Weird cos I have turned off mine.
Are you sure? Cause when you manually shut it down, it doesn't do anything, it thinks of itself as important as antivir processes, user has no privileges to shut it off. Only way i know how to get rid of SRW in process list is to delete the whole game. I have NEVER seen an updater that is so persistent. Google update maybe is the second worst, QT third but they can be shut down manually. They just pop up again in few hours/days and stay in memory after udpate is done but at least they aren't thinking "i'm the most important thing here".. Silent updater that can not be shut off, staying quiet 24/7.. How is that not dubious?
If ingame options turn it off, then at least there is a way to do it. I installed SRW, played couple of games, FFB was still on/off but that is another issue that i've been told is totally my problem (with Momo black.. i would understand if i had some exotic controller...and with good knowledge of gM2 engine, i know it's bullcrap, devs just don't care or have talent enough to make it actually work..about old hardwares. download r3e and see how controller should work, you just launch the game, first time and EVERY wheel in the world just works "out-of-the-box" without any additional trickery.. SimBin knows that stuff.. ) I tolerated that SRW in process list for couple of weeks, it really is quite harmless. It just sits there.. waiting..Why?
I repeat: my problem with SRW updater is not that it can be disabled somewhere. My problem with it is that it has privileges usually reserved for CRITICAL processes like antivirus software and windows core components. I can understand that they have elevated rights and need to run the whole time your OS is running. SimRaceWay is NOT A CRITICAL PROCESS, it should not be allowed to act like one. No matter if it's possible to disable ingame or that i can not manually shut it down while i'm ingame.
It is and stays my fervent opinion that no one should trust SRW because of un-orthodox approaches towards process privileges that are commonly used by antivir, viruses and malwares.