Pathetically easy seasonal.
Sorry to keep harping on about the SRF but I want to chip in my disgust at this forced aid.
I did this event in my S2000 with a power limiter installed and the wing removed, with one hand.. while watching television..
Seriously.. I don't know what's going on in PDs heads, I normally wouldn't be 'jumping to conclusions' like this but I feel like I've been spat in the face.
I first played GT1 when I was what.. 4/5 years old? Yeah I sucked at first and it took me ages to figure out how /anything/ worked. But I started picking it up and by the time GT2 came out I was a decent driver.
So after 15 years of working at my driving and eternal loyalty to the game that made my childhood and has been a part of my life more than my own family was, I get training wheels bolted on to me so that "everyone can be on the same level and everyone gets a fair chance, cause the new people who just got it for christmas might not be as good as you are"
Okay. No. That's fine PD. But I've never said a WORD about SRF, I never even batted an eyelid at it. I went "huh, that's an interesting way of having an easy mode" and moved on.
But forcing me to use something where I can put a brick on my accelerator and steer with my feet and still win is just insulting to my intelligence and the intelligence of the people who just picked up Academy Edition for Xmas or your religious equivilant.
I ignored it for christmas because of the timing and the fact the cars we were using would actually be rather hard for new drivers to manage, especially with the weather thrown in, but this is very different.
I do apologise for the rant it's not something I'd normally do, I just genuinely feel insulted.
I guess at the end of the day it's not forced on outside of this event and I don't /have to do it/ (though my OCD requires me to complete every event so.. good luck with that one brain) I just.. yeah.
I dunno, it just hurts in a way that I never thought I could be hurt.
Normally I'd just remember it's a big corporation and it's in no way a personal dig, but this is different in a very weird way.
I feel your pain my friend, I really do. Let me explain a bit further my distaste with SRF being
forced on.
From day one, I have driven with only ABS 1, even with a controller for like the first 6 months till I got my wheel. I did this for one reason, and one reason only. I wanted to develope my skillset right from the beginning with no aids, except for the ABS 1 which seemed to be the mainstream and what most everyone was using at first. Plus, it is a realistic aid as most cars have ABS.
Anyhow, I continued on, developing my skillset as realistic as possible. I learned car control, basic and advanced driving skills as its applied to circuit racing. Throttle control, braking, steering, ect. as in slow in, fast out, trailbraking, correct racing lines and everything.
Now along comes SRF which totally throws all that I have worked hard to learn, right out the window. You can just mash the gas and go. No driving skill involved really. Its like driving on a velcro track with velcro tires. Totally goes against every skill I have developed over the last 2 1/2 years. I absolutly hate it with a passion.
Now, having said that, if others want to use that aid, or any other aid, thats fine. I don't have one problem with that at all and will not look down on anyone who does use them. I may take a friendly jab at someone here and there about it, but thats all it is, just a friendly ribbing.
PD can solve this whole thing just by turning all aids off
(not locking them off) and let the people that want to use them turn them on themselves. I can't see what is so hard about that. Instead, they force them on and turn the game into an arcade racer, turning the cars into insane grip monsters allowing you to drive unrealistically.
The sub-title to this game is "The Real Driving Simulator." There is nothing real about having SRF forced on. Its just another arcade racer that way if you ask me and goes against everything I have learned about circuit racing.
Hope this clears things up to some who seem to have a problem with me and my views on the situation. If you want to use an aid, go ahead, but don't make me use it if I don't want to.
