Rejected

Losail circuit

I'm sure we know that Losail has got a 10 year deal now, and will be a permanent fixture on the calendar, so I think it should be added to the game seeing as we will see it for a while. I understand the devs may already be working on it, and that it takes a while for new tracks to be made, but just want to put it out there just in case

They’re definitely working on it.

P.S. We all appreciate the hard work put into this or anything else game related. We’re all spending time here because we enjoy iGP I guess. :)

Tracks are cool, m’kay!?

Nice! So now we need to rush a track (which doesn't even look good) straight after it's launch on F1?... Which not even Codemasters/EA with their billions worthy development department has done yet? For real?

Just a reminder: This isn't a F1/racing game. It's an open-wheeler team management one with a small budget.

Also, F1 doesn't race in Hockenheim, nor Malaysia, Europe (Valencia) or Turkey for that matter, yet we race on those, so please stop with those multiple threads about new tracks because if they the Devs do have one ready, it'll be shortly on the game as it happened a while ago with 8 new tracks added in the previous 2 years ?

But didn´t they race in turkey 3 days ago?

they did so mods are being stupid rn

Losail is only a one off anyway.  The 10 year deal is mooted to involve either a completely new track or a street circuit.  We have enough tracks atm.

To be fair, I think I get where he's coming from. I don't think it's all about new tracks but more about wanting something 'new'.

The game tends to feel a bit monotonous after a while as with all games but still.....

3D has complicated the creation of new tracks. Now adding them will take even more time. Which is terrible, considering that most people don't use 3D anyway and play in classic mode.

As a result, we have useless 3D and no new tracks coming soon.

But we are promised to update the balance sheet in the near future, at least something positive...

Some people use 3D, but this is the minimum percentage. When a major update was promised in the spring, everyone I know was expecting something bigger that would completely change the game. I don't see the point in 3D, IGP is a small browser game, not a racing simulator.

Yes, I know the update will be more than a balance change, but so far we have not been provided with any information, so we just have to wait and play the same thing every day (luckily we have a great community to have fun). And it is not known how soon the update will be released. The fact is that after the addition of 3D (April?), the game does not change in anything (except that the transfers have changed, making life difficult for the players), it is not only about the tracks, this is the least that the developers could add, you are exaggerating.

Yeah, really missed this comment, it is impossible to follow all the topics on the forum. I'm glad the silence was broken after a long time. They must make every effort not to lose their audience, as you correctly noted, then in April many really left the game, but not because "3D cannot be turned off", but because they continued to play in anticipation of a change in the gameplay, but they were given 3D ...

I love the game, but another such update and I have to think about whether to play further. What stops me from stopping the game is the community and interesting leagues, not the gameplay.

I also missed in a previous comment that due to the addition of 3D we lost the authenticity of the tracks and now we have Monaco (59 laps), Singapore (85 laps), etc. Luckily Australia was fixed quickly and Mexico - for example, is still not playable. The 3D implementation was terrible and I will never understand why we need this add-on. I've played about 5-6 leagues in these six months and only know one person who uses 3D.

I disagree with you. A lot.

iGP wasn't and isn't a simple game (at least not on the inside).
Up to 5 years ago you couldn't even see the cars on track without a subscription, but now we are not only seeing them, but it's 3D on 8 new tracks! iGP is growing fast and at different fronts, simultaneously! (transfers market; scout systems; game play improvements; stability; drivers and staffs appereaces; etc.; with the ultimate update being 3D itself)
For me it shows their commitment to improve the game as a whole, not only small things like we had in the first updates recorded on the chagelog (which was a lot of stability improvements), but risking it making 2 desktop versions (Windows and Mac), upping their game to match and possibly surpass their competition and still keeping their heads high (actually down for coding ?) with more things still to come.

It's not a small browser game anymore. In fact, I believe there are probably more app users (iOS + Android) because it's easier to see a recommendation on their app store than actually finding iGP's website and downloading a 2GB desktop app ?

