Automobilista 2 V1.3.4.0 RELEASED!

Ubisoft did this back in the day for Rainbow Six Siege.
Instead of putting out new content they focussed on fixing existing issues for a whole season.

At first players were slightly critical but in the end it definitly helped the playerbase stay for years to come. Theyre in their sixth year now which is pretty crazy for an fps, especially a tactical shooter like r6.

I would love for Reiza to focus on polishing this game. I feel it would add so much to the experience and imo it would make existing players stick around and new players not discard the game right away…

Operation Health | Seasons | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | Ubisoft (AU)

 

Stopping paid DLC would impact their cash flow, risking the business. I would rather have this QOL focus for 1 month instead. Basically, take 1 full month and only do QOL centric release focusing on small issues/details to give an extra coat of "polish". (People create asset/game content continue as usual)

 

Since any new addition is likely to bring bugs with it, by not bringing anything new one could possibly reduce the efforts on polishing out what already is there without worrying if the new addition will impact the QoL.

But yeah, different pipelines and stuff. In the end might be same QoL progress, but no new content - so it becomes a lose-lose situation.

What people usually advocate is that we crave for faster QoL rather than content. Content is coming pretty fast, while QoL is (naturally?) much much slower.

 

I would guess the majority of us has paid already 1-2 years ago.

 

Let me preface this by saying Im no programmer , so Im not sure if this is even viable but Ill give it a shot.

Physics team could focus on existing (known) issues, like brakes not working properly, grip issues etc.
Also at high speeds turns I can just huck the steering wheel full swing and the car will powerslide through corners in ways that imo are fairly unrealistic.
What Im trying to say is this games physics are surely not perfect and I would love they work on that instead of a new retro f1 car that drives just slightly different than the previous or following models.

You could have the car modelers work on removing static steeringwheels that remain on the dash even when you turn them off in the menus so I dont have to look at two steeringwheels while Im simracing.
These wheels also block the dashboards making it impossible to read out the gauges sometimes.
Details on cars is also something that comes to mind when comparing to other sims.

Track designers can just keep modelling tracks tho, as Im sure it takes more than a few months to even model one

 

? Really.
The game looks good play’s good feels good. Of course there is room for improvement. We wouldn’t be humans if we don’t chase improvements.

 

???? Who's talking about laying anyone off? I'm talking about the software developer fixing the small stuff for 1 month (1 sprint or 2 sprints). Any assets people should continue doing what they are doing.

 

My opinion is that Reiza must do their job the way they love to do. Period.

 

@SaxOhare Those are really great arguments you just made to be fair.
Cant really argue with that.

 

One might think you would need to get all the content in the game before they can start to "fix" things, why spend all this valuable time fixing things that the next DLC, psxy update, tire modification ect.. has a chance to break? You will forever be chasing bugs = rinse repeat for no net gain for time spent. My take is the games only in 1.4.0, we support it and get to enjoy it as it develops. It was never stated anywhere that the game is a 'finished product' it's a WIP project of passion from the Reiza team. I do get it that player's want it fixed & want it now but its software and a beast of a code so it kind of dictates how things go

 

Cheers, appreciate the anwser.
I have no doubt they are working hard behind the scenes.

The question was if it would be a good id to pause certain aspects, like new content, in order to fix issues were dealing with as users right now.
It reminded me of what Ubisoft did and how it arguably saved their game. Not saying AMS2 needs saving, I just personally value getting these things fixed over new content. Mainly because we already have so much good content to pick from.
And like I said, I dont even know if it works like that in this situation. Its just an id that I saw work somewhere else.

And Ive been trying to dial in my HE Ultimates but I still find it hard to get them to a point where they dont lock up out of nowhere…
I can manage this in most other sims, and in some cars in AMS2 but not in others.

I thought I read on here this has to do with tyre physics(?) and not so much with the hardware, but thats definitly not a hill Im willi g to die on…

Im a big fan of this sim, with all its imperfections.
Whatever the devs decide i will (hopefully) continue to support it for a long time, but I hope to at least provide some constructive criticism as well.

 

I'm a software engineer. I understand 'Bugs' and I respectfully reject the idea that you would need to have all the content included before you begin to fix things that are wrong. As far as "beast of a code goes" this is exactly why you fix issues NOW. Because that code is only going to grow... and grow... and grow... OOP uses Hierarchy in classes to make coding easier. You need to get these things right early in the coding process or it becomes harder and harder to implement changes later.

Just to reiterate... I do like this sim. I don't want to just jump on the forums and bash it, or treat other badly. So, again... respectfully, I disagree with your take on this one.

 

This. Plus the income that Reiza needs to keep their staff employed and keep the game going. We are not talking about EA or Ubisoft here. They can put game development on hold, change their strategies etc and keep their business going. Reiza is a really small team in charge of a game I really love, so a bit of patience and understanding would benefit everyone here.

 

Damn

One day people complain that there isn't enough content and more dev updates are needed. Now people complain that that there is too much content and bugs should be fixed first. Both sets of players fail to realise that both of these demands are not mutually exclusive.

 

If that's the case, then I wish Reiza is being acquired by a big company so they have more resources to work with and things get done a lot faster. At the rate they're going, AMS3 won't be coming out any time soon. This is why Slightly Mad Studio is now part of EA and hopefully Pcars 4 coming soon.

 

Income isn't just from DLC though, but also from new sales. So there can be a commercial benefit from a game that's perceived to be be stable - in the form of a sales increase.

I don't think people in the last few posts are complaining or claiming bugs and content are mutually exclusive. Rather, suggesting that a period of focus on bugs over content could be for the greater good.

But I'm 100% sure that Reiza are acutely aware of their financial situation, and will make decisions accordingly. As the community, we're just providing them with some feedback to assist.

 

I couldn't disagree more with this. They would more than likely lose control of their roadmap and we would end up with a much lesser product.