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Re:Do you even need a database? by winrid on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @12:27PM (#47781397)
My recent project - a replacement for CodeMaster's RaceNet, runs on flat files! https://dirtforever.net/

Just have to use locks to be careful with writes.

I figured I'd migrate it to a database after maybe 10k users or so.

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Re:Do you even need a database? by mfro on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @12:30PM (#47781456)
Neat, what happened to the original system? Last I checked multiplayer was working in DR2.
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Re:Do you even need a database? by winrid on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @01:59PM (#47782795)
EA is shutting down Clubs. That is the primary motivation here.

Sadly no solution for non-rooted consoles.

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Re:Do you even need a database? by goerch on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @01:50PM (#47782654)
And crashes you can exclude? Good luck!
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Re:Do you even need a database? by winrid on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @02:01PM (#47782827)
The security level is the same actually as the codemasters servers.
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