My point is: between late 2011 and 2017 (pre-mobile app) the game's growth and development of new stuff was slow, but since 2017 we're seeing it blow our mind with new stuff every few months! It's not easy to keep that pace, specially considering they are still looking back for performance and stability improvements and trying to keep the game as simple as it can be without losing it's essence.

3D might look as a step backwards for us, old player, but it's a big improvement to retain new players... and it has seen plenty of improvements already (Map view, which is better than 2D on mobile; and the minimap inside the viewer). So, I guess you're seeing the game progress at the wrong point of view and hasn't get a grasp of what it can become in the future ?
Last thing for now: iGP has 24 tracks on both 2D and 3D (and they are huge in size (km²)) with the game using just over 1GB of memory for it all while others like Call of Duty has 3GB just for it's main engine code only, so iGP has a huge step over big companies in general on this regard. It's a really nice improvement, isn't? ?

Going back to the topic: they won't rush things to add a venue that has never been raced before (Jeddah; Hanoi) or one that has been just being added to the F1 calendar (Losail).
If they do add new tracks soon, I would expect them to add iconic tracks (bringing back Nürburgring; Imola; Le Mans) or one that has a good rep with F1 and/or other motorsport category fans (Portimão; Mugello; Indianapolis Road Course; Zandvoort).
So please, stop this daily suggestion of new tracks and just focus on playing a fun game and get surprised when a new track is added ?‍♂️




And yes, F1 did raced in Turkey last weekend and last year... as a substitute venue, not a contracted one. It would've been the Japanese Grand Prix in both year otherwise. You might have noticed the special livery Red Bull did for Honda as a tribute for their partnership on their home race and just forgot. It's ok ?

So are we getting Losail? This is confusing.

Well, I think that this small group of developers and volunteers are doing great job. There are some small things I would like to be added, but I won't talk about that now. I'm just glad that you and other people are still working on this amazing game. Thank you.

I don't have even a consideration about this. The idea of F1 adding the Losail circuit alone is already ludicrous. To literally think that the layout alone is rather very similar to the one of the Sakhir circuit down in Bahrain, on paper drawing and track width of Hungaroring to say the least. It just makes no sense at all as they are thinking they would be making things interesting as the spectacles have been going on MotoGP since 2004 and the WSBK to follow moments after. Easily said, four and two wheel racing are actually completely incomparable. Spaking of, the outer circuit of Sakhir alone to me is already like F1 not being F1. And now they have come to a mind including the Losail circuit which has already been a trademark of motorbike entertainment because purposedly, that track back on the day overall was designed to date onto the MotoGP. Although very recently they welcome endurance touring races and unexpectedly DTM to come along.

In the other hand, many people out there as can be easily spotted on YouTube dreaming about racing F1 cars into unlikely imaginable circuits or to say the least, old layout or those which are actually a solid fixture of other sport. Namely, the Portimao circuit. Firstly ran by WSBK on 2009 (if i am not wrong) then MotoGP 12 years later and even F1. Well, i as a person and a race fan, not a world racing organiser, would consider a race track seen if not by history then its layout. I'd rather not make any assumptions especially the DRS zones they are so obsessed about although i may have known, to sum up i do not wish F1 make another decisions like this.

(*If you are a MotoGP fan, you would know that other straight lines than the start/finish aren't long nor DRS worthy)

And if you ask me about adding the circuit, it may be likely a 70 no and 30 yes.

Not that it is particularly relevant to ongoing discussions in thread, but Losail is a one off.  The 10 year deal from 2023 is with Qatar, not the Losail track.  Most likely it will be a street circuit or failing that a purpose built track.


iGP has enough tracks and doesn’t need anymore especially this one.

I have no acknowledgement about another circuit on Qatar than the Losail circuit as the country's core. Let's not forget, they want to present the Jeddah circuit for its debut. No appointment whatsoever...