v21.10.01 Discussion Thread

loermansa

I'll keep asking until someone replies; @Sim-plicity-Dev / @Sim-plicity_Admin ; no updates?

The latest alpha firmware is 21.07.02 and is from Nov 21, 2021
The latest beta firmware is 21.07.04 and is from Jan 31, 2022
The latest stable firmware is 21.07.05 and is from Aug 17, 2022

The alpha branch is the oldest and the stable branch is the most recent, but hasn't been updated since august 17th 2022. That's over a year without any activity or updates whatsoever. Am I missing something?

Is there a way to run the control electronics on open source drivers? Like from the OSW project?

Regards,

Arjan

loermansa

@loermansa Replying to myself; still nothing from @Sim-plicity-Dev @Sim-plicity_Admin. I've asked them via their support email address and haven't gotten a reply.

Regards,

Arjan

lokcy

@loermansa hi, oh well, that means no firmware update for wrc ea..:(

thedozyone

@lokcy @Sim-plicity-Dev / @Sim-plicity_Admin

I don't think anyone is doing any development on the product now. It seems that nobody has replied in a long time!

I mean to be fair the product is fairly faultless but some updates would be nice as it still has the odd niggle.

loermansa

@thedozyone I disagree with you. I've spent a considerable amount of money on them in the understanding that it would be supported for a long time. The hardware is indeed fairly faultless (I really love it), but the software leaves a lot to be desired. Just look at the offerings of other suppliers; a more intuitive (and better looking) UI, software that is signed to work in Windows (it's a 'fingers crossed' affair right now), better working profiles with a games launcher, and then there's the (lack of) support for future titles if nothing is updated.

I love buying stuff from smaller companies and supporting them, but their lack of cummunication and updates leaves me wondering if it was a smart move.

Does anybody follow their Facebook group? I don't use FB but perhaps they're sharing information there.

thedozyone

@loermansa

That's fine for you to disagree, I too made a considerable purchase (I purchased mine around 2020 at the covid price increase) I just think maybe someone needs to take a look.

For me it would be nice for a better UI but it's not a showstopper for me.

I'm on the FB group but don't think there's anything extra up there. I will try pinging them a message there.

loermansa

@thedozyone I purchased my SW20 V3 in march 2021 and I agree to some extent that its not a showstopper if the UI doesn't improve. As long as the base performs as it should. But without updates its only a matter of time before something stops working.

Thank you for checking the Facebook group. Pitty that communications is silent there also...

lokcy

@loermansa Hi, this is not an official company page. 🥺

loermansa

@lokcy No, but this is their official forum.

loermansa

I've posted a message in the RaceDepartment forums, but nobody seems to know the state or whereabouts of Sim-pli.city... The main page hasn't been updated in a while and all products are out of stock, except the newer range of DD products where the controller is integrated with the wheel motor assembly (if I recall correctly). But they are in presale.

@Sim-plicity-Dev @Sim-plicity_Admin any news?

Regards,

Arjan

thedozyone

@loermansa said in v21.10.01 Discussion Thread:

I've posted a message in the RaceDepartment forums, but nobody seems to know the state or whereabouts of Sim-pli.city... The main page hasn't been updated in a while and all products are out of stock, except the newer range of DD products where the controller is integrated with the wheel motor assembly (if I recall correctly). But they are in presale.

@Sim-plicity-Dev @Sim-plicity_Admin any news?

Regards,

Arjan

Ah, that's not good!

loermansa

2024 is almost upon us.

I want to wish everyone here the best for the upcoming holidays and the coming year. May Sim-pli.city prove me wrong to have whined so much!

Regards,

Arjan

thedozyone

@loermansa said in v21.10.01 Discussion Thread:

2024 is almost upon us.

I want to wish everyone here the best for the upcoming holidays and the coming year. May Sim-pli.city prove me wrong to have whined so much!

Regards,

Arjan

Happy New Year to you too Arjan

All the best in 2024!

Cheers

Mark

thedozyone

@loermansa

I tried contacting them via the sales / dev emails and still no response so guessing the dev is dead here now.

Unless @Sim-plicity-Dev @Sim-plicity_Admin can prove me wrong??

loermansa

@thedozyone Yeah, their new wheelbases all say "Unavailable" just as the deadline for shipping them came closer.

Really sad.

thedozyone

@loermansa said in v21.10.01 Discussion Thread:

@thedozyone Yeah, their new wheelbases all say "Unavailable" just as the deadline for shipping them came closer.

Really sad.

Yeah that is sad

loermansa

There appears to be life at sim-pli.city. At least on their homepage. I now see the landing page has a 'Featured products' section and that section contains the newer compact series wheelbases. But most importantly; the screenshot of the wheelbase settings window show 'v24.02.01' as version number! Could be just a build with that version number changed, ofcourse.

Fingers crossed!

loermansa

I've (again) tried to reach out to sim.pli.city, this time by submitting an issue on the github page of their stable releases repository. Perhaps they monitor that more closely than these forums.

Arjan

lokcy

@loermansa hi I sent an email because a product interested me I got a response I took the opportunity to report the bug on WRC hoping that there will be an update soon... but it's is rather good news good luck to the team ️

loermansa

@lokcy It's good to know they're still active. Thank you for the update.