Hello and welcome everyone to the AMS2 Paddock Lounge, our "refurshibed" development forum previously known as Reiza51 - for those who are not familiar with previous campaigns, this forum was first set up in the aftermath of the 2015 crowdfunding campaign to further develop Stock Car Extreme, which then opened to new members during the Automobilista 2 Early Backing Campaign and now again with the AMS2 Paddock Club. Forum members with a AMS2 Club Member have gained it through participating in one of those campaigns.
We first set this up with the belief that having the people most dedicated to our sims actively engaged in the development process would help us keep moving in the right direction - so succesfully did that prove to be the case that we´ve grown a bit protective about avoiding letting it grow too much in order to preserve this as our small cozy forum for both devs and enthusiasts to interact in more friendly and informal tone, keeping to the community spirit we all enjoy.
Reiza devs will pop in and out as often as we can to exchange feedback, answer questions, poll for new potential developments and present you some fresh news and goodies as they come along. You may also reach our community manager
@CrimsonEminence for more specific requests.
There are not many extra rules in the Paddock Lounge that don´t already apply to the main forums, but we kindly request all members to observe the following:
- Please do not leak or discuss information about new features of content unless it has already been publicly announced by us
- Even if already announced, content and features may not be advanced enough to be showcased in videos or screenshots outside this forum - the notformedia branch of AMS2 Beta is used when any content or feature is deemed to be in such WIP state. You may however share as you with when AMS2 Beta is on the default branch.
- You can discuss other development matters with non-members such as general developments to physics, AI Audio, UI etc, and you can also share any communication I do here to non-members if you find them to be of relevance to them - if there is an exception where the info I provide is for your eyes only, I´ll state so in the message
- Despite the name, AMS2 Beta often includes alpha or pre-alpha developments, or even experimental stuff that we want to do some field testing with - as such, it can be unstable or generally not provide a smooth experience as the main release.
- Please try remain generally kind and constuctive in your contributions to the forum both with devs and other members - we consider this place an extension of our work environment, and preserving that requires a certain composure from all who frequent it - while its perfectly understandable and acceptable for members express frustration once in a while with a given decision, development or lack thereof, a member that is constantly ranting or generally only adding attrition may wear out his welcome and be invited to leave.
- If I comment after a build deployment that "changelog is incoming after multi test" or make any estimates about anything that involve the passage of time, take it with a grain of salt.
We are very happy to have you all here, and hope to keep it an enjoyable place to be a part of for years to come