Racing Games in Early Access you NEED to keep an eye on

[@Menmentalmatters]

Rooting for LMU and beamng . Unfortunately I’m not so hopeful for rennsport but never say never

[@Fantic1980]

Rennsport is a total scam. Imagine paying £60 for DLC for a game that does't even have AI to race against.

[@varyagace]

Turns out, being wary of a project pushing eSports that hard before it even released, was the right choice.

[@franckjoseph4806]

That’s why it’s called early access games. It can be a game that is starting from scratch too.

[@BadWallaby]

and also holding e-sporrts tournaments for said game with cash prizes...sus

[@nismo97]

Rennsport’s “DLC” isn’t so much of a DLC, it’s more of a “support the developer and get some goodies” pack. You’re only missing out on the Nordschleife, which no one really wants to race on anyways (even though everyone says they do), and a random supercar. I don’t get the hate for Rennsport, it’s free to play, has issues like all other free and paid games, has the cars people want to drive and a good track selection and the models for both are really high quality. Sure, UE sucks but a lot of games are going that way and people want it too (look at how angry people were when F1 24 was announced to still use EGO), sure the setups are still locked and there’s no AI but there’s a schedule that has short and long races every 10 minutes. Ultimately, I don’t see why people have this seething hate for Rennsport when it’s just doing its thing by itself with its community. It’s just another game, it won’t hurt anybody.

[@Fantic1980]

@@nismo97 Well with a whopping 12 people playing on Steam, the need for AI is kind or a requirement for a "Racing Game."

[@snick9314]

LMU is the best game I've played. Asseto is cool but it's so nice to be able to boot the game and within 1 min I'm racing other players. It's just so so good

[@michaelredford5389]

I know it came and went pretty quickly, but Circuit Superstars is a great little game that deserves more love and attention in my opinion.

[@GeorgeFoulerRacing]

LMU is great, alive and well loved by many.

[@maximravinet9950]

@@GeorgeFoulerRacing it's a great game, it's the state of the company that is worrying. It would be very sad to see it go under but it seems quite likely

[@bubbabubbab]

I had to refund, abysmal performance on my 3080ti and constant crashes while loading (loading for like, 5 minutes as well). Out of the more than 1 hour I played on Steam, only a few minutes of that was gameplay.

[@m4ch3te]

Weird. I have 4060Ti 8gb and can play multiplayer on High in 4k in 100+ FPS on single 49 screen. AI adds a lot of stress to the hardware (rFactor thing) and on Le Mans I have to go lowest settings to play with full grid. I think you tried it on release cause I had the same problems in February and had too refund the game. I tried it after June update and it's my main sim now. And no, I didn't buy any DLC so I don't have a "sunken cost syndrom" like I had in iRacing.

[@bubbabubbab]

@@m4ch3te I'll probably give it another try then. It's a huge shame for me as I want to support every racing game (except for iRacing, they're absolutely greedy)

[@GeorgeFoulerRacing]

@@bubbabubbab I run LMU at 2k ~120FPS on a RTX3060, i7 10700 & 32GB ram.

[@H7dro]

LMU is awesome, stopped my iracing sub and been playing it for the last 6-8 months

[@m4ch3te]

Me too. Release version was awful performance wise (mostly menuswhile in race it was fine) and had to refund the game. But after trying rFactor 2 in June I gave the game another go, and it destroyed my iRacing Porsche Cup career.

[@pigloaf3283]

LMU is fantastic. As a historically rally focused simmer, I'm super invested in LMU, and excited for GT3's being added soon.

[@AL.farmlife]

not interested , poor implementation off tactile feedback and hash unfiltered ffb

[@valter_vava74]

@@AL.farmlife lol

[@TheDoK666]

let's go LMU!

[@Azurantine81]

I have had a lot of fun with LMU but it is very concerning that the company is looking to sell and I am only now beginning to learn about their not so great history.

[@H7dro]

@@Azurantine81 companies look for investment all the time. Look at sports teams.

[@valter_vava74]

Their history is immaterial. Supporting LMU is supporting Studio 397 who have nothing to do with what happened upstream.

[@Azurantine81]

@@valter_vava74 History is never immaterial XD.

[@valter_vava74]

@@Azurantine81 For this case? Yes it is. Because people fell for a campaign, making MSG more than what they were: incompetent opportunists and, you know what, who F cares. The same people that feel for that campaign, at the same time, fawn over a service which persecutes critics and keeps streamers tied to their balls, pushes the completely absurd narrative that it's the best/most accurate sim, etc... lololol... selective and biased analysis at the service of the power of big money... lolol...

[@Azurantine81]

@@valter_vava74 It is okay to disagree with people, but facts are facts and despite your implication to the contrary, many people do care.

[@Logan.Senhauser]

Generally 2 looks sweet, definitely picking that up!

[@BadWallaby]

Keep an eye on but WAIT for release.

[@wayfastwhitey2699]

Really hoping LMU gets completed and makes it to console

[@drconflict629]

Not gonna happen.

[@hihello6409]

@@drconflict629 what makes you say so?

[@robcampbell6099]

Its pretty obvious the community has little to no interest in Rennsport. Its DOA

[@karizer1482]

RaceLeague is a no brainer, the community is great, welcoming and very helpfull

[@Jimmy-i1q]

Why does a new sim like Le Mans Ultimate supports a motion rig right from the start and a sim like Rennsport not?

