This is sad news , i was about to buy it but checking steam stats shows no players at all.. maybe they should have made it F2P and just sold extra cars and track packs or something.

Unfortunately, top down racers are very niche. Combine that with a small marketing budget there isn't really anything we can do about it besides make the best game possible that is not multiplayer focused but still have the functionality if you wanna bang doors with your friends. Time trial leaderboards and a solid career progression system is the focus on top of our physics.

It's possible when the game is out of EA and on consoles it might get an active player base.

Originally posted by GG BL44ST:

Unfortunately, top down racers are very niche. Combine that with a small marketing budget there isn't really anything we can do about it besides make the best game possible that is not multiplayer focused but still have the functionality if you wanna bang doors with your friends. Time trial leaderboards and a solid career progression system is the focus on top of our physics.

It's possible when the game is out of EA and on consoles it might get an active player base.

Hope so , i have it on my wishlist still and following , will keep an eye on it for sure.

Many people own hundreds of games and have limited time. I think internet multiplayer on niche games is doomed from the beginning. And at the rate at which new games are being released these days, even AAA games with massive investments and marketing efforts are often dead after a year, because the next block buster in the same genre has just been released. This game will not be able to solve that problem. I see two options:

1) Allow people to fill servers with bots, who will automatically leave as soon as real people join. This could get people to wait a bit for other players, and would also avoid the frustration if the other guy leaves after falling behind after 2 laps. The bot should just fill the place instantly in such a case.

2) Accept that playing with random people over the internet is unlikely to work out well for such a game, and implement couch racing / split screen, or focus on single player stuff entirely.

Personally, I love driving top-down racing games with a friend on the couch, and its great fun. For this game, currently we have to pass on the controller after each race. But I may be an exception.