Earlier today I got a tip from one of my four readers (WordPress gives me that data) that a topic on the Assetto Corsa forums appeared in which there was a discussion that Kunos had bought Facebook likes for their fanpage, and with Facebook cracking down on some of these inflated numbers by removing them, one user claimed the amount of “likes” for their page had dropped significantly and that it was a sign Kunos had bought followers to make AC seem more popular than it actually is.
I don’t know how accurate this rumor is because the guy sending in the tip couldn’t provide any screenshots, which this blog relies on pretty heavily to spread rumors that usually turn out to be true. I also don’t see Kunos doing this sort of thing, as they’ve been almost the rockstars of this genre since Assetto Corsa launched in late 2013.
However, other developers have blatantly done this.
SimRaceway is based out of Sonoma Raceway and is basically rFactor with microtransactions. I don’t really care for it as RaceRoom and Race 07 are cheaper, Game Stock Car Extreme is of a much better quality, and rFactor itself has a much better vehicle selection for free. SRW’s hotlap competitions offer monetary prizes but are often exploited by leaderboard drivers with track boundaries that aren’t properly enforced, and trips to the SRW racing school only awarded to new members. The userbase is incredibly small and aside from it being the first racing sim to include Dallara’s DW12, the game rarely registers on anybody else’s radar anymore.
So 600,000 likes seems a bit excessive, especially compared to…
And this gets pretty hilarious when you compare those 600,000 likes to other, much more popular entities, such as:
And…
Buying Facebook “likes” is a legitimate thing – to the point where sites such as
Still don’t believe SimRaceway bought their likes? Here’s a comparison of two recent Facebook posts. SimRaceway, with 600,000 likes, and the Winnipeg Jets NHL team, with 300,000 likes. Check out which post has more activity.
Whoops.
Reblogged this on and commented:
Pretty funny when you compare to other very popular games like iRacing and especially Forza. Good post guys!
Like
Wow… That is a pretty gutsy thing to say! Well… Let me clarify. I’m not surprised you accused them of this considering you probably haven’t thought that they have been around for years, and they have major connections with large companies. You know how it works, a follow comes from a follow from a follow etc. Of course you probably haven’t thought of much else considering how bored you had to be to write something about this! Please consider what you are accusing someone of, and WHO you are blatantly regarding as low life cheaters! One day you may write about the wrong company (not to mention falsely accusing someone just isn’t “cool”! Watch it-
Like
Considering people on the official forums complain about the lack of players (the “players online this morning: 9″ post is pretty telling), it’s safe to say there aren’t hundreds of thousands of people interested in Simraceway. http://community.simraceway.com/index.php/topic/968-the-state-of-simraceway/page-11
Like
Oops forgot the end “)”
Like