Make server bigger

[Tingle]

(2016-10-18 18:02)Pete Wrote:  TL;DR: We're not increasing the amount of server slots. Use server 2 if server 1 is full.

As Ash has already mentioned the maximum amount of cars that are allowed on track is currently 40 and this is a limit set by LFS itself.

We trialed a 47 connection server a while ago and it was a terrible idea. The 7 people who were stuck in spectate would be competing for space on the track and people on track would have to be careful not to leave the track because their place would be taken.

To alleviate these problems, we simply do not allow these extra 7 people to connect such that a space in the server guarantees you a space on track.

We also have 2 servers, more people need to get into the habit of joining server two when server one is full. When you hit ~10 people in server two, it will fill up. It just will.

This is a classic case of, 'bigger isn't necessarily better'.

It would be cool to see a sort of incentive system in place to encourage people to join server 2. For example, a very basic system might consist of offering X% more money to those in server 2 (given server 1 is at or near to capacity) and have this bonus decrease as the two servers become balanced.

In a way, it'd be working similarly to how Uber operates by giving their drivers more money* to encourage them to enter certain areas at certain times, depending on demand. Some sort of natural load balancing between the servers might be observed as a result... It would be very interesting to see the effects of it at least.

*At the expense of customers, however, this is irrelevant in the context of [TC].