Official Reiza rooms for Public Multiplayer racing

Renato Simioni

Reiza Studios
Some of you might have noticed we have some servers on the lobby running for a few days now - we´re happy to now officially announce they are open for all to come in and race.

There are no fees, no passwords, no restrictions and no sign-ups required - everyone is invited to join in and race whenever they want. Our goal is to stimulate public multiplayer racing by providing a go-to place for online fun with GSCE / FTruck.

Keep in mind what we have now and for the next few weeks is very much an experiment - what develops from this will be subject to what we learn from the experience, user demand & feedback. The more participation there is, the more we will develop it.

As a place intended for casual fun we´re not looking to establish many ground rules - that does not mean however reckless driving standards and general poor behavior will be condoned: rooms will be supervised regularly by Reiza & RD staff and troublemakers will be kicked (or banned altogether).

There can be no shortage of common sense & respect if this is to be a fun place to race. People from all skill levels are welcome, so long as everyone respects each other they should not have a problem co-existing on the same track. If you do not have experience with the car / track selection being used, stay out of people´s ways while you learn your way around; do not join to learn the car or track when it´s already race time.

If this goes well and we manage to build up enough participation, longer term prospects include setting up leaderboards, organizing regular prize-giving competitions and also prizes for participation & safe driving - for that purpose we highly recommend users get into the habit of using their real names or at least stick to the same profile as results will already be logged on the server.

This is how we have it set up:

Room 1 is the Touring / Tintop room: StockV8, Marcas, SuperV8, Metalmoro, Camaro & Mini;

Room 2 is the Formula room: F-Vee, F-3, F-Reiza & F-Extreme;

Room 3 is the Historic room - Opalas, F-Retro, F-Classic & F-V12 running exclusively on historic tracks;

Room 4 is the Karting room - all karting classes running on kart tracks, plus the Superkart running on normal road courses;

Room 5 is Formula Truck room. (Please note: Room 5 requires the steam version of the game)

Right now we have a fixed, week-long schedule in which rooms 1-4 feature 3 daily shifts of 8 hours each, featuring one car class per shift. Room 5 will run exclusively Formula Truck. All rooms will feature a single track selection for each day of the week.

Sessions will stick to a fixed hour schedule comprising of:
Practice: 15 mins
Qualification: 15 mins
Warmup: 5 mins
Race: 20 mins

Driving aids allowed are ABS low / TC low / autoclutch & auto shifting available.

Voting to reset or advance sessions is disabled - it will follow the pre-established schedule.

You can check the full schedule per server here - save for eventual tweaks or additions of new series & tracks, this is what, when and where racing will take place in the coming weeks. So go ahead and book some time for your favorite combos :)

Last but not least, we´d like to thank RaceDepartment, in particular Bram & Dave for their brilliant ongoing support supplying the structure and helping us put this together & offer it to the whole community.

Please concentrate your thoughts, suggestions & feedback regarding this topic in this thread.
 
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The only thing I don't like is that the historic cars won't appear on non historic tracks. I prefer driving the FV12 to any of the more modern formula cars but want to drive it at say Kansai.
 
You know how it is - you need a seed first, then the flower can grow.

Meaning: Even if there's nobody on the server when you look - join anyways and maybe people will follow you.
Somebody needs to be the first anyways .)
 
You know how it is - you need a seed first, then the flower can grow.

Meaning: Even if there's nobody on the server when you look - join anyways and maybe people will follow you.
Somebody needs to be the first anyways .)
I usually do...and after about 30 mins of racing down the lonely roads, I quit. Living out in the middle of the ocean makes it tough since most people are in bed or just waking up when I get home from work.
 
Oh, just saw you're from Hawaii.

Ya, my times are also all over the place.
Seems like it's too early for everybody when i'm up for a race :)
(And that's although i'm sitting in the very center of Europe *g*)

I hope with the new UI we'll also see the official servers getting a special spot
on the MP menu so that they are easier to find.
 
Actually, I would like to see more realistic damage. This would reduce the enjoyment of those driving recklessly to gain positions.

But it would also reduce the enjoyment for the drivers being hit by the reckless drivers. We are more likely to have our races ruined by a reckless driver if damage % is high. Lower damage increases everyone's chance to make it through turn 1, lap 1 and reach the checkered flag (imho).
 
I would like to see a room were assists are forbidden and with more realistic damage. I was on V12 and V8 Servers from Reiza yesterday. I felt as back in Codemasters times. First lap, half of the field out. Rejoining track without any look back, crash kiddies, and after every first lap, requests for restart. Restarts should not be allowed by voting. If people know there is no restart, they behave more, especially in the first lap. I think a room without assists and high damage would be a solutions to not have "beginners" or crash kids.
 
The online system is very basic currently. Also, these are public servers, so it is to be expected.
Just enjoy the physics and company, maybe... Imo it's unrealistic to expect public servers to exhibit league-level manners, unless it's heavily moderated or has strict rules set as you suggest.
 
There are 2 kinds of drivers:
Those who can race and those who can't.

In the end it's all just about 1 single thing:
"You don't have to win the race in lap 1".

What's the point of divebombing if your laptimes are 4 seconds slower than the one you're overtaking in turn 1???
 
Imo it's unrealistic to expect public servers to exhibit league-level manners, unless it's heavily moderated or has strict rules set as you suggest.

This^^
The only proper racing with RRE will be here at the club or on other organised clubs. Public MP is doomed to failure and will put more would be RRE MP players off after first trying them and discovering the wonderful world of rammers, spoilers, kids and morons who just don't want to learn to race or compete fairly with rules.
 
To be honest, I think that lthe only way to keep public races enjoyable is to have some sort of handicap or ranking system in place, i.e., you can only race other pilots that "match" your behavior. Like iRacing do, for instance. Sure this can present problems sometimes (you being penalized by exiting the track after being hit by someone), but over time you'll be where you belong. If you're a crash kid, then you'll only be allowed to race crash kids, until your skills and behavior improves.
 

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