ride test
Offline 2.9.230.235:28015 checked 25d ago
Vital stats
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 61% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 18h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 10:28 UTC25d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include ride test?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include ride test: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What do the server tags on ride test mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from ride test: gmvanilla (Game mode): The mode is vanilla survival; mp100 (Max players): There are 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs166652 (Build): The game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Population
How does ride test rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank ride test at #13,904, within the top 61% of ranked servers.
How many players are on ride test right now?
The last sighting of ride test was 25 days 11 hours ago, and it is offline now.
Server facts
Is ride test online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: ride test was last seen 25 days 11 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 3 October 2026.
Where is ride test located?
There is no region from ride test. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 2.9.230.235:28015.
Which Rust version is ride test on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 is the version ride test runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
The wipe schedule
What happens on ride test when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on ride test?
Once a month is the whole wipe story for ride test, tied to the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. 25 days 13 hours is when the present world was made. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.
The rules
What are the rules and settings on ride test?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on ride test. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins are running on it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Getting in
How do I join ride test?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 2.9.230.235:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.