Please add LAN

[Seaslug the Slayer]

I bouth a 4 pack of this game and sent it to my family, I have 4 computers at home. But there is no LAN gamemode. Please add that I like lan in all games.

[S0L]

We won't be adding a specific LAN option to the game I'm afraid...

As it's a Steamworks title you're required to be logged into Steam, and since you can't have multiple logins on the same Steam ID, you'd need an account per computer anyway...

...and since if you're logged in your can play online... Why would you then need it? If it's for a private game you can use the -internalID command line or use Custom Game.

What the game would do behind the scenes is peer to peer connections anyway, so if you're all on the same network, you're effectively playing a LAN based game.

So I suspect there is no call for such an option!

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[Sonic63587]

Well how about dual screens? I'd love to hook up a few screens and maybe get a WiiU thing going.

[【ネップ】— Excal —]

Originally posted by Smashbro29:

Well how about dual screens? I'd love to hook up a few screens and maybe get a WiiU thing going.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/212480/discussions/0/864960354345973702/#c828934724102203124

Originally posted by S0L:

Originally posted by cubbins:

+1 for vertical split screen

Originally posted by HorseDick:

2 player vert on a big tv (1080p) and or 3840x1080 (2 displays would be nice)

Sorry, but we won't be adding these options. Splitting the screen horizontally allows both players to have a wide field of view of what's going off around the car. You can see when players are overtaking, upcoming corners and more. You can also push the HUD into areas which don't impact on visibility. If you do it vertically, you lose a whole bunch of peripheral vision - and all you gain is more vertical space. So you see more sky. That can actually put you at a disadvantage. Which is why racing games typically always go with a horizontal split.

Multiple monitor support (so each player can have their own screen) is something we looked at, but equally problematic. First you'd need to give the player some means of deciding who gets which monitor, then you have to make sure you can handle different monitors running at different resolutions, then you have to manage the fact you're effectively rendering a whole full screen twice, not all players have hardware sufficient to do this. Simply it's not a small amount of work and so something we can't commit too.

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[ShaolinMonk]

I know this is an old topic, but I'd like to ask for clarification on something. I have a 4 player LAN racing setup in my basement where I play games like Outrun 2006, Blur, Split second. All of these games have LAN support so I can play them multiplayer forever even if the multiplayer servers are shut down after a while. Because Sonic and Allstars racing transformed is peer to peer, does that mean there will be no point at which I can no longer play this game multiplayer in my basement? Or will there be a point where the online will be put to bed and then I cant play it anymore? Thats the reason I think people want lan. It makes the game playable forever...

Any help clearing up this question would be appreciated as it is important to me.

[IceBlade]

The multiplayer will be accessible as long as the Steamworks matchmaking servers are around - and given the popularity of Steam and its broad array of Steamworks integrated titles, I don't see those servers shutting down any time soon.

I would have confidence in Valve for offering an alternate solution to matchmaking in these games if and when the time comes.

[Seaslug the Slayer]

hi i was the one who asked, and yes nevermind, we could just fine run this over eachother steamaccounts, was no problem, but some other games are laggy,