Universal Ridge Racer Slipstream - (by NamcoBandai Games Inc.)

I tried an online race earlier, and they all seemed to be bots.

 

Ya, from what I gather the update hurt A7 devices to better older device performance. Hokey online races have me stuck at race start also.

 

same here, i made the video gameplay on the new update but i cancel it since the online does not work.

 

It is working now, but with real names. Are they bots? I always start the last one from the grid like in offline races, but i always end winning and making lots of cash.

 

Finally got around to playing some online this morning.

Either these are the worst racers in the world or they are less aggressive bots that don't know what the nitro button does. I purposely cruised in last place and none of the other racers ever hit the boost.

I am seriously let down as this appears to be RR3's TSM multiplayer and not "real" multiplayer which sucks real bad.

Wi-fi race does work as intended though and I was able to race a friend at work.

The other note is that since the update, the game crashes a bunch now for me. I'm on an iPhone 5 and it seems whenever it hits their servers to check for something (log in at launch, or online race) it is a 50/50 shot that it will either crash or freeze.

So far a terrible update even though online was enabled. I'm probably the biggest fan of this game and even I think this was a poorly thought out update. I get the feeling they weren't able to fulfill the promise of true online multiplayer so they gave us this instead.

 

What is TSM? Is it supposed to be something like the Drivatars from Forza 5, where the bots supposedly are mimicking an actual player's ghost?

Edit: never mind, I googled it and found TSM = time shifted multi-player, so yeah, basically drivatars.

 

It does not crash here on ipad air, but TSM sucks. I am on level 34 and i always win with a lot of difference, at least is a cash machine for me.

 

Crashing on 5S. Force close all other apps and that seems to help. MP is a joke, but I'll take the free wins for $$, since they haven't balanced the game at all....ever. Another update that was mostly a waste of time and actually degraded the performance of the game. That's why I hate Namco Bandai....they half @$$ everything

 

Try rebooting your device i had the same issue with a previous update and fixed it.

 

Ok the game has just gone haywire on me. At startup it immediately says "Facebook Login failed", and it forces open my browser to reconnect. Browser tells me I already authorized it. Goes back to game and it either gives the same message and puts me in an endless loop or it crashes.

I had JUST played it earlier today. Is this happnening to anyone else? Tried rebooting my iPod but it didn't help. Can't reinstall cause the stupid game doesn't back up anything anywhere. So frustrated right now.

 

Same issue, here. I turrned off wifi and then turned in on in game and that worked.

Poor show, devs

 

Ahhh... I forgot about trying to turn off wifi. Yeah, really sloppy job.

 

Races are not balanced at all they mix level 33 with 45 there is no point.

 

I get racers matched to my level (22).

But they are real pussywillows and no challenge.

 

Yep, game truly sucks on my 32G 5S since the update. MP just freezes at start. As I said, pitiful. I shldnt b surprised at this point tho.

 

Got online to work. Not very challenging. Opposition seems to be AI controlled.

 

BN, please re optimize for A7 devices. Update was a step backwards for A7 chipsets. No doubt this will fall on deaf ears.

 

I'd recommend sending feedback directly to NB if you haven't already, since I've seen no evidence that they read TouchArcade forums. Here's a link to send feedback.
http://www.namcobandaigames.com/support/ios/

 

I was already thinking about this and voile u produce the link. Thnx

 

Decided to give multiplayer a whirl after reading the last few posts and I demolished the other 7 "people" and I'm not even good at the game. Definitely AI. We were all the same level roughly 8 and 9s.