Multiplayer has been a mixed bag.
The Civic TCR "Qualifier" series or whatever was actually kinda fun, and it seemed people were being careful and I had a few races that were actually decent battles for a few laps.
The Forza GT series has been abysmal though. I'm 4.8k/S for ratings, and the 6 or so races I did were all a disaster with people divebombing and running people out wide on the first lap of the race instead of settling in. People clearly are not worried about their safety rating in those lobbies, and I don't yet know how lenient the system is before it boots you down a rank.
I guess it's best to wait and see how things are in a month or so, after ratings have normalized a bit.
In multiplayer on several occasions it has happened to me with the cars already on the grid to start the race, that a message appears about waiting for more drivers, the screen goes black forever and I have to exit the game.
(Playing on Xbox)
Has anyone had the same problem?
Yeah, have had several issues with multiplayer transitioning into the game.
Also several issues getting groups of players into the same lobby. When you bring in a party several people would get stuck choosing their car and have to dashboard the game.
We have also had multiple instances where a lobby loads in and a race starts, but one driver in the lobby can't steer, only use gas/brake. Unplugging their controller doesn't fix it, going into settings doesn't fix it, all they can do is back out... But the next race, everything works fine again.
Question - I have only just completed the Introduction 3 races, and a few of the Featured (GR86) races, but if I wanted to "level up" other cars I purchase, do I have to just do endless Free Play races? Or do I have to find the relevant Builders Cup set of races, and do them on repeat?
Unsure how this mechanic works. Worried about being forced down a route of only driving what the game tells me to, like GT7 Cafe.
Also, at what stage/car level do you have to be, to have enough Car Points to be able to "max out" a car?
You have to level them up in free play races or free play test drive mode if you don't have a Builder's Cup series unlocked where you can use the car you want in, of if you do then yeah just repeat the series.
Since there are no multiplayer hoppers for all classes, you can't just hop in one of those to level a car up in a specific class. You can do private lobbies and level cars up racing with friends though. I guess you could do Rivals, but without your car being at top of class, you have basically no chance at setting any kind of decent time... but maybe it could be a fun challenge to see how high you can get with a stock car?
I find this annoying, as I'm sitting around feeling like I should be leveling up my cars to be "constructive" but I also can't access a championship for anything I really want to drive or work on leveling up at the moment.
Maybe I missed something, but is there a way to turn on distances/time to the car behind and infront?
I am only a few races into Single Player and it hasnt shown up yet.
I have the Sector Score and Car Level top right, and Lap Times, Lap Delta top left.
In the "Gameplay & HUD" section, do you have the "Mini Leaderboard" turned on? It's like the 9th or so option down, I think that does it.
To be fair, AI in several games do something very similar when you stop/go very slow in front of them... But yeah the AI is pretty terrible and hardly some big improvement. I think I'd probably prefer FM7 AI to be honest, even with its cheating they didn't pit on lap 2 of a 5 lap race and you wouldn't see 3 cars in succession drive off the track face first into a wall like lemmings.
Pitting seems to screw up the AI, as several tracks now I've watched AI come out of the pits and immediately blow the next corner, usually rejoining horribly after they dig their way out of the gravel or whatever. Eagle Rock Club is the worst/funniest because of the chicane.
Can anyone confirm the 90 Audi Quattro ISMA is available at launch without winning it or anything behind some kind of wall?
Yes it is. You can rent it from the start if you don't have credits, or buy it for 319k credits.
