I was wondering what is required to have my own server for hosting races for RD members. I have 60mb download and 6mb upload speed, is this all thats required or am i missing a crucial something?
Thanks guys, The lag you mention i had this on 10mb connection. Everytime a car joined i had bad screen lag for 1-2 seconds. it ruined my own experience. thanks.There is a stand alone D/server found inside the tools section of steam to download, just fire it up and make your settings, it had default cars and tracks as standard, if you wish to use mods just install them into the folders of the d/server. it will appear after you use it for the first time.
This way you will not suffer from any lag problems or delays in your own car which can be experienced from running the sever from inside your own game.
No probs mate i won't. And thanksCar's do not appear before you have gone back into pits by default. I do not believe Race07 has temp car's or something like that. They will not appear in any info list, standings list, trackmap, or whatever. Only on track, they are visible when you pass them (or they pass you).
Lag as you describe it, is most likely caused by the server to run out of resourses. Open the performance tab of your Task Manager on the DS, to see if thats the case. R07 has a heavy dedicated server, which requires a lot of resourses. Especially when loading tracks, or people join.
In upload speed, not much is required. It's only synchronizing positions, which is not much data. The most comon problem with lag due to upload speed, is in the stability of the connection. You need to keep a steady available upload, to host a lot of cars. On single dip in connection, can cause a lag spike. This drop is hardly noticed during normal internet use (browsing), but can be seen doing a long download. The download speed sometimes drops for a second. Those drops can cause lag as well, if you are running on a low upload.
6mbit, if it's a bit steady, can easily host a 25 grid server.
Please note that we do not approve in using the Racedepartment name in a non racedepartment server! I read you want to race with other RD members, which is fine offcourse, but please remember to not use the Racedepartment name ok.
All my ports are open but still have 5002 ping on the server lists.
I have a BT Home Hub 3 and on BT Infinity.... Many years ago on the "1st" and "2nd" hubs I had the same problem but cannot remember how I over come this problem...
Any ideas?