Sorry that I leap over the current argument but Happy New Year (Yes, I know that I´m too late
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I´m very sceptic about PCARS. So many things that are crucial to the driveability haven´t made it into the game although we only have almost one year to implement them. My criticism over at WMD pretty much branded me as the grumpy middle aged man
.Others have left, got banned or just lost interest at all. Some of them were good guys with lots of knowledge. And all because they were called "rude" "ungrateful" etc.
- Instead of implementing a real clutch you can throw in the gears without pressing it down
- The Tyremodel should be not in this premature state yet that we already have only 1 year of time
- The new Chassismodel is not implemented though it should be
- The whole graphics section is way beyond the physics section
- Their political correctnes in their forum and backstabbing attitude on this forum f.e. make me nauseous
- The sound seems to not develop anymore. Some effects here and there but the cars miss any uniqueness
Since "true" WMDers stop reading at this point thinking "ah hes bitching again", other might read on.
PCARS has done some very brave and unique decisions that show that they somehow know their fans.
- They got the Yellow Bird license (and other fantastic RUF models)
- They don´t try to chum up with the mainstream taste. Very nerdy cars like Ariel Atom, the BAC Mono. They go for the nerds. Bravo
- They implement the Solitude Rennstrecke and add more Countryroad tracks that will delight the guys like me who love to drive on real streets rather than circletracks.
- Their graphics guys have created the most realistic version of the Nordschleife ever. I was there doing reference photographs for them and they did a very good job.
- The weathersystem is going to get better and better although it already offers very credible weather conditions.
All in all I think that Pcars has to focus on the Physics and the FFB the most. The sim feels so broken that I simply don´t enjoy testing anymore. MOreover the attitude in the forum forbids to clearly speak your mind, especially if you are frustrated about some things. It doesn´t make sense anymore. I already stated there that I will keep my mouth shut most of the time and will go on consuming. Thats what basically every corporation wants. The dumb thing is that SMS pretended to handle things not that way. Now the community consists of the usual yea-sayers and some Experts like Nic Hamilton and Ben Collins who basically say what already has been stated in the past.
But this is all bitchy-nonsense uttered by a crazy man who should be banned
