I'm not using them ATM cause My Low/Mid range PC wont handle them too well. But when I pay some bucks and upgrade my graphics card I will be happy to pay for the extra few dollars for higher-res skins. It's only covering the devs' server/bandwidth costs. They offered 512 skins for free. They already offer LFSW for free, hotlapping, forums, etc etc. All free. Free unlimited connection to servers.
i am paying - the lowest res thing on my PC was the skins, and i think £3 is a bargain - it looks so clean and crisp now
I have every hi-res skin posted on the forum since Sept 2005 in my skins_x, but not everyone made their own skin or posted it on the forum - so i'm more than happy to pay, plus with my 8800 skins in skin_x i still only ever have about 2 on my PC and have to download 24 skins when i join a full server.
I won't, cause if I see skin truely good I would really approach the guy who owns it.
it is not about paying for skins in my opinion, you are just paying for a convinient way to download quality skins (which if you take account of the server cost, it is extremely reasonable)
I payed WAY TOO MUCH for a buggy alpha version. That was 2 years ago. Only patches on that alpha. It´s a shame that this will not lead to a final version. I like lfs because of my fragmaster buddies. The game itself is middleage style in 2007, grappy graphics, sounds and stuff.
A few months ago I was very angry about the devs. Postings like "I buy a house with the money you gave me and now I must take a break from finsihing the game" really sucks imho.
I will NOT pay anything more in lfs. I don´t believe that this game will lead to a final version or even a beta. Thats ridiculous, but its just my opinion.
I would (mostly to support the devs - not that I'm that concerned about the look of the cars I'm racing because my PC isn't that great to begin with) but bandwidth restrictions and a weak PC are stopping me. That said, I think it's a great feature, thumbs up to the devs for implementing it.
imo LFS is more complete than any other "final" game, its just Scawen wants to follow HIS definitions of software stages.
the money for the skins is NOT screwing you out of more money, imo the 4x more bandwidth required for these skins is actally probably about whats its costing us
But seriously, you've already said it yourself - you bought LFS two years ago and paid 36€ for it, and you're still playing it. That's 0,049€ per day. Usually a full game costs 40-50€, and is probably never looked at again after one month or the first playthrough. Or with online games, which might last a bit longer, you wait and buy an expansion pack every few months, till the next full version comes out for another 45€. Yes, LFS progress is rather slow, but the amount of money you spent on it is laughable if you consider how long it kept you entertained now - at least that's the case for me. It's easy to spend the same amount of money for one night out drinking, and instead of the fun lasting for years, it's just a few hours and to top it off you have a hangover after it too.
I think Scawen said there's a little bit of profit margin in there, but it doesn't strike me as rampant profiteering. Rampant profiteering would be the EA business model of releasing almost the same game each year with a few graphics updates, half a dozen bug fixes, a dozen new bugs, and charging you £30 for the privilege.
I'll gladly pay a few quid for the better quality skins. If it turns out my gfx card can't cope with a field full of 1024 skins, I'll just turn it off again until I upgrade my gfx card. The only reason I'm not using the feature yet is that I'm waiting for it to be in the final patch X - I haven't got enough spare time at the moment to be trying test patches.
I got my Atari 2600 with Pole Position (still use it sometimes) in 1982. I payed 100 DM for the game. Hey! Thats only € 0,005479... So that game MUST be much better/cheaper then lfs or that? :banana:
Yeah, who do the devs think they are? Having a life and all that.
They're robbing you from your money man, they don't actually work on LFS, they just charge an enormous amount of money and spend their time drinking an having parties with YOUR money! And they all drive Jag's! Using the money you make with your job to buy a house, man that's ridiculous!
You drive around in circles too much. That's just my opinion.