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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.
How to identify lobby jumpers + Lobby ratings
Rae
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Okay so as of now (May 10 2015) the current update and hotfixes allow a player, to join lower lobbies using a certain button in a certain place. Glu knows what I'm talking about. In the near future, this may be fixed, bur for now lets lay out some techniques to identify "lobby jumpers" before they take your car and money.
#1: The main technique is to notice the chat.
If a dude is pinking alot of player cars and betting alot of money, he/she is either very ****y or a lobby jumper. 90 percent of the time, its a lobby jumper. Also the chat also contains messages from other players that can warn about a lobby jumper.
#2: Car Classes and stock ratings
Another way to identify a lobby jumper, is their car. If you have a decent knowledge of car classes and their basic stock rating, you can pick out which cars are lobby jumpers. I recommend a tour of the showroom to get familiar with stock ratings and their stock stats. Also check that Weight/Torque rating on a users profile. Remember different cars vary.
E.G. A Scion FRS-R spec in a 1645 lobby. The class this car is R class. R class car ratings start at 1651 or so. Hence, we have ruled out a player as a lobby jumper.
Here's a handy ESTIMATED list of class ratings from Stock to max
D class: 1583 to 1650
C class: 1605 to 1661
B class: 1610 to 1665
A class: 1620 to 1670
S class: 1635 to 1674
R R2 R3 X class: 1651 to 169x
EXCEPTIONS: BMW M6 cannot join the 1630 lobby, and Bently Continental Supersports cannot join the 1625 lobby (I checked, ty for the info crazyjr)
Remember this list is estimated.
#3: Spectator Replays
If you do not tap on a user and no one challenges you, you might get a spectator replay of a suspected lobby jumper. Although it is not completely reliable as times can be faked and you may not always get the replay you want, it works sometimes.
#5 Player behaviour
If a player immediately tries to bet you all-in or just jumps straight to pinks, lookout. He may be a lobby jumper. Lobby jumpers want their rating and time to be a suprise. If you really want to pink someone, then be very careful and do a test race with them, and if they refuse the test race 70 percent of the time its a lobby jumper. Also if they spam the chat saying "Pinks?" or "Slips anyone" then be very cautious about that certain player. A tehnique lobby jumpers use is to come with a appropiate vehicle for a lobby, say a 1630 Dodge Dart in a 1630 lobby. They race you and then pretend they suck at driving the 1630 vehicle. But then, they leave the lobby and come back with an identical vehicle, but with MORE upgrades and a higher rating. You pink the lobby jumper and suprise! you lost a car. You may tell me "Rae, how the fawke do I combat that?" Simple, if you see the dude leave the lobby and come back and challenge you, beware. He might of switched cars. Check his garage and see if he has two identical cars. Compare the Weight/Torque of both cars. If one has better Weight/Torque, then yes, he is indeed trying to scam you.
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOURE A VICTIM:
Not much, except help others out, and keep them from the same fate as you. Remember, if you type in chat, "Queen Shift 69 is a 1661 lobby jumper" or something like that about the player, it can save people from being scammed by that lobby jumper.
Remember play it safe and bear with Glu and they try to fix this issue.
Also a bonus: Lobby ratings
1620,1625,1630,1635,1640,1645,1650,1656,1663,1668, 1690+
A D class car with a 1650 rating can go as fast as a S class car with a 1650 rating. So class doesnt affect which lobby they put you in.
Remeber this thread can be useful for racer showdown lobbies and turf lobbies, because idk how, but I've seen lobby jumpers in both, too. I have no idea how they do it.
Any questions? Post below.
#1: The main technique is to notice the chat.
If a dude is pinking alot of player cars and betting alot of money, he/she is either very ****y or a lobby jumper. 90 percent of the time, its a lobby jumper. Also the chat also contains messages from other players that can warn about a lobby jumper.
#2: Car Classes and stock ratings
Another way to identify a lobby jumper, is their car. If you have a decent knowledge of car classes and their basic stock rating, you can pick out which cars are lobby jumpers. I recommend a tour of the showroom to get familiar with stock ratings and their stock stats. Also check that Weight/Torque rating on a users profile. Remember different cars vary.
E.G. A Scion FRS-R spec in a 1645 lobby. The class this car is R class. R class car ratings start at 1651 or so. Hence, we have ruled out a player as a lobby jumper.
