Multiplayer: Where is everyone?

Every time I fire up some AMS2 hoping for some multiplayer action I find that hardly anyone is on. There are usually only a few lobbies with just a few people in them. I was hoping this game would replace Pcars2 for me in the multiplayer sense, I feel like the forums are pretty active so there has got to be an active player base. Maybe it's my location? I'm based on US East coast.

 

Mostly avoiding it whilst there is nothing in place to stop wreckers and the like. The odd time I have checked there have been no fun choices so I didn't bother.

 

I have been getting into the Spec Racer Ford on iRacing lately, man that thing is good fun. I really hope AMS2 picks up some traction because it has some unique cars that I think would make for some fun races. It has introduced me to several cars the past few months that I really enjoy. That is a good point you make though, I bet MP will see an increase when things like GT3 and popular tracks happen.

 

Bad netcode + bad penalty system = no people online

 

The average number of people playing AMS2 at any one time yesterday was around 100 and the number playing in the evening for East coast US was around 50. The number racing online will be a fraction of this so I'm afraid its the small player-base. There are 10 times more people playing PC2.

 

I'm hosting Formula Vintage Gen1 races every night for 12 players. Some days the host is full, and other nights just 2 join.

For those interested, I host usually at 22:00 GMT sometimes later

 

I have the same problem, no lobbies I want to join, I just start my own and usually get others joining.

 

I'll ask a friend who runs the PSR dedicated server to host Formula-Vintage races. The true is that the cars need to adjusted about brakes and tires to have better races. Most of the new comers leaves very soon.

 

Maybe that's why online simracing is condemned in perpetuity to Spa or Monza in a GT3...

And then there's people like me that prefer keeping it to doing small races against AI on a track and car combo I like. Never been fan of online racing, too much constraints and the risk of ruining other people's race

 

There's only four races a week at the moment but simracingSystem.com supports ams2. Incidents and driver rating are tracked so you tend to avoid wreckers.

 

That was my hosted race. It was great to have you guys in it. I suck pretty bad and usually end up last, but it was great seeing people enjoyed the combo.

thanks for joining.

 

To be able to host races in our own computers it's really a great feature, because you could be racing with a couple of friends in just minutes with only a couple of clicks.

RF2 used to have that feature too, but it become unavailable time ago.

 

With a time schedule, a car and a track in the lobby name it would be easier to collect a decent amount of drivers. Like in the example of Damian, now I know at 22 pm, I can race a Formula Vintage Gen1. And I can plan a MP race.
Maybe it's possible to make a thread/topic to show the races that will be hosted, day, time, car, track and other information. It would help me a lot. Now I am searching for a familiar car and track (and usually I don't come across a session that will start soon). With the posted information people can choose their race (and even practice in advance) and plan to be online at that moment.