2021 Q1 Discussion Thread

Legal reasons, we don’t own the licenses.

Hello Rhys,


It’s more complex than it seems, we prefer to just keep inspiration and avoid legal troubles.

Hey Leo,

Thank you very much, this kind of message is very well appreciated in the studio. This is the extra fuel we need now as motivation. ❤️

We're not. I completely understand that 3D racing seems unimportant to the more seasoned hardcore managers who are here for the simulation. The simulation is not going to change or be watered down, it's only going to get more detailed and have more depth now. The rest of this year will be spent increasing depth of gameplay and addressing all of the concerns raised by the more seasoned managers.

The most difficult thing about the last year has been having to keep our plans secretive. We do not operate in a vacuum, we operate in a competitive marketplace with a fraction of the resources of some of our competitors. Had they known our plans well in advance, their deeper pockets would have been used to cover them off. We accepted that we would have to spend a few months living with a great deal of misunderstanding, well demonstrated in your post, I might add. If you want to know where I stand on the state of the genre: Every other game has converged on the same idea and the same model, and I'm just as unimpressed as you by what they offer. Don't worry, that is not where we're going. We're moving in a completely different and original direction, but before we do that we had to lay the foundations for it.

We knew 3D would temporarily cause a lot of turbulence, just as the app launch did in 2017, but these are vital steps on the road to where we are going. I can only apologise if it looked like we were having a wobble from the outside, we're not. Other than some of the issues we faced with the rushed rollout everything is going to plan. We had to launch when we did for various reasons - anyone who says they would have delayed has none of the external forces and factors at play in their decision making proces, of which there are many.

As soon as we're stabilised, we're turning our focus fully to gameplay. It won't take long for us to address most of the things you want addressed as a priority. Over the next year things will come full circle and completely make sense. I am convinced we will win even the biggest skeptics over. As always, we appreciate everyone's feedback and passion for the game. We're more aware of them than it might have looked in recent months, for all the reasons outlined above.

I tried to explain what is going on so you don't have to waste time on posts like this. This is not anything we don't already know. We're prepared for this and it's all part of the plan and a compromise we accepted. As you said, we had to prioritise.