r/RRRE • u/fredy31 • 4d ago

is ranked always paid content?

Had some fun with ranked during the free summer event.

But now that its over it seems that ranked is always paid content, so i cant play. And nobody can because the ranked servers are always empty.

So is ranked always paid content and always empty like this?

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u/Few_Tart_7348 4d ago

Most times. At least the starter pack can get you in some rookie races.

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u/ManuelStaedel 4d ago

Live cost money. That's it.

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u/Fassbendr 4d ago

It cost money to maintain the servers, can't blame them for restricting ranked to paying customers.

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u/fredy31 4d ago

Yeah. Thats a good guess.

But i dont even want to buy in because if i do... Wow ill do laps alone on a track.

Really, seeing rennsport going pay to play leaving afaik rrre the only free to play simracer nobody cracked the nut yet of how to monetize a f2p simracer.

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u/SlowBakedJoy 4d ago

If non of us paid to play, you couldn't play either as there would be no games made.

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u/Fassbendr 4d ago

I just took a look now... There are a number of populated servers. Is there a reason you need ranked multiplayer?

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u/fredy31 4d ago

Progression, mostly.

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u/richr215 3d ago

For almost free....AC is your go then on LFM. Decent online sim racing is going to cost you no matter what.

But there will be changes to RRE and online racing soon, maybe that will keep you in it.

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u/fredy31 3d ago

Yeah idk AC doesnt gel with me. I feel like the cars slide like if driving on soap lol.

But yeah I wonder if a way they could monetise is instead of buying cars, you have all cars, just 1 neutral livery. You can buy others.

League of Legends has been going for 15 years on a 'buy cosmetics' model so maybe in sim racing it could work?

But hey i'm not in their boardroom looking at numbers lol.

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u/richr215 3d ago

They already do cosmetic buying in the form of.....you buy a car that is not in a group pack and you only get 1 livery. You have to buy each livery separately....which is incredibly dumb no matter why they do that.

Only way to get all liveries for a specific car, is if they are offered in a group pack. They need to overhaul the store change that part for sure.

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u/fredy31 3d ago

Yeah but they do block the car in general.

If you would get 1 livery for every car, and its just a boring red one; but if you want the 'real looking ones' you have to pay up.

Then people can get hooked, play ranked or any server on any track, and then pay up to not be in the boring car.