Hello Drifters!
Gather your crews, it's time to drift together! We are happy to release the first version of the multiplayer mode, which will allow you to drift together on the courses of the EBISU complex.
The main goal while working on multiplayer mode was for us to create a place where players will have full control over the session and experience. That's why we decided on a model in which the practice mode acts as a kind of lobby.
Inside such a session, up to six players at once can move freely on the map, create tandems, accumulate drifting points, and talk on text chat. For those who want to "compete" we prepared a module called "events". Every player in the session will be able to join the event. For the time of the event, players who are not interested will not see these rivals and vice versa. At the moment, everyone has access to the simplest type, a kind of Free For All, in which players with the whole course at their disposal must compete with other players. The winner is the one who scores the most Drift Points within the set time. Of course, expect more event types. We are still working on them :)
Hosts of multiplayer sessions have full control over the session. We have put at their disposal several commands, which allow, among others, to:
- Voting or forcing a map change
- Voting or forcing the removal of a player
- Host permissions transfer
- Displaying and pinning messages
- Resetting the position
- Collision on/off
- Hiding messages from individual/all players
- Display or change session password
What else are we working on?
- We are optimizing the performance of the game in multiplayer mode
- We are working on implementing proper spectator mode
- We are preparing new types of events
- We are working on full support for the cars created in the garage
- We improve user experience and support for different controllers in a multiplayer session
The full list of changes and improvements can be found in this forum thread: NEW UPDATE rev 16554: Multiplayer mode
We will be very grateful for any suggestions and feedback. If you are looking for people willing to play together, have a look at our server on Discord - you will find many great people there with whom you can drift!
See you on track!
