It's highly likely that the road map of DLC/free content was mapped out long ago and had the game's release gone more smoothly, I expect they would have put this graphic out sooner.
I understand the frustration of seeing this whilst we're currently waiting for bugs to be fixed - some of which should never have made it into the release with this much community development - but the complaints that '
there, sadly is the reason why your patch is not ready yet.' are wide of the mark. The people creating the assets for these carpacks and additional tracks will not be the same team members that are getting stuck into the code and fixing the issues that have cropped up. In fact, the meat of these DLC packs was probably finished some time ago.
So let's keep some perspective here and hope that when the patch lands it pushes this game back towards the experience we all hoped for. Until then, just be grateful the car parks appear to have decent car selections and only cost £2, rather than being the Turn10-style ripoffs of recent years.
That's a bollocks excuse for selling DLC if I've ever heard one, to be honest it sounds like you want people to spend even more money on this game than they already have.
Yes, the dev team for assests are a different dev team from the guys who adjust AI, who are a different dev team that adjusts physics etc... The issue isn't really to do with the development of the game at all, I'm sure all departments are working as hard as they can! (at least, I expect so!)
This PAID DLC has EVERYTHING to do with the marketing team and the fact that one month after releasing a bug laden game that they have the gall to try to sell us the "rest of the game for more money"
From what you're implying, this DLC was probably developed months ago!
Quite frankly, it's incredibly insulting to me, as a lifelong gamer, as a paying customer, that they are charging for it.
If they keep this up, then $3 a month for the next (minimum) two years is an extra $72 ... Convert that into whatever currency you want. In the end you're paying at very least twice the price on the original game!
Keep it real, that was my expectation from this game, a "Community Assisted Racing Simulator" or whatever they claim to be... Lay down the bug fixes as a priority, get the baseline down, (yes, it's never going to be perfect, I get that) THEN focus on DLC. Or even better, an expansion pack for an increased amount of $$... For a massive update, I'd be more than happy to fork out the cash after waiting several months, as long as the base of the game itself was solid, which unfortunately, at the moment, it isn't.
