Hi all
After several dozen races, I wanted to propose a topic so that those who have ridden online can provide ideas for optimizing the experience, and so I start with what I think which is only personal but which has the merit of existing.
The goal of this post is to push for the improvement of this excellent idea that is the online mode that we now have on RF2.
I won't go back to the positive point of online, I think everyone agrees that it's a very, very good idea.
Now, what I find that could be improved:
Spongebob cars, lumps of butter :
It's on all servers, the players who enter the server afterwards are shaped like sponges or lumps of butter. This is REALLY very unpleasant.
Daily races :
The structure at the start of December 2023: single-seater, prototype, GT. It’s good, it’s good because that’s the essence of motorsport.
Having removed the single-seater this week is not a good thing. There should be this structure permanently.
Servers available for training outside of meetings:
The grip of the track which changes between offline and online. For what ? What interest ?
Why not have public servers with the tracks and cars of upcoming races, a few days before?
We should still be able to run with the conditions that will be those of the future server.
Leaderbords:
Unable to access leaderbords when the series is not in progress. For what ?? There should be permanently accessible rankings, either in the game or on the site.
It could be added the best times in practice, the best in qualifying in addition to those in the race.
Car tuning impossible:
I understand that it is to allow everyone to have a chance, but with RF2 we are talking about a simulation.
In motorsport (from karting), chassis settings are an integral part of training and the speed obtained, tire degradation, etc.
Why not allow races where adjustments are allowed? A division with possible adjustment for example, and one without.
It might be possible to exchange settings, to share them. And if you absolutely want to make money, you can offer to buy them in collaboration with other players (those who made them).
Weather:
There should be races with weather conditions other than dry weather, with light rain, heavy rain, dry track conditions etc.
For GTs, night races are also exciting (e.g. Le Mans).
A vote could be open 24 hours with the race to propose the choice of conditions depending on the tracks and modes.
Intermediate races and special events almost all pay: ...
When you have to pay around $17 to participate in a race (that you're not sure you'll be able to do again), it's not right.
Besides, there is almost no one participating, and that's a good thing.
The price could be for example, $5 for the 1st race including the content (track and cars), then for example $1 registration fee to participate in all future similar races.
There, I would be ready to go there, but under current conditions, absolutely not.
Optimized reporting of unsportsmanlike behavior:
Today we must declare the precise moment when there was bad behavior on the track.
Why not provide a shortcut key, which would allow unsporting behavior to be reported during the race, that would be much simpler.
this would allow the information to be recorded (e.g. the last 30 seconds without needing to know in which lap it happened), then at the end of the race, we would have to come back to the report to confirm it or cancel if, for example, you did it out of anger. it would be useful and practical for the days and for the moderators.
Contacts between players / Creation of divisions or leagues:
We should be able to contact players to ask them to form a team, for example.
So have access to the list of race participants after the races to be able to either chat with them or ask them to join a league.
There you go, these are just my thoughts, and I hope that others will be able to provide their opinions, or new ideas in order to move forward with this new and beautiful project,
which must take up both what made Rfactor successful, and what could be a more pleasant and exciting future for players.
Thank you for taking the time to read. And happy racing!
After several dozen races, I wanted to propose a topic so that those who have ridden online can provide ideas for optimizing the experience, and so I start with what I think which is only personal but which has the merit of existing.
The goal of this post is to push for the improvement of this excellent idea that is the online mode that we now have on RF2.
I won't go back to the positive point of online, I think everyone agrees that it's a very, very good idea.
Now, what I find that could be improved:
Spongebob cars, lumps of butter :
It's on all servers, the players who enter the server afterwards are shaped like sponges or lumps of butter. This is REALLY very unpleasant.
Daily races :
The structure at the start of December 2023: single-seater, prototype, GT. It’s good, it’s good because that’s the essence of motorsport.
Having removed the single-seater this week is not a good thing. There should be this structure permanently.
Servers available for training outside of meetings:
The grip of the track which changes between offline and online. For what ? What interest ?
Why not have public servers with the tracks and cars of upcoming races, a few days before?
We should still be able to run with the conditions that will be those of the future server.
Leaderbords:
Unable to access leaderbords when the series is not in progress. For what ?? There should be permanently accessible rankings, either in the game or on the site.
It could be added the best times in practice, the best in qualifying in addition to those in the race.
Car tuning impossible:
I understand that it is to allow everyone to have a chance, but with RF2 we are talking about a simulation.
In motorsport (from karting), chassis settings are an integral part of training and the speed obtained, tire degradation, etc.
Why not allow races where adjustments are allowed? A division with possible adjustment for example, and one without.
It might be possible to exchange settings, to share them. And if you absolutely want to make money, you can offer to buy them in collaboration with other players (those who made them).
Weather:
There should be races with weather conditions other than dry weather, with light rain, heavy rain, dry track conditions etc.
For GTs, night races are also exciting (e.g. Le Mans).
A vote could be open 24 hours with the race to propose the choice of conditions depending on the tracks and modes.
Intermediate races and special events almost all pay: ...
When you have to pay around $17 to participate in a race (that you're not sure you'll be able to do again), it's not right.
Besides, there is almost no one participating, and that's a good thing.
The price could be for example, $5 for the 1st race including the content (track and cars), then for example $1 registration fee to participate in all future similar races.
There, I would be ready to go there, but under current conditions, absolutely not.
Optimized reporting of unsportsmanlike behavior:
Today we must declare the precise moment when there was bad behavior on the track.
Why not provide a shortcut key, which would allow unsporting behavior to be reported during the race, that would be much simpler.
this would allow the information to be recorded (e.g. the last 30 seconds without needing to know in which lap it happened), then at the end of the race, we would have to come back to the report to confirm it or cancel if, for example, you did it out of anger. it would be useful and practical for the days and for the moderators.
Contacts between players / Creation of divisions or leagues:
We should be able to contact players to ask them to form a team, for example.
So have access to the list of race participants after the races to be able to either chat with them or ask them to join a league.
There you go, these are just my thoughts, and I hope that others will be able to provide their opinions, or new ideas in order to move forward with this new and beautiful project,
which must take up both what made Rfactor successful, and what could be a more pleasant and exciting future for players.
Thank you for taking the time to read. And happy racing!
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