The online racing simulator
#1 - GerG
New LFS User Management System
The thing which makes the greatest problems in LFS is how can we keep up the prestige of the DEMO. In my opinion, LFS could catch more people to buy licences if there was a way to ban Crashers from using the game. So what i suggest is a new way of licence handling, a way which requires to unlock the game to use it ONLINE. Each and every Racer should have an LFSWorld name, even the DEMO guys, and Each and every Racer should Unlock their LFS, the only thing that differs is their status on the Master Server. So the server receives an unlock request from a DMEO racer, it will allow him to use the DEMO content online, if it is from an S2 racer it will allow the user to use all S2 content ONLINE.

I know there is a way you can bypass this control if you are a real wrecker, but real wreckers get tired of having to register, and they will hopefully get stuck in single mode, wrecking the AIs.

Looking forward for your comments

IMO I don't think your idea will work

It's not a big deal to register a fake user, name etc.
Doesn't take long nor would it stop anyone.

We already have the best solution because a real good reason to buy S2 is:
You can get rid of wreckers.
Because they are not tolerated on most of the S2 servers and there is the wrecker barricade etc.
#3 - filur
Add usernames to demo. When an unlicensed copy queries the master server, pass the system id along and get a guest account / username back. Proper bans in demo.
#4 - Renku
There has been many threads before, that all demo players would have to register in some way. The general conclusion has been, it would just limit the demo userbase substantially. Although a lot of people believe that LFS demo offers way too much, that many may never upgrade to full game.

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