Is Multiplayer Dead?

[Darth Zarzax]

I'm thinking of buying PC3, only thing keeping me is low number of active players
https://steamcharts.com/app/958400 : 155 last hour

Will i be able to find lobbies with 10-15 opponents?

So anyone plays online please help me decide. Thanx.

UPDATE: I decided i won't buy PC3. Thank you all for your input.

[maVRoyal]

For your question... No... Sadly not.
They might be fairly clean but Lobbies are few around and rarely go over 5 people.
Around a week or 2 ago i had few events in 9 people lobby though.

[Hocksmonovits]

This is effectively a single player game.

[turtleCZ]

Buy rather PC2 or AMS2. This one is a misstep.

[Darth Zarzax]

Originally posted by turtleCZ:

Buy rather PC2 or AMS2. This one is a misstep.

I have both. AMS2 is nice and i prefer its physics to PC2 but low population as well

[turtleCZ]

Originally posted by Isometric:

Originally posted by turtleCZ:

Buy rather PC2 or AMS2. This one is a misstep.

I have both. AMS2 is nice and i prefer its physics to PC2 but low population as well

You have everything you need then. AMS2 could be better after completion. PC3 is dead (and bad) and only successor can improve it.

[G.Heath]

Have you looked into RRE or ACC?

[Mahjik]

It's been mentioned already, but yes multiplayer is dead.

Although, it didn't find it all that valuable to begin with... I find the hot lap, pace setter and other single car trials more useful in this title than the actual racing. The reason being that there is no damage model or strict penalty system so drivers just "barge" their way through without any actual true racing sport moves (i.e. no late braking or slipstreaming). The assists are very powerful and just about everyone runs full assists online so you either have to turn them on to compete or just know that people who have no racing knowledge at all, are going to turn fast laps without much knowledge.

That being said, the few online races I did were cleaner than most sim for the most part (aside from the online cut cheating). I still enjoy the single car challenges but I don't recommend purchasing this title for actual "multi car racing" as even the AI races are more of a demolition derby rather than racing.

[4speed318]

if you want fun arcade on line racing buy Wreckfest instead

[Darth Zarzax]

Originally posted by George Heath:

Have you looked into RRE or ACC?

I have almost 900 hours in ACC. It's great, but i play that when i want to race with my wheel.

I need something more like Forza Motorsport so i can race easily with a pad. I am very capable of racing clean with a pad. I own FM7 too but it's unplayable for me because of constant micro freezes.

RRE i have tried but i don' t like the business model and it doesn't have weather which is a must for me.

Thank you for the suggestions though.

[Darth Zarzax]

Originally posted by 4speed318:

if you want fun arcade on line racing buy Wreckfest instead

I tried some public lobbies in PC2 yesterday. That easily qualified as playing Wreckfest. But i see your point.

[Darth Zarzax]

Originally posted by Mahjik:

It's been mentioned already, but yes multiplayer is dead.

Although, it didn't find it all that valuable to begin with... I find the hot lap, pace setter and other single car trials more useful in this title than the actual racing. The reason being that there is no damage model or strict penalty system so drivers just "barge" their way through without any actual true racing sport moves (i.e. no late braking or slipstreaming). The assists are very powerful and just about everyone runs full assists online so you either have to turn them on to compete or just know that people who have no racing knowledge at all, are going to turn fast laps without much knowledge.

That being said, the few online races I did were cleaner than most sim for the most part (aside from the online cut cheating). I still enjoy the single car challenges but I don't recommend purchasing this title for actual "multi car racing" as even the AI races are more of a demolition derby rather than racing.

Your first sentence answers my question.

But i hear what you say about assists and i do use them too when i play racing games with pad.

I think in general it's better to allow players to have easier driving model in a simcade/pure arcade racing game. It's safer that way and preferable to having them crashing left and right.

[turtleCZ]

Horizon 4 is your game then. Motorsport physics with easy gamepad controls.

[Darth Zarzax]

Originally posted by turtleCZ:

Horizon 4 is your game then. Motorsport physics with easy gamepad controls.

Nah, i need Silverstone, Imola, Panorama etc.

[maVRoyal]

Then it got me thinking.


Maybe Grid Autosport?
It actually still have playerbase alive enough for full lobbies at the time ( 12 people) but racing quality there was pretty low last time i played it.

[turtleCZ]

Originally posted by maVRoyal:

Then it got me thinking.


Maybe Grid Autosport?
It actually still have playerbase alive enough for full lobbies at the time ( 12 people) but racing quality there was pretty low last time i played it.

Good choice. It's like Grid but more track focused. Physics not bad, controls a bit floaty but good. Still pretty good game.