I don't think it's any
one thing. I can make a few educated guesses, but the easiest option seems to be to list what keeps me away (for the moment) from R3E.
1) The FFB. It just feels weird to me. Been playing around with the settings, but can't seem to find something that fits.
2) Paid content. Usually not a biggie, since the expense usually is fairly minor, but if I'm struggling with the FFB in the first place, getting me to spend more money is something of a hard sell.
This weeks Salzburgring being a case in point.
3) Lack of MoTec support. I'm an absolute muppet when it comes to creating set-ups based on feel alone (and again the weird FFB comes into play), so I need my graphs to analyse the car.
At present there's just too much stuff going on under the hood (no pun intended) for me to get very far.
4) There are only so many hours in the day. Right now the RDTCC takes up most of my sim-time.
Yeah, I know it hasn't started yet, but I'd rather not get completely humiliated in the first few races, so I'm practising my proverbial butt off.
Also, there's competition within RD itself between the different sims.
Right now the newly published V8 Supercars in GSCE are attracting ludicrously big grids, and if people are racing there, they can't simultaneously be in R3E.
Just one of those things. Every game has its ebbs and flows, so I wouldn't worry too much.
Once the ADAC '15 (and Spa) comes out, I'm reasonably confident that the R3E servers will fill up again.
People (including myself) are fickle, and most of us are suckers for anything new and shiny.