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Well said, @Cote Dazur. I look forward to trying other PC Sims, hopefully soon. It seems like each has it's pro's, while each also has it's cons.
For me it's not even friends, any other people will do. I know the total number of players into online racing on either AC or GT is tiny compared to the number playing by themselves, but man, look at the online presence GT6 still has.
Honestly the sound is more of an issue for me than physics comparing GT vs. AC. I came to peace with GT's physics after 10 or so hours online in AC. I had a few interesting races, but out of the few people I encountered online I'm either miles ahead of them or they're miles ahead of me. Too few and far in between for fun racing. Meanwhile, how realistically was the car driving? It didn't matter that much. Maybe if my brakes wouldn't keep locking up at 1/4 brake pedal stroke I could have caught up to the guys out front and had more funchalk up "pedal calibration" as one more thing to look forward to in an AC patch!
I'll say GT's driving experience is vanilla compared to AC. But the close and usually clean online racing that is essentially on demand through quick match in GT more than makes up for that. (I say usually clean - most races start off as a disaster, but once the quick guys shake out to the front it's good times.) I am not someone who goes out of their way to make the online experience work - I'm really not that hardcore at all. Which is why I'm excited for GT Sport and simultaneously worried for AC. I don't like to talk optimistically about PD, but if GTS improves on GT6 quick match even slightly you'll find me nowhere else. I think the ranking/matchmaking system will do much more than slightly improve the experience, and I think they will draw a lot of unlikely folks like me online. Then if Porsche straightens up like all other auto makers re: allowing the use of their name and cars in basically all racing games.. it won't be long before they're in GT and I'll really have no reason to fire up AC at all
You're not alone. Every person who's come through this forum has said the online portion is like a ghost town, which is very strange to me. Especially in the early days of release. I could see people eventually getting fed up with certain friends region locked out, not liking the car/track combos available, etc. Yet, it seemed like from Day 1 everybody was saying the same thing "Online is empty!". I believe that GTSport will have an enormous online presence whenever it eventually launches, from Day 1.
What kind of pedals do you have? I personally have to press down on my pedal 100% before I even slip into 1st gear to ensure that I get full range pedal travel. I do the same with my throttle, just to be safe. Many others have told me they have to do the same. I'm using a DFGT wheel and the included pedals. Try that the next time you're heading out on the track. If I don't do that. My brakes will lock up if I even breathe on the pedal. Or, if I only press half way down, when I start driving my brakes will go to 100% when I've only pressed halfway with my foot. I have a little app on my screen that indicates pedal pedal use, so it's a quick reminder if I don't "calibrate" the thing before driving off. I swear that I had to do this in GT6 too, although, I may just be misremembering as it was over a year ago that I stopped playing GT6.
I would never, ever purposely use rain as a setting. I probably wouldn't even use night...but who knows? I didn't really care for it in GT6. I can't remember ever setting the time of day to night time. It would always be someone else's decision in a room I was in, or something like that. I know they're desired by many - just giving my personal feeling on those two things.
I'm not sure I trust those guys in the pCars forum. 
And the Porsche pack I'm looking forward to the most is still coming this month so all good.
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, no sound glitches, and hundreds of mods. 
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