Game Server - local or cloud?

[Yannik_Re]

Hi guys,

 

i want to host a Game Server for Assetto Corsa Competizione.
For this game latency is key, so i want a stable and reliable solution.

I want it to be available 24/7.

Option 1 would be to:

Use my old PC

Rly old Spec:

- Amd Fx4300

- 1600Mhz DDR3

- WD Blue 500Gb SSD

- Local Network speed is 10Mbits up, 400 down

 

Option 2 would be to:

Rent a virtual machine somewhere (Europe)

Since i don't really know much about it, i would need some input.

- What specs shall i look for?

- What pricing shall i expect?

- Any provider you know and have experience to share with

 

I hope this is specific enough, if not please ask !

 

Thank you guys in advance! 

 

 

[PorkishPig]

10Mb/s upload is quite weak for self-hosting, you will theoretically max out your bandwidth with 30 concurrent clients. Running a FX4300 24/7 would be fairly inefficient in terms of power consumption.

24 minutes ago, Yannik_Re said:

- What specs shall i look for?

I would suggest grabbing a two core VPS, general consensus says memory does not matter as much.

24 minutes ago, Yannik_Re said:

- What pricing shall i expect?

Depends on your currency, about $10-15/month USD.

24 minutes ago, Yannik_Re said:

- Any provider you know and have experience to share with

I personally recommend OVH or DigitalOcean, both have European datacenters.

[SupaKomputa]

Hetzner Dedicated server, starting from 23 euros (i5 2600 + 16gb + 2x 3TB HDD). https://www.hetzner.com/sb

Or VPS https://www.hetzner.com/cloud

Location : germany or finland.

 

As there's no conclusive answer on how much server hardware needed to run this game, you can try having in on the lowest VPS, and move your way up if not enough (VPS can be easily moved / upgaded).

[Yannik_Re]

Okay.


So once i am on the VPS.

To host a server I need certain ports opened: Will this be done by default or do I have to go through some process?

Do you guys know by any chance?

[Electronics Wizardy]

12 minutes ago, Yannik_Re said:

Okay.


So once i am on the VPS.

To host a server I need certain ports opened: Will this be done by default or do I have to go through some process?

Do you guys know by any chance?

Depends on the VPS,  but normally by default, you get a public v4, with all ports open. You should setup a firewall to block all the ports you don't need.

[Yannik_Re]

Thanks for the input lads!