there's a difference between having a game run and hoping extreme results from a trash pc.
as for performance, shouldn't impact too much. I've read somewhere that LFS was converted to DX11 around 2020 for graphics update. The difference between DX9 and 11 performance wise isn't really anything critical. (unless you're running a 2010 pentium on integrated graphics, at this point, even a gt710 or gt1030 would help benefit with performance, yes, even on a pentium or celeron)
There actually is a plan made by Cloudflare for game servers but considering they only do custom solutions, I can imagine it would be way too expensive. Good point though!
Why the DDOS attacks keep happening? Probably because whoever is sending those attacks has nothing better to do in their sad life and probably get some kind of satisfaction from doing that.
As from LFS' side, I've read many posts by devs and moderators saying that LFS is really struggling to get anything really done to protect the services or 'cancel' out the attacks. This doesn't mean that they're not working on it, it means that considering available funds, it's not easy as everyone is thinking it would be.
There are multiple solutions to consider but most of them all require money. The easiest way (although probably the most expensive) would be to get Cloudflare or OVH, maybe even TCPShield (though that's aimed more towards Minecraft servers). A bit more technical though a bit cheaper (I think) would be renting out VPS servers and using them as a shield for the main server. Yet that has a negative side of increasing latency most likely.
And the most cheapest choice (yet the option people don't like) is to ignore the attacks, wait until servers get back online. Attacks are quite short time wise and shouldn't interrupt too much (unless it happens on some race event time, which then it would just obviously suck).
By idea it would but that won't happen. Doing that would bring back the main issue of licenses being cracked, putting LFS devs in more worse position than they already are and potentially harming the players computer due to players using unlockers and what else. Has happened before and will happen again
This is a model I didn't expect to see at all and all I can say is. Woah!
Looks good though as far it is! I hope that you'll finish it some day and won't store it or lose it haha. Best of luck with school, hope everything works out great!
What kind of team are you looking for? Drift
Age: 20
Country: Estonia
Preferred Car/Track: any track, any car
Average Laptime on Your Preferred Car/Track: don't think this is necesarry
How Active Are You? daily activity for 1h at least
What Kind of Control do you use? mouse+kb
Time Zone: GMT+2
from top of my head, Fortumo should still accept payments from Russia through sending a SMS, but the question about developers going through scripting a code and messing with databases for being able to buy a license via sms is still remaining. honestly, i don't think they would go through that, but who knows. time will tell!
What kind of team are you looking for? drift
Age: 16
Country: Estonia
Preferred Car/Track: xrg/every demo track
Average Laptime on Your Preferred Car/Track: xrg/1:37 appears to be the best
How Active Are You? average activity is like 30m-1h mostly
What Kind of Control do you use? either mouse or wheel
Time Zone: +2 UTC