Ermin Hamidovic Interviews Marcel Offermans Of Studio 397

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This is quite a good interview with great information for those of you who might not be familiar with the studio or rFactor 2’s history since Studio 397 took over development. Here are the nuggets of new-ish information:

– “Iconic European Track” coming “this year”.
– Some surprises coming before Christmas, around Steam Christmas sales.
– Company now employs thirty people.
– A game setup wizard is coming for first time running of the sim.
– They’re making a manual (remember those?)
– “Some aspects” of Ray-tracing could be implemented.
– New open-wheel, electric-engine and other non-GT content planned.

They also touched on and confirmed a lot of the features that have been previously announced, expanding on a few items such as mentions of renting servers by the hour like iRacing does. Here are the chapters listed in the video:

– Intro
– What’s in store for rFactor 2?
– Multiplayer
– How Studio 397 functions
– What rFactor 2 is aiming to be
– Recent eSports events
– What they would have done differently
– ISI & Studio 397 – The Story behind the transition
– Studio 397’s developer credentials
– rFactor 2 vs. rFactor Pro
– When will sims become fully realistic
– Sim racers transitioning to real racing
– Will they modernize the old content
– Listening to the community
– rFactor 2’s entry barrier
– How difficult working on rFactor 2 is
– rFactor 2’s tire model
– rFactor 2 and Michelin partnership
– Will the AI get fixed?
– Community complaints
– Is rFactor 3 coming?
– Ray-tracing for rFactor 2
– Final words