RENNSPORT – Developer Confirms No Current Plans for Offline Mode

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RENNSPORT PS5 – Official response regarding offline mode and long-term game preservation

I recently contacted the RENNSPORT team to ask whether a fully offline mode could eventually be implemented, particularly for the physical PS5 edition.

My main concern is game preservation. I would like to purchase the physical edition, but knowing that even single-player races against AI require an internet connection and server authentication makes me hesitant.

Tim Ireland kindly responded with the following explanation:

“Regretfully a fully offline mode would require large rewrites of the game code. All content is tied to a RENNSPORT account which has to be synced when login and making the game totally offline would require a massive restructuring of how that would work.”

I then asked whether the developers might consider releasing a final offline patch if RENNSPORT’s online services were ever discontinued, allowing owners of the physical edition to continue playing against AI.

His response was:

“I have no idea if that’s been talked about internally if I’m honest so I cant give you an answer with any degree of accuracy. All I know is that for now at least it is not something we are considering spending development time on.”

Before sharing this information publicly, I asked Tim for permission. He confirmed:

“This was the answer I was given when I double checked with my boss over the weekend so feel free to use it.”

What we can conclude:

  • Implementing a fully offline mode would require substantial changes to the game’s architecture.
  • The team is not currently planning to dedicate development resources to this.
  • There is no confirmed plan for an end-of-life offline patch.
  • The possibility of such a patch in the future has not been definitively ruled out.

I appreciate Tim’s transparency and his willingness to clarify the situation.

However, I find it concerning that a physical PS5 game could potentially become completely unplayable if its online services were discontinued.

For me, this is currently the main reason not to purchase RENNSPORT.

What do other players think? Should physical console releases guarantee access to their single-player content without relying on external servers?
 
There are many other reasons right now not to buy Rennsport, without worrying about the future.
 
I mean not a big issue to me, Rennsport's always been a big nothingburger of a game IMO. What's it doing that Assetto Corsa, ACC, iRacing, GT7 or any of the other more niche racing sims like AMS2 or R3E aren't doing? With a team that doesn't even know how to launch a game properly no less.

I don't see what the use-case is for buying Rennsport at all personally. It has a fraction of the content of other games with a fraction of the features, and maybe only one original circuit of note.
 
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RENNSPORT PS5 – Official response regarding offline mode and long-term game preservation

I recently contacted the RENNSPORT team to ask whether a fully offline mode could eventually be implemented, particularly for the physical PS5 edition.

My main concern is game preservation. I would like to purchase the physical edition, but knowing that even single-player races against AI require an internet connection and server authentication makes me hesitant.

Tim Ireland kindly responded with the following explanation:

“Regretfully a fully offline mode would require large rewrites of the game code. All content is tied to a RENNSPORT account which has to be synced when login and making the game totally offline would require a massive restructuring of how that would work.”

I then asked whether the developers might consider releasing a final offline patch if RENNSPORT’s online services were ever discontinued, allowing owners of the physical edition to continue playing against AI.

His response was:

“I have no idea if that’s been talked about internally if I’m honest so I cant give you an answer with any degree of accuracy. All I know is that for now at least it is not something we are considering spending development time on.”

Before sharing this information publicly, I asked Tim for permission. He confirmed:

“This was the answer I was given when I double checked with my boss over the weekend so feel free to use it.”

What we can conclude:

  • Implementing a fully offline mode would require substantial changes to the game’s architecture.
  • The team is not currently planning to dedicate development resources to this.
  • There is no confirmed plan for an end-of-life offline patch.
  • The possibility of such a patch in the future has not been definitively ruled out.

I appreciate Tim’s transparency and his willingness to clarify the situation.

However, I find it concerning that a physical PS5 game could potentially become completely unplayable if its online services were discontinued.

For me, this is currently the main reason not to purchase RENNSPORT.

What do other players think? Should physical console releases guarantee access to their single-player content without relying on external servers?
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I don't have the game but thanks for asking the question (and also it's nice that the dev is being open and honest about the answer and the reasons for it).

Personally, I am wary of games where the Single Player element is tied to being online ever since The Crew 1 (at least Ivory Tower have made some effort to resolve the issue for TC2 and gave made promises for TCM to be made playable offline before it closes which I have no reason to doubt, I may not have bought them otherwise).

Again, I have no concerns about GT7 as GTSport was transferred to offline and I've read comments from modders suggesting it is basically just a "switch".

I really don't see Rennsport lasting long enough to risk buying it without an offline mode promised as coming in the future frankly. Test Drive Solar Crown is going to disappear in the near future, I reckon (just my guess), but I did manage to "get my moneys worth" out of that game as it was so cheap.

I do think we need to demonstrate to developers that this is not acceptable and the only way to do that is with our wallets. So I won't be buying Rennsport (frankly i wouldn't likely buy it anyway, but this confirms my choice).
 
Game is getting the Lambo and Genesis hypercars, that’s one good thing. Still don’t buy it.
 
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