Dev stream Q&A - Thursday Dec 4, 17.00 CET

Jay Ekkel · Dec 2, 2014

Hi all,

Thursday the 4th of December at 17.00 CET we will have our next dev stream, which as the last time will be a show and tell of things to come and what we have been working on since last time.

This will also give us the opportunity to answer some of your questions. So if you have any questions please post them in this thread and we will answer them. Well at least as many of them as time allows!

the Dev stream will take place o twitch:
http://www.twitch.tv/raceroomracingexperience

And if you want to see the last dev streams then please check them out here:

Víctor Aldana · Dec 5, 2014

Vojko Music said:
Yeah more content over the quality...

It's nice to hear that Btw, any plans to improve graphics in the (near) future?

Maybe upgrade to DirectX 12?. Do not lose time with DirectX 11, it appears that 12 will allow better optimization.

Vojko Music · Dec 5, 2014

That would be nice, yes. But even DX9 with some visual improvements would be welcomed

Emilio · Dec 5, 2014

@Msportdan, Mr. @Heppsan mentioned a while ago that he did a pen&paper Championship made of single races. To me it's great! Of course it's nothing automated or fancy but hey, it's a patch/solution to a current missing feature. The beauty of human brain is that it adapts to situations and overcomes problems. Even if I know that would be nice to have NOW a cool Championship feature in the game, I definitely can't say I'm bothered by this "lack" and cannot enjoy the other amazing things that are in R3E. I'd be probably pi$$ed like hell if it happened after release date, but up to now I just enjoy what I have (Which is a lot! Look at that list that @Peter Koch posted!!).
I'm not saying you're saying that. Still, I'm pretty sure that S3S guys know what they're doing and if they say it takes time and testing, I believe it's true. Look at the DTM 2014 bug reports around here about the Championships (time between AI cars and player's not showing correctly, AI stuck in the pits, Scoring chart not updating/wrong and so forth...). So instead of having a less then half-stable thing, it's better at this point to wait, no?

feels3 · Dec 5, 2014

That's what we do all the time, new shaders, new lighting settings per track, fog implementation. We don't have the best graphic engine out there but we put tons of details in our work.

I'm sure you see this

Vojko Music · Dec 5, 2014

feels3 said:
That's what we do all the time, new shaders, new lighting settings per track, fog implementation. We don't have the best graphic engine out there but we put tons of details in our work.

I'm sure you see this

That's why I bought some packs

I see hope in you as a newcomer

Don't disappoint me xD

Blkout · Dec 5, 2014

feels3 said:
That's what we do all the time, new shaders, new lighting settings per track, fog implementation. We don't have the best graphic engine out there but we put tons of details in our work.

I'm sure you see this

Don't sell yourself short, R3E is still a very good looking game when the eye candy is cranked up. My only gripe is that you guys need to get SLI support. For those of us that run high resolutions and two or more video cards, it sucks to only be able to use one of them.

Connor Caple · Dec 5, 2014

I say again: Minis!?

There wasn't much Q&A to be honest, @Jay Ekkel , more just announcements and teasers and pick out a few things to answer from the list here. Nice announcements, but get someone to answer a few more questions, please? My Friday Nights are waiting for an R3E Mini...

Jay Ekkel · Dec 5, 2014

I agree, we tried a new format, which i worked better but it seemed we were a bit optimistic about the time it was going to take to go through all the show and tell parts, and the time left to take on the Q&A part.

We have all questions we could find stored and a wide selection of those I will trye to answer on our channels. Its the least we can do!

Emilio · Dec 5, 2014

Jay Ekkel said:
We have all questions we could find stored and a wide selection of those I will trye to answer on our channels. Its the least we can do!

Thanks Jay!

Sean Kenney · Dec 5, 2014

I think they have done a massive job over the last 4 months. Impressed.

maxel · Dec 5, 2014

Indeed. I'm also really impressed how much new content is coming. Great job guys!!
With DTM'92 (best ever) and dedicated servers released, i will be happy for a very long time.

Can't wait...

JayJayRaceinho · Dec 5, 2014

yeah, lots of news, announcements and teases for the next weeks and months

wished there could be more infos about physics-related stuff, like flatspots, tyre dirt, engine damage, car damage. features are coming in the next weeks and months, thats good.

since i only play offline, i can't wait for a custom championship aswell, but honestly, not with this unbalanced AI. In AC i tried custom career which is like a custiom championship, the bad AI and AIW's ruined this gamemode.

Sean Kenney · Dec 5, 2014

Víctor Aldana said:
Maybe upgrade to DirectX 12?. Do not lose time with DirectX 11, it appears that 12 will allow better optimization.

12 is gonna be a while... in reality.

Sean Kenney · Dec 5, 2014

JayJayRaceinho said:
yeah, lots of news, announcements and teases for the next weeks and months

wished there could be more infos about physics-related stuff, like flatspots, tyre dirt, engine damage, car damage. features are coming in the next weeks and months, thats good.

since i only play offline, i can't wait for a custom championship aswell, but honestly, not with this unbalanced AI. In AC i tried custom career which is like a custiom championship, the bad AI and AIW's ruined this gamemode.

I think the AI is great...needs some tweaks for sure, but of all the games I have played it is the best imo.

JayJayRaceinho · Dec 5, 2014

Ser_Renely said:
I think the AI is great...needs some tweaks for sure, but of all the games I have played it is the best imo.

didn't say it's bad, ofc here and there some tweaks, some ai-improvements will be in dec.-update, so looking forward... i mean unbalanced, the AI-Strength for each car and track. if there is a track (and there are some

) where the ai is taking corners slow without any reason.... or one track the ai is superfast, though the same ai-strength and that's not because i'm slow on that track, they seem to have more grip there.... etc. etc.

Andi Goodwin · Dec 5, 2014

its almost as if no one understands these words

BETA
WIP
ALPHA

those are very important , they tell you things are in development
ive been with this through the raceroom forums , the cbt and the beta testers phase , i have seen so much developement happining oin the last few months ; and when jay says testing takes time hes not joking ; tonight i wont be racing with you guys in the wtcc zandvoort as there is stuff that needs endless testing ...thats how it is , you find a bug /you try to duplicate it , then someone else tries to confirm it but they cant , but someone else can , so is it random /hardware a glitch that replicated itself .... so round and round it goes ....;

content and features are in constant developement

using the words "i dont understand why you just cant" doesnt make it easier , because your premis is wrong , its not cant , its just its not ready , its too buggy, its broken , its not fully tested etc etc ; and when its ready and done you guys get it within hours generally

so, breath , wait a little and it will come , just maybe not in the time scale you want

if you ask Jay , and hes not wearing a stupid pink shirt , he will tell you that im a royal pain in the ass, i ask the same questions you guys do , but i realise that im not alone , the whole development team asks the same questions , fights the same battle s to get all of the feature you guys want out there ; remember all of the team are guys who sim race ,they want the best , the fvery best , but sometimes due to code or tech a compromise is the only solution until it can be worked around/tested/verified/tweaked/retested and finally delivered
love and peace and fluffy kittens

Andi

Víctor Aldana · Dec 5, 2014

Ser_Renely said:
12 is gonna be a while... in reality.

Sure, but the graphics are fine now. However have a clear objective is good, and take the game to DirecX 12 for 2016 could be fine.

For next year, they will have enough work.