Just a One Lap test, Damage Heavy, Tyre/Fuel 1x, with cars using Project Cars 2 specs: RS 500(390BHP/1035kg/303kph) and E30 Sport Evos(320BHP/983kg/298kph).
). Got the lead due to a big of SOPHYs causing garage in the SOPHY train during various laps. After I gained the lead(using an RS 500), the E30s that had pitted first due to early set pitting for damage, were 16 seconds behind. In a lap, they were six seconds behind. Then slowly kept a gap of .530 all the way to the finish line. I did get passed by the P2 E30 a few times with its more nimble handling.Here’s one! I thought I drove pretty well and went from 18th to 9th - first 3 were in a faster (LMGT1) class. Frustrating, trying to get past the two high power turbos of the Supra and GT-R! Finally gapped ‘em but not in time to compete for the win.
My guess is that Sophy's training, because it's per car, means it will take the same lines all the time, unless another car (the player) interrupts the flow, and that causes deviations their line.
Strange. I think my Formula races are the best one. I have one with the f3500 and one with the 1500+MP4/4.
Put the boost on it's default setting of off. That puts boost on and you'll find that at the halfway point in the race Sophy will slow down to let you catch her.
The pace is insane! I just did the exact same race with the exact same settings on Professional with the regular AI and took P2 with the fastest lap by myself of 2.51.173. And Sophy does 2.48.883 on Beginner! And not just the Sophy in lead, all Sophies have this pace! I'm a rather average driver but this will be a challenge even for the fast guys, I suppose. Which is fine for Professional but not for Beginner IMO.
I will try this tomorrow and report back here!
Yeah it seems like the difficulty options don't make much difference, perhaps it doesn't at all and the option is still there as a holdover from regular custom races.
I mean, no, it's just harder. Obviously some combos will be harder than others but I'd wager every reasonable combo is 100% winnable by a human, you just need to be good.
I recon some variation in the setups could get some nice entropy going in a formula spec series, making some less powerful, some heavier, some with higher aero setups some with lower. Id love to test this out when I have time, but it'd take a fair few copies of the cars which I don't have lol.
Yeah I'm worried about the same thing, especially with the 'toggle' for good pace being under enabling 'boost' like it could all just be an oversight they patch out.
Does it influence the car selection if you pick the random cars option for opponents? I think in Arcade the lower difficulty just gives you slower cars as opponents so maybe that logic is carried over?
I had multiple times in my Mustang Challenge races where the car behind me would jump at the chance to make a pass on a car that I was in the process of passing. I would clear the car and look back and they were side by side. In fact one of the cars I passed early on in the race actually latched onto the back of me and passed every car I passed and finished right behind me.
The AI will only use the tyres that the car comes with, or Racing: Hard if equipped.
So looks like everyone noticed the wonkiness of the Boost and Difficulty settings. I also don't have a realistic chance of following how perfect Sophy drives if I put myself at the end of the field with Slipstream on.
I guess that this leads to earning the most credits for the most fun, at least for me as a not so good driver. If I put Boost Off and Difficulty to Professional, it'll give me the most credits, but also a fighting chance, right?
They can leave the difficulty as it is for Professional or, as far as I'm concerned make it even harder as long as the other difficulties get toned down so we can get some actual variability.
Obviously not as simple as adjusting a difficulty toggle, but I’m curious if you can just power-up your own vehicle in the pre-race screen to create favorable difficulty conditions? I’d think Boost Weak with a little more oomph in your own car could work…it’d be a little more like racing the old AI, wherein the player has a horsepower advantage.
I personally wouldn't consider doing 2 laps of Bathurst in a Fiat 500 one make 'serious testing' they would need to bother optimising for - but you do you.
Sure, that's niche, I agree. But still someone had to make the decision for Sophy to use AT in a low powered car at a track with steep grades.
