In the Paddock at Racetrim - December 2025
The "In the Paddock at Racetrim" blog series communicates what I'm working on and where the platform is going.
Racetrim Community Update
Another awesome month on the Racetrim Community discord. Be sure to check out the Black Friday event commentary and stream. This was our largest events, and T. Garry supplied prizes and hooked up the commentary too. Big props to Tyler!
Racetrim Financials
| December 2025 | |
|---|---|
| AWS Bill | ($253.63) |
| Racetrim Revenue | $64.28 |
| Patreon Pledge | $47.00 |
| Total | ($142.35) |
Since my last written update, Kunos has officially stated their intention to cease ACC updates. The player counts of the game are likely to slowly decline. Honesltly, it demotivates me from investing a lot more time into developing the racetrim app for ACC. What we have is pretty good, and I will continue to work on it and improve it casually when inspiration strikes. The facts are that it costs a lot more to operate than the revenue it generates, so I'm considering a few things.
- Make it simple for ACC players to run their server on their own hardware, then automate results data to ractrim.
- Convert to a pay-as-you-go model, where the servers can be turned off and on as needed and run at an hourly rate with a higher margin.
- Build out capabilities for other multiplayer games (AMS2 or RaceRoom).
- Shut down the app, keep the discord.
Please, if you'd like to provide financial support for our community, now or in the future, go join the Racetrim Patreon with a free or paid membership.
Platform Growth
Slow.
App usage
| Dec 8 | Oct 31 | |
|---|---|---|
| Users registered | 128 | 87 |
| ACC Servers launched | 93 | 84 |
| ACC Settings saved | 166 | 120 |
Racing fun
| Dec 8 | Oct 31 | |
|---|---|---|
| Laps | 164,419 | 121,794 |
| Sessions (>=1 lap) | 3286 | 2,262 |
| Race hours (>=3 cars, >=3 laps) | 376hrs 8m | 288hrs 25m |