According the the concurrent user data for the last 30 days, Raceroom sits firmly at the bottom of the pile with just 400 users. Compare that with AC, which is of a similar vintage and manages over 9000. I have no doubt that this is in no small part due to the partnership with LFM. The user base hasn't really changed for years, and seems to consist of just a few diehards, mainly I suspect just going for the leaderboards. Last time I visited the ranked servers, which was at peak time in Europe, there were less than 15 people across all the servers. What then, if anything, can be done to give Raceroom new life and raise its userbase? Why aren't people interested in the massive and varied roster of cars and tracks? How can the single player experience be improved? Should the ranked servers be scrapped and replaced with a ranked system that works? Maybe with licences etc.?
atm 828 players in game and 70 in rankeds any sim looks bad number wise when you compare to ac (except iracing)
There are currently 36 on the European servers, across 15 servers. There are 15 in one, 10 in another and very low single figures in the remaining few that have anyone in them. The rest are empty.
This tired graphics engine need be dragged into dx12.. (e) older car and track models need to move forward to modern releases, older content in the this sim is an eyesore. Are those cosmetic things important?, when really its the game physics/content/feels/ffbs that matters? YES.. edited by Andi ; dont need your stereo types here remove your bias, objectively step back as if you have never played any sim before and you are entering the fray, hit youtube and search for racing videos...
I downloaded it when it first became available, put over 2000 hours in, and still come back to the single player now and again. The thing is, I'd love to see Raceroom succeed, but I can't see how without a complete overhaul of everything.
Yeah It used to have much higher online participation , but it slowly decreased over time. One thing that could be improved is an automatic, online race split feature like it’s done in iRacing (and recently added in rF2 online). For instance often there were 2 races with the same combo: one with full grid, (you can’t join because it’s… full)) and the other empty (or with only couple people). If they were automatically, evenly spread based on rank then more players would join. The other reason was already mentioned: things like LFM and rf2 build in ranked multiplayer attract many sim racers that don’t want to pay like 5-50 times more for iRacing. Also many people don’t know about Raceroom. Even if it’s mentioned somewhere there’s not much hype in forums etc. I guess many sim racers care more about fancy graphics. In US iRacing has always been a go to sim for serious online multiplayer. Despite that currently there are much cheaper alternatives, many people still choose iRacing. There are few reasons: 1) sheer number of players and what comes with it variety of races at any hour, day or night. 2) Still best ranked system overall. Convenience, no need to use third party solutions. 3) Has some issues, but is still quite polished, easy to setup etc.
I gave up on the ranked servers because the 'rookie' servers had so many really fast drivers that I had no chance. As a consistant mid-pack driver in these circumstances, I found that it was difficult to finish a race due to terrible driving from other players.
And yet we can strip the "make up" off the "pretty girls" and you'll end up with an equally ugly girl with no personality as well.......... Chris
DX9 2002 DX10 2006 DX11 2009 DX12 2015 DX12 Ultimate 2020 DX13 (rumours say winter 2024) Its time to shoot this in the head and get it a new engine.
In other words, you're running a medieval application on a computer like Deep Thought and you're happy to get 120 fps, all without day-night changes or different weather conditions.
There are ways to make the game look better without changing any tech behind it. Probably devs can look into using it as default settings. - "Standard day" mood. Our current "default" mood it too yellow and sad (just like iRacing). - Anisotropic filtering 16x. - More aggressive texture settings. I don't know what changes when you select "Texture: High quality" in nVidia control panel, but the game benefits from that. - After applying a good amount of anti-aliasing (8x in game), I like to add some sharpness (to make textures more crisp), but there is no such thing in the game, so I use nVidia control panel again. It would be easier if the game had this setting too.
A couple points though. 1) Every time people bring graphics as a reason why Raceroom is unpopular, they don't mention that iRacing doesn't looks good either. So yeah, it's more than just that. 2) Comparing Raceroom and AC based on age alone makes little sense because the main reason AC is so popular is mods, while Raceroom doesn't have that. Unmodded AC won't be having 9k concurrent players and probably would be like Project CARS (below 100 players average this year).
For me this plus the use of Reshade is what keeps me playing the Game a little But boy how my VR headeset and OLED TV would be happy with a graphics engine overhaul Includig night and rain conditions
Haha, funny how people say RaceRoom is dead since the beginning 10 years back and yet it is still around. It is all just big talk
Well with that amount of time to build a userbase and the fact it is free to play, there is no excuse for the current player stats. The game went into a coma for more than a year or so with no news whatsoever and that was probably the death knell as other games like AMS2 started improving and now people are looking to the 2024 titles.
Not saying it's dead but it's not there where it should be. It's becoming increasingly difficult for RR to catch up with other simulations. Lack of innovation, outdated technology, poor communication. But at some point the collapse will come because the others will be just as good or even better and customers will migrate. Ostrich politics, head in the sand as long there is some revenue. Then a DTM pack with just two new GT3 cars or make it a TC pack, sorry that's boring. Why no more on the edge pack or drivers pack. Then a promised release plan, smoke after half a year. But I'm not saying it's the studio's fault. Investment decisions are made elsewhere. I've got so much content in the sim, I spent nearly 400 € but I bearly use it any more. Please believe me, I'd love to see this change again.