We can all agree of the fact, there is no way that the devs have abandoned this magnificent sim.
So, here is my theory:
Scawen, and the rest of the team realized, that they cannot go further anymore with the "pay once, play forever" model, and they decided to change LFS to the subcription based model that iRacing has.
That's it, they are turning LFS to a continuously improved service. Of course, this cannot happen overnight, so the team is now developing the back end systems to support that, including advanced multiplayer features like leagues, licenses, safety rating and stuff like that.
It is easy to see that the subscription based, continuously improved service model is the future of sim racing, and any sim that doesn't follow this model, will die soon (including assetto corsa). Their original plan to declare the game finished by releasing S3 is obsolate, as there is no such thing as finished sim in this new era. There are always things to improve, and the only model that can support that, is iRacing's model.
So that's it folks, some competition is coming to iRacing which is great!
So, here is my theory:
Scawen, and the rest of the team realized, that they cannot go further anymore with the "pay once, play forever" model, and they decided to change LFS to the subcription based model that iRacing has.
That's it, they are turning LFS to a continuously improved service. Of course, this cannot happen overnight, so the team is now developing the back end systems to support that, including advanced multiplayer features like leagues, licenses, safety rating and stuff like that.
It is easy to see that the subscription based, continuously improved service model is the future of sim racing, and any sim that doesn't follow this model, will die soon (including assetto corsa). Their original plan to declare the game finished by releasing S3 is obsolate, as there is no such thing as finished sim in this new era. There are always things to improve, and the only model that can support that, is iRacing's model.
So that's it folks, some competition is coming to iRacing which is great!