Over the course of the last five years, Racing Rivals has grown into one of the most hardcore racing games in the world. This loyal community has spent countless hours competing in millions of races in “winner take all” fashion – all in the name of Turf Wars and pink slips.
However, all good things must come to an end… After spending time evaluating Rivals and its future – we’ve decided that it’s time to move on. Simply put, the revenue generated from Racing Rivals unfortunately no longer covers the cost of operations. This was not an easy decision to make.
On March 31st, 2019 – Rivals will be racing off into the sunset, and will be permanently shut down. Current players have until this date to utilize any accumulated virtual currency. We’ll be offering some massive reductions in the cost of crates, installs and repairs in addition to a reduction on timers as you race your way into the history books. Effective immediately, no new in-app purchases will be permitted.
In closing, a resounding and sincere THANK YOU to our extremely driven fans for your loyalty and dedication over the years – we hope you’ve enjoyed playing Racing Rivals as much as we’ve enjoyed creating it.
However, all good things must come to an end… After spending time evaluating Rivals and its future – we’ve decided that it’s time to move on. Simply put, the revenue generated from Racing Rivals unfortunately no longer covers the cost of operations. This was not an easy decision to make.
On March 31st, 2019 – Rivals will be racing off into the sunset, and will be permanently shut down. Current players have until this date to utilize any accumulated virtual currency. We’ll be offering some massive reductions in the cost of crates, installs and repairs in addition to a reduction on timers as you race your way into the history books. Effective immediately, no new in-app purchases will be permitted.
In closing, a resounding and sincere THANK YOU to our extremely driven fans for your loyalty and dedication over the years – we hope you’ve enjoyed playing Racing Rivals as much as we’ve enjoyed creating it.
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Best Suggestion Ever to Fix 99% of the Problems in this Game!
Mikecart1
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I won't name other game titles that are 10x more successful than Racing Rivals, but I think it is sad that I am the only one that has suggested this ULTIMATE FIX for this game. The biggest problem with this game is that it wants to run in real-time. Well newsflash! 3G, 4G, etc. ain't cutting it. Not when some dinky App Store game can take up to 1 GB or more space on a phone. I mean to put this into perspective, Dreamcast and early PS1 games - which were 100x better than this game, deeper, better, etc. fit on a single CD! CD meaning 700 MB!
So what is this fix? The fix is to REMOVE real time. Go back to TURN-BASED gaming. For those unaware of this fantastic terminology, that means you go, wait, and then opponent goes.
This is how it is done with dozens of the top 50 games in the App store!
In Racing Rivals, it would fix glitches, freezes, etc. This is because your turn is only valid if you complete a full run. If your phone decides to get stupid, you just restart your phone and resubmit another run!
C'mon guys! This isn't rocket science! I'm smart, but not computer programming gaming smart!
So what is this fix? The fix is to REMOVE real time. Go back to TURN-BASED gaming. For those unaware of this fantastic terminology, that means you go, wait, and then opponent goes.
This is how it is done with dozens of the top 50 games in the App store!
In Racing Rivals, it would fix glitches, freezes, etc. This is because your turn is only valid if you complete a full run. If your phone decides to get stupid, you just restart your phone and resubmit another run!
C'mon guys! This isn't rocket science! I'm smart, but not computer programming gaming smart!
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The game is the way it is, I dont think there's ever going to be a total fix in years. I know there struggle, as I've said before I owned my own rsps, only difference was I hosted it on a virtual server through host gator, my point Is I had the same exact issues, glitches, freezes, black screen of death, you can try all the coding you want but the same issues will occur, no program is every perfect.
Turn Based gaming is not the answer!
So IMO, yes the opponent gets to see what the other does. They go. Their opponent sees what they do. And it repeats. It has worked well with many other games and it is fair so each person gets to see the other persons race and/or time EVERY OTHER race. In this other game where you complete a course, if you fail to complete it in 3 tries, the other person already knows and it is their job to just complete the course and disregard the time.
If you are racing someone using boost 24/7, then stop racing them!
Turn-based gaming is the most fair and most proven way to EVEN the PLAYING field. TRUST ME!
No.
Reading this just pissed me off.
Sure it could possibly fix problems but nobody is gonna play a perfect game that's not fun!
In a Nutshell. Glitches here and there aren't gonna ruin a game that's fun. But a shortcut that gets rid of a core feature of the game is gonna ruin this game way more than some glitches.
Now that would improve the game. It needs a fresh start after all these years.