible way for an ongoing stream of money. With 10k each month to rent servers, a server for ACC cost around 7$, that's near 1500 servers for month, not enough?
I think a lot of people is totally wrong about how much a server cost. And as I said before, there are tools to automatically scale the servers pool so kunos doesn't have to paid for an idle server.

 

Man, this thread has gone completely off rails. You guys do a lot of noise for sure.

 

If a lot of people makes noise, the ones in power listen

 

And what did this post add to the discussion, exactly?

(and by 'this post' I actually mean pretty much any of your posts)

 

I don't know, servers are cheap to rent because they are virtual machines, but its the running cost that comes up and bites you in the Ba**s, IT the messaging traffic where farms make money

 

random question.

so how long will ACC be supported?

after 1.0 release according to Marco (rd interview) there will be 2019 cars and than some surprise (type of dlc?)

what happens than?

will Kunos team move on to something else?


when I figured matchmaking I thought of SRS but I guess thats not even in the cards even at some later date 6-7 months down the road...

the current server browser and filter is no better than AC.

 

I'm surprised - in a negative way - how harsh and "over the top" the criticism is. Looking at the official ACC site, I read this text:

I don't see a huge discrepancy to what we have now. The "matchmaking" works (or is supposed to work) by putting the most attractive/reasonable servers high in the server list. Nothing in that announcement is massively off with what the current state is.

Correct me if I'm wrong. Honestly - can someone please tell me (sources, please) why this seems to be such a scandal?

 

Esta persona, el autor del video juega a iracing que no es precisamente gratis
Y te lo digo en el idioma de tu país para que lo entiendas bien

 

I know, he is an iRacing fanboy, its the people commenting his video who I am referring to.

BTW, this is an english language forum, respect this at least, given that you lost your respect for the devs.

 

There is no scandal.

How is the current multiplayer system different than AC?

When we had Minolin in AC you had the same effect safety rating etc. Now its expanded into more categories.


Using the word matchmaking was just poor choice of word.
Lot of people expected something a bit more in depth.
Like SRS etc.


Nobody thought it would be iRacing level. Heck that would probably require subscription services on top of game to mimic it.

 

If this was early 2000's/late 90's and someone wrote that and gave us lobbies, it would have been fine, but in 2019 when someone say "advanced multiplayer" and "matchmaking" you know they are not talking about something from the past century.

 

Ok, ok. So how did Kunos cheat on us, now? "Matchmaking" isn't something that the UN has agreed upon in some global act, you know.
You write like you know what "lot of people" and "nobody" want.

IMHO there is no issue here - just a lot of people tryint to turn their personal disappointment into some scandal.

Again: can someone please show me how the current situation CLEARLY differs from what was announced?

 

Made me laugh out loud - randomcallsign

 

Your rasoning is solely based on your personal experience and opinion. It's therefore invalid.

You're angry because you're expectations were not fulfilled. That's all...you seem to have zero sense for the rational side of things and you can't properly back up that Kunos has lied to or cheated on anyone.

 

@Minolin you did a really great job so far and things are working very well: rating, stability of MP servers, etc. All this in light of a major, unexpected net code re-write! Really good job. I fully understand also that until v 1.0, so basically in 2 weeks, no-one will be able to work wonders.

I only ask you to please take that very very clear community feedback regarding "future of MP" to the Kunos bosses, SRO bosses or whoever makes the final decision on MP features. The community wants scheduled races (by far the most important) and true matchmaking, automatically selecting servers based on the rating, experience and so on. Events like SRO eSport series are an add-on but to be honest, are also not well implemented as they demand an on-site presence. Yeah it's a really cool gimmick but in the end it rules out so many great sim racers who don't have the funds / time / addiction / whatever to travel to (several) on-site races. In the end, it's an online GT3 race simulation.

Let's face it: this is a SIM, geared towards the semi-professional, towards guys who take sim racing a bit more serious. ACC is PC-only, it will not sell millions of copys, it will probably not see ten thousands of average online players. The only real opportunity I see to keep the MP truly alive is to offer a system a bit similiar to the "other true competitive sim". And this can easily be done: keep the MP as it is for free, and add the scheduled races / matchmaking system as monthly subscription, as DLC or whatever other opportunity exists. Btw I do think this will also be the very best opportunity for Kunos to make some more money out of it (it plays maybe a lesser role, but in the end money will for sure play a role for every company). As can be read across the forum, a lot of us would be willing to spend between $20 and $50 a year for some enhanced features and full-fledged further development of the game. And it would help to communicate such a decision early-on (i.e. "we started the developing of that and expect it to finish in roughly half a year").

I will keep playing ACC, I will keep trying to improve the game by constructive criticism, helping to track down bugs etc. But, sadly, also I have just subscribed to the "other true competitive sim" which I hoped being able to avoid with the development of ACC. Please take me back here by announcing some cool new MP stuff shortly after v1.0

 

I am also subscribed to iRacing... and you know what? I haven't touched it since ACC 0.6. And I have many cars and tracks. I have spent on iRacing way more money than I have spent in AC and ACC combined, and probably it will remain like this even with all ACC DLCs that I hope will come. If I think about it, its iRacing who cheated me, not Kunos and ACC