Cliffs of Dover, a Year Later

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Originally Posted by Osprey

End users don't do testing, they don't know how to. They would pick up the game and play it, then whine about how this and that doesn't work. Believe it or not, software testing is a professional area, whether or not 1C implement that into their process though is another matter.

Project C.A.R.S. seems to be doing a good job with the community (who've already personnally invested in the sim at the pre-alpha level to the tune of +500,000 Euros) doing the testing. Yes they have professionals on board for physics, handling feedback and such, as well as all the project team intermingling with the 'investors' on the feedback forums, but testing across many platforms by many users is a method thats working well so far. Whining is a strict no-no on PCars, they want positive feedback and positive viral coverage on Facebook, YouTube and the like. Whilst the COD team is probably a lot smaller there's some lessons that can be learnt from PCars and its community involvement and investment in a totally positive way.