Weekend Multiplay was ... BRILLIANT!!

Kunos!
I did NOT expect the multiplayer element to be as polished as what we actually got! Sure there's some things to improve, but I ran a server here all weekend and never had ONE negative issue! Not a crash. Not a complaint. Not even any noticeable lag with 10 cars running.
Just brilliant netcode! And what fun! An absolute joy to experience.

So really really just wanted to say THANKS! - your hard work is unparalleled, unrivaled and unprecedented!

 

Its great so far indeed. But we see jitter often so hopefully that will be further developed.

We do have tons of fun though.

 

I would like to say the multiplayer has ruined my single player experience. Yes I was one of those people that preferred single player over multiplayer. Last time I tried multiplayer in a racing game was a very long time ago and that crappy experience stayed with me. Now...... screw single player!!! Even with the tosser brigade out in force there are people out there who make it all worthwhile. The ones you can run door to door with, the people who can sit right up your *** and not play bowling with you on T1, the people you can dice with. Racecraft!!! This sim has taken 2 steps up in my book.

The cars aren't real, the track isn't real but they behave as they should however most importantly, the drivers are real and racing is racing. Nod to those who try to race clean

 

@Digital Aura

Very well said. I've had an amazing time as well. I've raced wheel to wheel, wrecked, been wrecked, made friends[teamspeak is the best]. Alpha MP has exceeded my expectations ten fold, and this is only the beginning.

 

I agree it's fun already but to say it's polished, with brilliant netcode and no issues is a bit missing the point

 

I had some of the best fun I've had online in years this weekend. The netcode is particularly efficient and clean. Great work KS!

Yes there are things to improve and develop further but, what a fabulous building block. The effort you guys have put in so far is epic.

I just realised I am starting to sound like a fanboy but, praise where praise is due.

On a side note: To all the folks I raced with this weekend... Thanks for, what was in the most part, good clean fun that had me both sweating and Laughing like a fool.

 

I just want to add that I enjoyed racing in multiplayer as well! Off course there are improvements to be made, and feature to be added... But essentially I like the experience already.

Thanks to all the people for the skillful and respectful racing I do want to have a chat with the people after the race and get in touch on the forum... so perhaps the "community" aspect is an area that can be improved.

See you online!

 

You missed the point in me making this a point! I think the difference in my experience vs. yours might be that I was hosting my own server and had 3 other local friends also playing with me (all under 100ms ping). I can only vouch for my experience and that of my friends. We all stated unequivocally that there was NO JITTER. No lag. No hiccups.

Different story trying to connect to the Public servers though. Barely could make it through the starts and/or first turns without teleporting into someone's back end.

 

Ok maybe I did. Good that you had such a flawless experience

 

I laughed of joy, when I read your post, because I felt exactly the same way! First I was afraid of MP, getting my *** kicked by others, and ruining it for them, but I'm not that bad actually, and try to do some clean races. Screw single player indeed! MP all the way! Cheers mate!

 

I echo everything that was said here, I had a Great time this weekend !

Thank you Kunos !

 

T h a n k y o u KUNOS, never had such great fun in virtual driving... i love you, just quitted the ****ty DOTA game, assetto just eats all my free time... thank you.

 

Never has a sideways loon been so happy

 

Thanks Kunos////....this is a great fun...!!!grazie Maestro

 

This was my first MP experience in any game this weekend, and it was epic. I doubt I'll ever play SP again. Despite some races where I got bumped off track (one Imola race 3 times by the same Gulf McLaren ), and others where the difference in skill was so great that it was more like hotlapping, I had a couple of really good ones.

And even WON a GT race in the Evora GTC between 4 at Nurburgring. (Probably more to do with the quality of opposition rather than my skill, though... ) Slow but in control of the car and keeping it on track pays off each time. Came 5th in an Imola race after qualifying 10th with many 3+ secs quicker than me, simply by stringing 10 laps together without crashing into others, spinning or hitting the gravel.

 

Same here, first MP ever, and I’m bugged since Friday! Never thought I could compete so well. Good, clean racing with actual humans rather than funny AI is a whole new experience. Thank you very much Kunos for your great effort.

 

You sure you didn't select single player race by mistake?

 

single player 10 cars: 30 fps
mp 10 cars: 60 fps

sp AI is heavier than mp

 

Same here. Even with ping around 200ms the game runs smooth. Racing bumper to bumper, door to door are intense and amazing.
I liked it better with AC than iRacing (did 4 months testing iRacing) but still fancy Simraceway more but AC 1.0 should blow anything currently avaliable out of water.