[@feusonthebigfatrat]

I tried LMU. Its a good concept but its basically impossible to optimize for lower-end PC's, Rennsport is really cool though

[@OrionStarri]

I'm pretty shocked AeroGPX nor XF Xtreme formula were not mentioned here also as they came out this year in early access

[@RacerDrag]

Mate i can name some here, Keep Driving,RedLine Crooks,Pan Driver Burgers

[@LucarioVz]

Is LMU performance better? I got a non so original copy to try it out and it was god awful (granted my PC is low-medium spec) but it runs all other sims more than fine

[@n0kodoko143]

Good looking out for Alex!

[@tigerprimex]

I've got to give credit to the LMU devs, they've been working hard. I refunded it at launch because it felt terrible coming from iRacing. Now, it feels great and I've barely touched iRacing since.

[@MarcelZeboHommes]

Which game is shown at 0:15?

[@catwoe5707]

I believe it is Distance

[@-Markus-]

LMU is fantastic!

[@kaiying74]

GeneRally 2 is so much fun!!

[@TheAshmaker]

Rooting for LMU and Rennsport.

[@MiguelBaptista1981]

Rennsport : Insert AVGN what where they thinking meme here -> Why ANYONE would bypass Steam is beyond me. The 15% extra they get is literally speckles of dust compared to what they would earn in Steam sales.

[@XCougar85X]

Rennsport is going to be DoA if they go that payment model while also not having the licenced series and going for a hardcore sim experience. LMU is trying to sell way to much as DLC while still i EA. Thanks but no buying in a struggeling platform. They need to be bought up by a big one. Beam NG is fun for a bit but lacks structure. If anything, i am mostly looking forward to Wreckfest 2 besides AC Evo obviously.

[@cuezaireekaa]

beam and lmu only; for my hard drive. :)

[@Quarasique]

Both LMU and Rennsport are biggest flops in simracing right now. LMU has greate fundament, but devs for some reason underestimate the power of community. Kunos with AC and ACC show how community can carry your game without big investment from developer into server infrastructure. LFM and SimGrid are one of the best online platforms ever created for simracing. And then we have LMU, the game about endurance racing without endurances, custom servers and driver swaps, with plans about endurance racing with bots. IMO driver swap and custom servers must be #1 priority and must be delivered from the start. And Rennsport is just a scam with their payment structure and NFT-like plans for cars ownership.

[@stefanoviaggio8096]

In Jenuary i delete all games on my SSD. ❤Kunos

[@Liambug99]

beamng is love beamng is life

[@pannonianfit1582]

is LMU laggy for some people, for me its literally unplayable and I have 3070 card

[@drconflict629]

Yeah it's horribly optimized

[@Kuolema1337]

Yes, I sometimes get a third of my usual FPS for seemingly no reason an 100% CPU usage even with few cars on screen. Also one of the last patches introduced a lot more crashes

[@pannonianfit1582]

@@Kuolema1337 the game run great first few tries and I was happy with the gameplay now every time I start time attack fps drops to 1

[@cmacdhon]

I absolutely despise rFactor, so I'm not holding out too much hope for LMU.

[@isitPC]

Sorry.. but iRacing is still the only viable multiplayer racing sim. Nothing comes close, unfortunately.

[@p_izzar]

28 seconds ago 🔥

[@birdybutch]

RENNSPORT is good, it`s a shame that people hates it

[@tigerprimex]

It's not... feels horrible compared to nearly everything

[@joeschmoe5009]

Beamng is nearly 10 years old, its far from early access, come on

[@andreysab3432]

It's still listed as early access

[@Very_Grumpy_Cat]

The early access is a part of what beamNG is. It is not because beamNG has game braking bugs. I do not think the devs will ever take it out of early access

[@mikaoja4603]

yees rennsport the big looser... they come 2022 official say this will beat all sims and final game late 2023... have go allmost 3 years and the game cant match the top sims, new content coming but fysiks the same, driving snd graphic... the develemount not go future its stay still i belive they haved chance but its gone... evo coming, projekt motor sport iracing do a lot same lmu and ams2

[@vjollila96]

lemans ultimate seems decent but i want to see msg to go bust to free the wec/lemans license and what ever licenses msg still got, so i wont be buying it

[@speedtracker9556]

Why should I keep a very close eye on the racing games in early access?! I don't want to! I DO NOT WANT TO KEEP MY EYES ON THESE EARLY ACCESS RACING GAMES!!! WHY DO YOU WANT ME TO DO THIS?!? i DO NOT WANT TO TRACK THESE GAMES!! WHAT HAPPENS IF I DON'T KEEP AN EYE ON THEM?! WILL I BE MISSING OUT?! IF SO, THEN I DON'T CARE! I DO NOT CARE IF THESE EARLY ACCESS RACING GAMES ARE WORTH MY TIME! WHY DO YOU WANT ME TO KEEP AN EYE ON THESE RACING GAMES WHILE THEY'RE IN EARLY ACCESS?!?!

[@ash9145]

@@speedtracker9556 calm down mate

[@mayisonlineee]

🥷🏿 what? Relax.

[@rodneyramsay901]

Beam looks fun for the damage model. A nice diversion perhaps and every game should come with a track editor!

[@speedtracker9556]

​@@ash9145 But the folks at TraxxionGG want me to keep an eye on these early access racing games! I don't want to do that!

[@speedtracker9556]

​@@rodneyramsay901 Just like in Hot Wheels Unleashed 1 & 2, where you have a track builder? And in Trackmania as well?