Here's a handy ESTIMATED list of class ratings from Stock to max
D class: 1583 to 1650
C class: 1605 to 1661
B class: 1610 to 1665
A class: 1620 to 1670
S class: 1635 to 1674
R R2 R3 X class: 1651 to 169x
EXCEPTIONS: BMW M6 cannot join the 1630 lobby, and Bently Continental Supersports cannot join the 1625 lobby (I checked, ty for the info crazyjr)
Remember this list is estimated.
#3: Spectator Replays
If you do not tap on a user and no one challenges you, you might get a spectator replay of a suspected lobby jumper. Although it is not completely reliable as times can be faked and you may not always get the replay you want, it works sometimes.
#5 Player behaviour
If a player immediately tries to bet you all-in or just jumps straight to pinks, lookout. He may be a lobby jumper. Lobby jumpers want their rating and time to be a suprise. If you really want to pink someone, then be very careful and do a test race with them, and if they refuse the test race 70 percent of the time its a lobby jumper. Also if they spam the chat saying "Pinks?" or "Slips anyone" then be very cautious about that certain player. A tehnique lobby jumpers use is to come with a appropiate vehicle for a lobby, say a 1630 Dodge Dart in a 1630 lobby. They race you and then pretend they suck at driving the 1630 vehicle. But then, they leave the lobby and come back with an identical vehicle, but with MORE upgrades and a higher rating. You pink the lobby jumper and suprise! you lost a car. You may tell me "Rae, how the fawke do I combat that?" Simple, if you see the dude leave the lobby and come back and challenge you, beware. He might of switched cars. Check his garage and see if he has two identical cars. Compare the Weight/Torque of both cars. If one has better Weight/Torque, then yes, he is indeed trying to scam you.
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOURE A VICTIM:
Not much, except help others out, and keep them from the same fate as you. Remember, if you type in chat, "Queen Shift 69 is a 1661 lobby jumper" or something like that about the player, it can save people from being scammed by that lobby jumper.
Remember play it safe and bear with Glu and they try to fix this issue.
Also a bonus: Lobby ratings
1620,1625,1630,1635,1640,1645,1650,1656,1663,1668, 1690+
A D class car with a 1650 rating can go as fast as a S class car with a 1650 rating. So class doesnt affect which lobby they put you in.
Remeber this thread can be useful for racer showdown lobbies and turf lobbies, because idk how, but I've seen lobby jumpers in both, too. I have no idea how they do it.
Any questions? Post below.
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thx bro, wasn't sure about the higher lobbies. Will edit.
True, I'll edit main post, thanks for the feedback.
Sweet, thanks for the info. I'll slap on the M6 as a 1631, because I feel like its a 1630.9999 type of car.
BTW my term for lobby jumpers, is piggybackers. I chose this term for 2 reasons, #1 they don't walk in, they need a piggyback off the friend feature. #2 i wanted a cutesy name for it so they are looked down upon
idk bruh
Fighting Lobby Jumpers with lobby jumping is like fighting fire with fire. Nobody wins. You also risk losing your car, just to teach someone a lesson? I dont know bro, I dont know... It just isn't right. Even if you get his car, he/she will be extra motivated to get revenge on lower lobbies, just today I met someone saying they were lobby jumping for revenge on Lobby Jumpers... tbh I think it's a dumb move.
btw, you have never sean a lobby jumper in a turf or showdown lobby. And while im editing this, its poor taste to post another players car rating in chat. It just makes you look like the poor loser you are acting like.
And looking through the garage? That's a horeshit thing to have to do, many players have dozens of cars and on many devices their garages can take entire minutes to load. And then it doesn't tell you which car in the garage is their current in the case of players with multiples of the same car (I do, and not for scamming reasons, but just because I like having different setups on the same car). Trying to say that doing this is something that is supposed to be done as a regular safeguard to not get raped by someone joining a lobby their car wasn't intended to compete in, is analogous to saying the game is supposed to suck ass and be no fun.
Forgot to add, racing the bots is more stable than racing other players. Good for keeping sharp without the surprises, IE, quick or long lights
btw- I dont condone in screwing the noobs out of their campaign cars and i think the guys that bring gt specs and the like into the basement lobbies then proceed to attempt to bully people into pinks thru chat or repeatedly throwing races are trash and what give jumping a bad rep.. But if im in the 50 and i see a car that CAN max at 56 im going to assume its a 56 until i look at it. and if im unsure then its a 56 until im shown its not. And if Im jumping im trying to appear in such a way that you wont feel a need to check me. Theres a right way and a wrong way to jump lobbies just like there is a right way and a wrong way to steal a car. OK, bad analogy lol