Multiplayer experience?

[Elpéos]

Hi!

So, i'm a fanatic sim-racer. Played Live for Speed alot (even till now, still enough to enjoy), iRacing (Before Steam version) and lately i'm really hooked on Assetto Corsa. For me the most important is clean online racing. I don't really care about single player career.
What i still like about Live for Speed is that you jump into a server and can stay there for as long as you want, with a decent chat function. In Assetto Corsa this feels more plain to me.
So it's more the whole experience: Clean racing, accesable servers, nice people, etc.

How is the online experience in PCars 2?
Is there a big amount of online players?
Clean online races?
Chat functions?

I still don't know if i should get it yes or no...

[Frogster 🐸]

Occasionally you can find some clean racing but most of the time online race seem to descend into destruction derby. Most lobbies are also peer to peer connection which isn't optimal for lag free experience. There is basic chat box.

[Talkie Toaster]

As a long time GPL, LFS, GTR, AC etc player I have serious problems with this title BUT I have to admit that I have had a great online experience so far. It's not as hardcore physics wise as other titles but it's still fun when it works properly - it needs many more patches.

I've been racing front wheel drive touring cars most evenings and met some really fast, decent racers so far. Text chat is pants, can only really type one sentence at a time and only when you're in the lobby or sat in your car, you can't type messages from pits or setup window, which is where you'll end up if you join half way through or have to retire.

[OMG 77]

Yes I would get it, online racing is quite clean most of the time, the better you qualify the cleaner the race will be. The game has quite a few bugs but still worth getting. If you join a lobby with a higher license setting you will get clean racing only thing is you will start off with a low license and will have to earn a good license to be able to join them.

[Morgenmuffel]

When you preferr GT3 and Spa and have no fear from lot of bugs...
then this whould be the right choice for you...

When you preferr fair random onlineracing with lot of variations...dont waste your money...

When you have shiftwork and want random fair races in the night in your region....dont waste your money

When you ara a simulationfreak and look into deeper simulationthings under the hood (like how the heck Pcars 2 "simulated" the clutch or whats really simulated and whats not like the tireturning (all cars are really 4-whelldrive)....dont waste your money

When you want fair discussions on the official forum....dont waste your money

My personally opinion ;-)

[Baker]

Originally posted by Morgenmuffel:

When you preferr GT3 and Spa and have no fear from lot of bugs...
then this whould be the right choice for you...

When you preferr fair random onlineracing with lot of variations...dont waste your money...

When you have shiftwork and want random fair races in the night in your region....dont waste your money

When you ara a simulationfreak and look into deeper simulationthings under the hood (like how the heck Pcars 2 "simulated" the clutch or whats really simulated and whats not like the tireturning (all cars are really 4-whelldrive)....dont waste your money

When you want fair discussions on the official forum....dont waste your money

My personally opinion ;-)

There isnt anything out there for random online racing.
Assetto Corsa some will say but its 80% nordschleife trackdays and drift lobbies with the the other 15% GT3 at Spa with very rare 5% something else. but its never in my timezone.

I would say for PC racing Pcars2 is actually the best for random online. Maybe there is something for consoles and of course there's Iracing for the rich but on PC there isn't much, sadly.

[Elpéos]

Well thanks, i might stick around with LFS and Assetto Corsa then, and keep looking if this title will improve itself by fixing the bugs.

[Elpéos]

Well, found a key for around €30,00, so i thought: what the heck.. Installing now XD

[Frogster 🐸]

Can't say I enjoy online experience in this game.

[シェービングフォーム]

I've only played a few games so far because of being constantly disconnected.