Interstate Nomad

Quo vadis, TruckersMP?

 

The recent TruckersMP announcement of a series of three short surveys (Game moderation, Server configuration, The forum as a community platform) started a discussion about the purpose and possible consequences of their results.

 

While the claimed purpose is to "gather more insights from the wider community to refine our approach", the following statement in particular has raised concerns in the rows of simulation fans:

"Furthermore, we have received much feedback about our server configuration, particularly with regards to the server speed limits we enforce on the Simulation servers. In short, a lot of the feedback we have received has challenged the 'Road to Simulation' initiative we launched in 2019 (see blogs below)."

 

Meanwhile, the TruckersMP team tries to appease, stating that many of the arguments put forward were pure speculation.

 

It was TruckersMP who introduced Road To Simulation in 2019 to "enhance trucking simulation as we know it", based on "simulation has sadly moved to the side and trolls take up a percentage of that player base".

 

Not even two years and two more Road To Simulation tweak posts later, the TruckersMP team rowed back in May 2022 and made an alarming rules update, in which they dropped all permanent bans due to history and with that, open their doors wide for the return of former perpetrators.

 

Against this background, the still pending survey about server configuration naturally puts oil into an already blazing flame of concerns about which part of the community will get their will this time.