Couldn't find either RAS-Factor server on Saturday
 

On Saturday afternoon I could not get any server listing at all from inside
rFactor itself.

Couldn't see a race with "RAS" in the title on the RaceCast server list.

The RASCAR site seemed to be down. (still does.)

Retried each ot these several times between 2:30 and 4:30 EST.

I know people raced but how the heck did they get there ? ;o)


Elrikk

elrikk wrote:
> On Saturday afternoon I could not get any server listing at all from inside
> rFactor itself.
>
> Couldn't see a race with "RAS" in the title on the RaceCast server list.
>
> The RASCAR site seemed to be down. (still does.)
>
> Retried each ot these several times between 2:30 and 4:30 EST.
>
> I know people raced but how the heck did they get there ? ;o)
>
>
> Elrikk

The race list was up and down like the proverbial whores drawers...

It took me 30 mins before I eventually got a list and then a few
refreshes before the RASFactor server showed up. The racelist seems
rather flaky at the moment.

Despite the limited number of opponents my victory was nonetheless
sensational :)

Cheers
Tony

"Tony Rickard" > wrote in message
.uk...
> elrikk wrote:
>> On Saturday afternoon I could not get any server listing at all from
>> inside rFactor itself.
>>
>> Couldn't see a race with "RAS" in the title on the RaceCast server list.
>>
>> The RASCAR site seemed to be down. (still does.)
>>
>> Retried each ot these several times between 2:30 and 4:30 EST.
>>
>> I know people raced but how the heck did they get there ? ;o)
>>
>>
>> Elrikk
>
> The race list was up and down like the proverbial whores drawers...
>
> It took me 30 mins before I eventually got a list and then a few refreshes
> before the RASFactor server showed up. The racelist seems rather flaky at
> the moment.
>
> Despite the limited number of opponents my victory was nonetheless
> sensational :)
>
> Cheers
> Tony
>

Let's compa the LFS servers verses rFactor.

The LFS servers and the game's overall online stability is excellent.
rFactor's servers and overall online stability is poor.

I'm truly glad that ISI has backed up its previous assurances that its
online component would be much better, compared to GTR.

It's very sad that some companies, once its game has been released, totally
abandon the community.

Alanb

Alan Bernardo wrote:

> Let's compa the LFS servers verses rFactor.
>
> The LFS servers and the game's overall online stability is excellent.
> rFactor's servers and overall online stability is poor.
>
> I'm truly glad that ISI has backed up its previous assurances that its
> online component would be much better, compared to GTR.
>
> It's very sad that some companies, once its game has been released, totally
> abandon the community.

I think it is early days to suggest the community has been abandoned. In
comparison to previous ISI efforts I think rFactor multi is heading the
right way, though for sure it isn't there yet. In general though I have
found rFactor multi to be pretty stable, just the racelist side seems
hit or miss.

Cheers
Tony

elrikk wrote:
> On Saturday afternoon I could not get any server listing at all from inside
> rFactor itself.
>
> Couldn't see a race with "RAS" in the title on the RaceCast server list.
>
> The RASCAR site seemed to be down. (still does.)
>
> Retried each ot these several times between 2:30 and 4:30 EST.
>
> I know people raced but how the heck did they get there ? ;o)
>
>
> Elrikk

Mitch was probably too busy jacking off to the military channel

You making another joke Alan ;) Whooosh, right over my head, again.

Other than the demo's Ive not run LFS but based on my limited experience LFS
is targeting ex NFS players while GTR was targeting ex GPLers and rFactor is
a compromise between the two.

Online stability has been excellent in rFactor in my experience. In ways
much better than even Papy's. No matter how good LFS's netcode is it cant
make up for the arcade game feel (ala NFS series). Personally Id prefer GTR
offline over LFS online. But then again Im a SIMMER not a gamer...

Mitch



"Alan Bernardo" > wrote in message
news:jfadneMBO-sTE7DeRVn-> Let's compa the LFS servers verses rFactor.
>
> The LFS servers and the game's overall online stability is excellent.
> rFactor's servers and overall online stability is poor.
>
> I'm truly glad that ISI has backed up its previous assurances that its
> online component would be much better, compared to GTR.
>
> It's very sad that some companies, once its game has been released,
> totally abandon the community.
>
> Alanb
>

Very impressive win Tony! Mistake free, at least big mistake free run.
Wish I could have said the same, grrr ;)

Mitch

"Tony Rickard" > wrote in message
.uk...
> Alan Bernardo wrote:
>
>> Let's compa the LFS servers verses rFactor.
>>
>> The LFS servers and the game's overall online stability is excellent.
>> rFactor's servers and overall online stability is poor.
>>
>> I'm truly glad that ISI has backed up its previous assurances that its
>> online component would be much better, compared to GTR.
>>
>> It's very sad that some companies, once its game has been released,
>> totally abandon the community.
>
> I think it is early days to suggest the community has been abandoned. In
> comparison to previous ISI efforts I think rFactor multi is heading the
> right way, though for sure it isn't there yet. In general though I have
> found rFactor multi to be pretty stable, just the racelist side seems hit
> or miss.
>
> Cheers
> Tony

Mitch_A wrote:

> Other than the demo's Ive not run LFS but based on my limited experience LFS
> is targeting ex NFS players while GTR was targeting ex GPLers and rFactor is
> a compromise between the two.

LFS is a pretty good sim, Mitch. Just that the way it is packaged tends
to appeal to the younger kids which in turn makes the online experience
less appealing to the more hardcore simmer.

After 10 restarts and a torrent of abusive chat the appeal here
certainly wanes. I would imagine an organised group could have a good
race with LFS. I think rFactor has a better physics model but that is
fairly subjective, LFS is developing quite nicely.

Considering LFS's alpha status and rFactors published status there are
areas where the two are remarkably close...

Cheers
Tony

On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 08:53:57 -0400, "elrikk" >
wrote:

>On Saturday afternoon I could not get any server listing at all from inside
>rFactor itself.
>
>Couldn't see a race with "RAS" in the title on the RaceCast server list.
>
>The RASCAR site seemed to be down. (still does.)
>
>Retried each ot these several times between 2:30 and 4:30 EST.
>
>I know people raced but how the heck did they get there ? ;o)
>
>
>Elrikk
>

There is a setting for how many races show up in the RaceCast list.
If your number is too low, it might take a refresh or two before your
desired server shows. You can raise the number to allow all the
servers to show. Unfortunately, I can't find what setting that is at
the moment. If I find it, I'll post the fix.

Eldred

Go into your player folder, open the multplayer file, and edit the
concurrent server updates line. It's located about 20 lines down from the
top of the page.


--
David G Fisher


"Eldred" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 08:53:57 -0400, "elrikk" >
> wrote:
>
>>On Saturday afternoon I could not get any server listing at all from
>>inside
>>rFactor itself.
>>
>>Couldn't see a race with "RAS" in the title on the RaceCast server list.
>>
>>The RASCAR site seemed to be down. (still does.)
>>
>>Retried each ot these several times between 2:30 and 4:30 EST.
>>
>>I know people raced but how the heck did they get there ? ;o)
>>
>>
>>Elrikk
>>
>
> There is a setting for how many races show up in the RaceCast list.
> If your number is too low, it might take a refresh or two before your
> desired server shows. You can raise the number to allow all the
> servers to show. Unfortunately, I can't find what setting that is at
> the moment. If I find it, I'll post the fix.
>
> Eldred