Jack Basford medal 5996 CEO & CTO 1 year 157 days ago (Last edited by
Jack Basford 1 year 157 days ago)
Dick
Is this transformation still on the cards and can we expect to see something in 2023 or it is more likely that this will be pushed into 2024? The game seems to be losing a lot of managers atm so an update on this is urgently needed.
We're still working hard on the updates, it just takes time, often a lot more time than it's possible to appreciate from the outside. The 2023 car model was finished yesterday and texturing has just begun. The new driver will be driving the new car, so the two will be combined. Give us some time to texture it all, though. Once the UVs are done, all liveries need to be created from scratch to fit the new car.
In the meantime, we have an update almost ready that is going to spice things up quite a bit with racing and introduce a new gameplay feature. I know, I can hear the grumbling about bugs whenever I talk about new features, but as we've had to explain repeatedly, fixing some bugs (most that are still in the game) is only possible once we hire a new full-time developer to work on them. I'm on it, I was reviewing CVs yesterday actually.
We also have a new build for the app stores almost ready, I'd estimate it needs another 1-2 months. Though that app update in itself is not a very exciting upgrade from the front-end, it's vital for the back-end to restore our ability to do frequent updates. Essentially, all the back-end tools and SDKs have been upgraded from 2019-spec to 2022-spec. These are most of the things I mentioned in the blog.
FYI the number of managers is stable, no concerns there on our end. Of course, people do move on over time, and when groups of friends leave an individual league it can create a dramatic impression to anyone around that league. That's another issue of the league system and the small bubble of the community most people experience, but we are not concerned about any trends at present, things are stable.
Orange
I agree with you that the league system needs some revision, because in the current format, it obviously does not work well...
I have wanted to revise the league system for a long time, and have a clear idea of how to do it. It's just not the top priority right now, but we'll get there.