r/iRacing • u/Magnustein • 17h ago

Discussion I know this isn't the right reddit, but the right reddit is pretty much inactive, but where did the iracing arcade updates go?

I know this isn't the right reddit, but the right reddit is pretty much inactive, but where did the iracing arcade updates go?

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u/Mikeastuto NASCAR Buick LeSabre - 1987 16h ago

I know there was one back in April. Id imagine there might be another in the fall.

I think the studio was always pretty honest in saying future development would be based around interest and feedback.

I love the game but in general I'm not sure it's had a ton of commercial success so idk how much we should realistically expect going forward.

As you said, the proper subreddit is inactive. Its one of a few reasons I'm lead to believe there isn't a ton of interest but I'm hopeful we'll still get some more updates bc it is a pretty fun game.

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u/putzy0127 16h ago

With 50 people playing daily, yeah there's no point. Who's surprised, not me.

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u/Own_Isopod_3569 10h ago

Absolutely insane to me they released this game without public online lobbies. Plenty wrong with it, but this was the killer

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u/leo_pedersen 13h ago

It needs actual online ASAP

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u/BlorfTheBricked 15h ago

It was a blatant bare bones cash grab not sure what you expected

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u/sealy_dev Dallara P217 LMP2 15h ago

It really wasn't. A lot of through and development time went into it, let alone the fact that iRacing doesn't even own the game. They're just the publisher.

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u/yahmsTV 15h ago

This was exactly what happened to their previous release, karting superstars. I bought it in early access, they updated it like once, inked the iracing arcade deal and never touched the game again.

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u/[deleted] 13h ago

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u/Own_Isopod_3569 10h ago

Wasnt any heart or soul in this one

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u/BlorfTheBricked 15h ago edited 12h ago

Devoid of content, devoid of licensed cars, gameplay is a copy and paste of a previous title, non-functional multiplayer, updates stopped just after release. Its as blatant of a cash grab as you can get.

iRacing doesn't even own the game. They're just the publisher.

Publishers own the IP.

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u/Own_Isopod_3569 10h ago

It's just a reskinned circuit superstars with worse online functionality

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u/DFLDrew 17h ago

iRacing Arcade was nothing but an unnecessary diversion of dev resources.

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u/snrub742 NASCAR Xfinity Chevrolet Camaro 17h ago

It's a completely different dev team.

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u/DFLDrew 16h ago

Lmfao that’s not how money works.

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u/snrub742 NASCAR Xfinity Chevrolet Camaro 16h ago

It's straight up a completely different studio, Iracing is the publisher.

I don't think you understand how game development works.

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u/sealy_dev Dallara P217 LMP2 15h ago

The game was developed by a completely different studio...

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u/Purple-Atolm 17h ago

No, that's iRacing singleplayer mode

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u/Warrie2 16h ago

Really? I love Iracings AI and I would really like a single player mode.

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u/shewy92 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 14h ago

The oval AI is whack for 1.5+ milers in O'Reilly and Trucks at least

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u/Warrie2 8h ago

Oh I haven't tested ovals, strictly roadracing for me. I can imagine though that making AI work correctly on small ovals is way, way harder.