Does you really think that having NO deadlines at all in a software development process is a good idea and good methodical approach from the perspective of the time flow?
Despite the calling the core developer of LFS a fraud and liar, those banned users did really made an input of sensible review of the user experience that has been accumulated in decades, that really has been enjoyed the code you have created. And the fact that is painful in this situation, is that it is maintained like a some sort of in socialism machine, where the one party rules your country, your life and everything. Surely you need an income, to be paid by the product you have created, because it is really, really good and unique in a highly competitive area, but the way it is executed from a perspective view is very depressing. Very. Perfectionism is a very highly valued quality, but when it gets toxic, it is a self shot bullet in a leg.
LFS was really big in 00s, but now, to me, and I am a one little grain of sand in all your user DB, LFS has become a very depressing place to race, to open the LFSForum, to read the messages and progress reports, which of course are great, but inner you still know, that what is the point of all that due to facts what I wrote above.
Something is not right, people feel that. Some say it calm, some loud, others rude, surely the last is not the best, depends of how it has hit them.
Good luck in providing quality content, but the way competition and possibilities attracts e.g. Italians, and how dynamic it has become in every near country sim community 1500km around my location (time zone), LFS just has been put in a shadow forever. Surely, it is beautiful that such a software of a very little team like this in conjunction with the work, support of the Victor and Eric modelling, simulation is really that well written and demands very low hardware to be executed and run on, but it must be said, that it has became is less attractive in the due to cheaper and better basic computer hardware accessibility for people around the most part of the globe.
And please do not tell me to go outside, get a life, do sports, ride a bike - I do it a lot and love cycling, as you do, Scawen, and the life goes on and everyday worries and duties takes most part of the time, energy and sources as it does for everyone of us, but the free time to connect the pc wheel and run the sim, car, course and compete the others to practice the skills, this product has become the least attractive and most likely if said above continues, will stay, in the list of best software of this kind, whilst it has been on the stable top for many years. This is another quite long term user end experience, calm call for the sake of a little brighter future in software that made to gain new experience, met many new people, became friends or contacts, that know and help each other being off the LFS online racing communities decade ago.
If you have read this far, sorry for the time it took, and thank you, if it somehow made you think in little different perspective about the user end of this product. And sorry for my English if it does not meet high standards.
Scavier is doing a big effort offering us for such a long time their product with frequent updates. Great to see that business is up to the level that it provides more free time for life things without worrying about monthly income. Still would like to have few more reasons to update licence to S3 besides Rockingham. Not only me I guess, but many more long-term LFS fans. LFS has always been something special, lots of memories, experiences, meeting new people around the country seeing how their lives moves on from competing in online and being in forums to participating in different car related topics, also myself, and even some of them competing in racing championships, even in LEMANS. Thumbs up definitely. Hoping to see news soon.
You know what's funny? There have been passed 5 years from the last noticeable improvement news (Scirocco, Rockingham etc.) and time was enough to develop brand new Grand Theft Auto 5 game! Of course it's not comparable because of different developer amount, resources. LFS Devs don't give a F***
So much wasted potential, so much wasted people, audience and ideas.