Hey Mortal..
Yeh a lot of people play MTA race still on MrGreenGaming.com's mta server.. nice new maps all the time.. I play on there a lot. DRuG server is still up for historical purposes, but doesn't get as much attention due to typical aussie pings - but the very point of it being there is so Oceania has an option of a low ping race server... and it still fills that role.
JC2MP still in beta, with the server daemon not yet released.. but is shaping up really nicely -- the website for it will be switched I assume at release to the dynamic one that acts as a server browser for the game and everything. client server lua scripting has been fully implemented, as has a race mode... so JC2MP is lookin like shaping up for an epic, full featured release.
http://jc-mp.comGTAV - looking forward to it - but I suspect those without a console will still be waiting for a while.
Me? Work is a bit of a strain and my cars got troubles.. but I'm battling on... Been playing a fair bit of Diablo III - you play that? I hover around a few teamspeaks, but DRuG's main TS is quieter these days, since the GTA scene is a lot quieter now in the Oceania region.. DRuG's devs have 1 teamspeak to get some privacy, those that raid and play together in WoW, minecraft etc chill in another Teamspeak which I can occasionally be found in.
Most of the crew are still active, hanging with the same groups they originally joined the clan with.. but it's a lot more fragmented without a recent GTA release.. GTAV and JC2MP of course will have an effect on that, much like San Andreas, MTA's release and other similar milestones have.. but I guess the main point of being a crew in the first place - having a "rug" we can all return to when things are quiet & events occur.
Speaking of which - Nice to see you Mortal and FM - have an awesome one!
2 good race servers (other than DRuG):
212.42.38.84:33003 GTA.Ru | Race Server Current map: Cheetah VS Turismo Players: 10 / 32
87.238.173.119:22003 MrGreenGaming.com RACE Current map: devilsclaw Players: 19 / 128
On the forum's board index (main) page, you will find a dynamic list of samp and mta servers, I try to keep a current list of the popular servers and accept requests of servers to add. Handy thing with it is, it shows you how many players and if you click the magnifying glass next to a server, it takes you to a live player list.
Clearly I could recommend SiK, MgC and all the other clan servers. but that goes without saying