- 15
- Moscow, Russia
- Dimontez
I noticed a curious thing while playing longer career races, for example, 10 minutes ones. Last one I played, I was in a severely underpowered car on Willow Springs, managed to get the 3rd place, and then got stuck there. The gap was about 11 seconds give or take, shortening and widening through the splits, but I wasn't gaining ground at all for 3 laps. Then, on the second to last lap the gap comes down to 3 seconds, and I wasn't driving any faster. On the last lap I overtake both of the leaders and cost to victory.
The hell is that?
I noticed something similar to this earlier, but on that particular race it was much more obvious because I could see half a track in front of me. AIs weren't having any accidents, leaving the track, nothing. They just slowed down enough to let me through.
Would be great to hear from other people if this is the case across the board or it was just me getting (un)lucky.
EDIT:
Just thought of checking the timings in the replay. Yep, two leaders were 10 seconds slower on the second to last lap than on the previous one. Not in a single sector either, 3-4 seconds on each of the three sectors. They sped up again on the last lap, but were still good 5 seconds slower than their best laps.
This is absolute ********. Not only have I had to tune my car way under the specifications to get some challenge out of the races, now it turns out that the AI will still roll over if I can't win "fair". I can't get my head around it.
The hell is that?
I noticed something similar to this earlier, but on that particular race it was much more obvious because I could see half a track in front of me. AIs weren't having any accidents, leaving the track, nothing. They just slowed down enough to let me through.
Would be great to hear from other people if this is the case across the board or it was just me getting (un)lucky.
EDIT:
Just thought of checking the timings in the replay. Yep, two leaders were 10 seconds slower on the second to last lap than on the previous one. Not in a single sector either, 3-4 seconds on each of the three sectors. They sped up again on the last lap, but were still good 5 seconds slower than their best laps.
This is absolute ********. Not only have I had to tune my car way under the specifications to get some challenge out of the races, now it turns out that the AI will still roll over if I can't win "fair". I can't get my head around it.
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