Duke wrote:I am certainly up for some LFS once or when those updates get released, so see you all in 2030.
Which updates?
If you are referring to the Westhill screenies you posted in the other thread they are out. Was driving around the new short layout, new longer international layout and the go kart tracks n backroads last night.
Earlier today we showed you a little preview of the newly rebuilt Westhill Circuit racing environment.
We have now released a test (beta) patch so you can have a look first hand.
This is not yet the official release - there may still be bugs:
Dukester
norbs diplomacy lesson 101: "If I was putting words in your mouth, you'd know."
norbs wrote:
I dont know if it makes it more interesting or fucking frustrating. I consider it a bug that fucked my race. When you have pit strategy set to change tires for weather, and it is pissing down and they put hard slicks on, well....
I know that pain as I went in too soon on a drying track only to get wets.
Looking at the average number of players at any one time over the month of January 2019 shows the following
Grand Theft Auto 5 59851
Rocket League 34321
ETS 2 19165
Assetto Corsa 1997
BeamNG drive 1908
Project Cars 2 1069
F1 2018 1013
Crew 2 884
Dirt Rally 528
My Summer Car 488
rFactor2 468
Wreckfest 346
RaceRoom 346
Dirt 4 302
Project Cars 257
F1 2017 216
Assetto Corsa Competizione 155
Automobilista 120
F1 2016 62
WRC 7 61
Dakar 18 35
Race 07 22
KartKraft 11
These figures are really just for reference, to remind us the "big boys" are in a completely different league to any racing sim. For every person playing AC there are 10 playing ETS2 and 30 playing GTA5.
The rest of the list includes a mixture of games for two reasons. First it avoids the debate about what title is a "true racing sim". Second, while the figures above clearly indicate the big user base isn't for sim racing, it doesn't mean all games aimed at the more casual player are more popular than racing sims.
Sadly Steam Charts can't tell us how many play iRacing. Anecdotally it is in the same ballpark as AC.
(Duke's note: Nor is LFS represented sadly)
Dukester
norbs diplomacy lesson 101: "If I was putting words in your mouth, you'd know."
I think those stats would rise during the year when motor racing is back in full swing. Most people want to play for fun without having to have gear or test ect... But the race sim numbers still wont be that great.
DarrenM wrote:I'm amazed ETS 2 is that big. BeamNG is a surprise as well.
ETS2 is massive in Europe. Also with the multiplayer mod, gives it more appeal. I've definitely put a reasonable amount of hours into it. Especially the multiplayer side of it.
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