rec.autos.simulators

One of the main reasons that I bought F1RS was because it had a multiplay
feature.  Nothing is more exciting and interesting than racing with human
opponents.

But, sad to say, I am very dissappointed with Ubisoft's attempt at
multiplay.  Even with decent pings it is nearly impossible to get a 3
player race using Kali: with two player you need at least a ping below 500.

Further, though N2 was released some two years ago, F1RS is about in the
same league as N2 when it comes to ease of netplay.  I'm very surprised
that Ubisoft did not include a TCP/IP type connection in F1RS.  After all,
this is 1998.

But if you take a game like Microprose's Ultimate Racing Pro-- this one has
an excellent multiplay feature.  You can play IPX using Kali or connect via
address (TCP/IP).  I've played this one with four racers without the least
bit of warp.

The only problem with URP is that I prefer a racing simulator over an
arcade simulator, so I do like F1RS much better and do play it more.

Why can't Ubisoft give us a patch that specifically addresses this totally
awful multiplay module?

Thanks,

Alanb

Alan Bernardo wrote :

Oh yes, this is 100% true.  After racing with 20people, I can't get to race
with the AI anymore. It's non-sense to me ;-) . F1RS is very bad in terms of
multiplaying.  Well, not to the point of GP2 but it's very annoying.

Seing the normal Multiplaying of N2 is just the shadow of the real thing.
Hop on the NROS, it's 100x more enjoying that anything you did related to
multiplayer.  You have to live it to understand it.

Well, URP is not really a serious racing game, so I didn't tried it (only
the demo and it was enough for me to not buy it).  But I heard good word
about it.  But hey, N2 can have 20 people (even more, but in beta testing)
without warping.  20, not 4 ;-)

I don't know. UbiSoft seems to search themselves.  They normally did some
good patches with other games, (POD comes in mind), but since F1RS is out,
something is wrong there. They will have to wake up, 'cause GPL will be very
big in Europe AND America.

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