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Larger field?

Rino Demeulemeester

Rino Demeulemeester

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Since recently a few more entries were allowed, are we possibly looking towards a larger field in the future?
i believe it's set to 10 per class now?
 
I think 40 is about the limit rF2 netcode can handle ... but who knows. I think the main premise was to increase the competition in qual a bit.

Maybe VEC can do some large field testing after we get a good stable build.
 
Roughly 10 per class yes - depends on track and how the server handles - we´re stretching the limit of the tracks.
Maybe Nordschleife....at some point :p
 
Does this depend on the inerwebz connection the server is running on?
And something I always was aondering about is, if oyu join as spectator does this affect the game a lot?
Wouldn't it be possible to have spectators for every car on the server aswell?

Just asking, have no idea about that.
 
Miroslav Davidovic said:
Does this depend on the inerwebz connection the server is running on?
And something I always was aondering about is, if oyu join as spectator does this affect the game a lot?
Wouldn't it be possible to have spectators for every car on the server aswell?
Just asking, have no idea about that.
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Server speed is (current race server) 300/300 and dry server is on a 600/600 mbit connection - so no :) (600/600 is also running the stream and teamspeak - but plenty of mbps left :)
Spectator takes as much as a regular user - so no, under no circumstances are spectators allowed. And teams will get penalties if this happens - i monitor the server on race day to make sure we dont have specators on - unless they are swapping. This is mainly the reason why we want to have livestream.
 
Jimmi said:
We can put as many cars in as we want. I can run 100 cars - just like the video - however thats not MP. The limit has not been found 100% yet, so i cant say right now.
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Ayep. 40 is pushing it. We've run 36 in an endurance race and that was enough. :) 3-4 cars dropped very early in the race because the clients side couldn't handle the load.

And it isn't just the server side. How many drivers have a computer that can handle 50 cars in single player mode? Try it, and see how low you have to go with graphic settings and resolution. :eek:

And connecting isn't the problem as much as keeping connected and then reconnecting properly with driver swaps, and then night fall adds even more load.
 
Lucas Dittrich said:
So the biggest problem is the client and not the server?
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Depends on more than this. Track, mod, server and user.
The track has to be able to handle x amount of cars - both garage and pitboxes. But in the end - if your PC isent up-to-date this is really not our problem.
 
I think 40 is a good number on the circuits we are racing on. More than 40 around places like Mid Ohio and LRP would just be hell. :eek:
 
Rino Demeulemeester said:
Valid point Simon. Shame many teams have to sit on the sideline due to not making it in to the top 10. That's no blame towards VEC, but a compliment to it's success!
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Im trying to plan ahead - maybe we will get something done. But i wont rush into things :)
Its not THAT many teams - usually not every team will confirm, but simply sit out in a couple of races - however racing here and showing up for each race will prove itself worth it for seasons to come :)
 
Is there any plan to cull the entry list for teams that haven't raced or confirmed yet this year (if there is any)? I may be wrong but this might effect the admins willingness to open registrations back up for some classes.
 
Kristopher Cobb said:
Is there any plan to cull the entry list for teams that haven't raced or confirmed yet this year (if there is any)? I may be wrong but this might effect the admins willingness to open registrations back up for some classes.
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Yes, teams not participating in at least (one of) the 3 first races will be removed - also their access to our mod and server etc.
 
Jimmi Allison said:
Server speed is (current race server) 300/300 and dry server is on a 600/600 mbit connection - so no :) (600/600 is also running the stream and teamspeak - but plenty of mbps left :)
Spectator takes as much as a regular user - so no, under no circumstances are spectators allowed. And teams will get penalties if this happens - i monitor the server on race day to make sure we dont have specators on - unless they are swapping. This is mainly the reason why we want to have livestream.
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... and hopefully a running live timing as well - endurance is supposed a team event where drivers not racing currently are spotting e.g. times for their team mates.

P.S.: The twitch live stream performance could be improved as well - with an 100 mbps network connection currently the stream is lagging. Did you ever consider youtube livestream instead?


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Merlin Cooper said:
... and hopefully a running live timing as well - endurance is supposed a team event where drivers not racing currently are spotting e.g. times for their team mates.
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You are very much welcome to re-write liveracers - as this crashes the server - due to a memory leak. ISI stopped using this for a reason. Dont expect there to be a working live timing at all. Teams need drivers to give feedback if there isent. We ran 2-3 season without it in rF1 - its possible...really it is. Alternative we could stop racing until we have a working FLT/Livetiming....
I wont risk a dedicated server crash - so until im 110% sure there isent any issues there wont be.
Stefan who wrote the current one is working his A.... (Sorry i can't express myself in an adult way, so sometimes I use swearing - but luckily the forum corrects me) off to get this to work, but again i wont use anything untested - thats just how i am and this cant be discussed.

Merlin Cooper said:
P.S.: The twitch live stream performance could be improved as well - with an 100 mbps network connection currently the stream is lagging. Did you ever consider youtube livestream instead?
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Yes we´ve used youtube...more work is needed for this - but we might switch back to this as Twitch just is a PITA tbh
 
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