Is Sol required to play on modded servers?

[TheLeftybar]

Is Sol necessary, like do I need it in order to play on online servers in multiplayer. Or is it optional, like I can use Content Managers built in shader packs to play on online servers?

[Marty Davidsim]

It seems that you're in a hurry for the answer, so I'll put it this way...

Is high octane fuel needed/required to make an engine run? = no
Is it necessary to use high octane fuel for optimum performance? = yes
Can a different brand of high octane fuel be used? = yes

Hope that my silly IRL (octane) analogy was helpful in answering your questions.
If not, spending some time in the Online MP Server Lobby might be beneficial in
providing you with the answers as well.

[Sassanid]

From my experience there doesn't seem to be any server side requirements for SOL and Pure weather scripts. It's all local. So the server could be using base vanilla AC with default cloudy weather but if you're running Pure and using the high texture clouds, you'll see a totally different, better and more realistic sky and clouds on your end.

[TheLeftybar]

Ok thanks for the answers. I didnt know how much Sol played into modding so I wanted to ask people that knew before I did anything.

[ling.speed]

There are servers that require SOL yes, but i dont think many of them are public races, and leagues that use this would annouce it proper.

For example its possible to have real time weather changes based on sol presets, which is not part of original AC and i think it will kick you out when attempting to join. But that is only really useful for endurance racing, as normal servers just reset after each race and that allows for weather change without sol/csp.

ps: oh and i think the driver swap app, real penalty (thats also used to extend anti cheating) also demands sol, but might be wrong.