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Apparently FIA nation/manufacturer races too, I like doing those and starting this week they added in fuel/tire factor... bleh
NEW EXPLOIT - Tyre "healing" without stopping
- Thread starter eAxis Patohm
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- JacksHereR
i hope it doesn`t work in the FIA championship races.
but to be fair this guy is really fair in racing, one of the few where i trust him on the outside of the corner to not be left behind in the gravel,and genuinly fast on track, he is capable of winning on his own without this bug.well maybe not with tyre management
but to be fair this guy is really fair in racing, one of the few where i trust him on the outside of the corner to not be left behind in the gravel,and genuinly fast on track, he is capable of winning on his own without this bug.well maybe not with tyre management
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I knew it I was going to make a thread about this but thought it was just me. I have been in the same sport races with this guy everyday and I swear he has won every race. We literally qualified the same time so we where closely matched and yesterday I was winning a race but had to pit, but he continued and I thought no big deal because I thought the stop was quicker and I literally couldn't catch him, he was lapping identical lap times in the 10th lap. I honestly thought I was just out of form and doing **** but then after I tried to fuel save and stay with him and I ended 30 seconds behind him. It looks like he didn't even use lean fuel mix once. I get matched up with this guy every game and he is a really good driver but I haven't seen him lose in ages or pit in ages when everyone else does. It's kinda been putting me of sport races at the moment because I keep losing races because of bad strategy but I think this might be part of the problem. And I have just realised it's the some of the same people from the video.
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- Shottah072
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- booch16
IN BEFORE: It's not cheating if everyone can do it!Wow this is a crazy bug!
The question for me is, will Polyphony Digital ban players from all online services for pressing the options button during a race since it's perfectly 'legal'?
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I should imagine it's an extremely small percentage of people doing this. The chances of someone doing it in a race you join is minimal. I'm going to carry on as normal and I would suggest everyone else does too.
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- Shottah072
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You can finish the race without refuling, but you have to be careful... you dont have to Change lean, when you are very efficient... i have not changed the fuel mix in my racer either... The trick is not fuel but only tires... which give a 2-3 sec. advantage per lap easily at the end of the race.
I recognise most of the names in that race and wouldn't have suspected any of them of cheating. I've seen that PSN ID win plenty of races and be consistently at the front. Hard to figure whether this is the reason or not. Hate that people's strong performances get called into question all the time.
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- Tassie_tiger
Thanks for raising this.Hello guys,
i just met someone using a new exploit. My enemy was able to "heal" his tires in today daily race "C" (tire+fuel wear, 10 laps, Suzuka, Gr3) - With enemy, i dont want to expose anyone! I dont want to acurse him of anything, i will just explain what just happend to me! But im still mad he stole my win on this unfair way
It was unbeliebable! Times in Top Lobbys are normally VERY Close, but my enemy got unbelievable Speed at the end of the Race. Im sure he did it on purpose and knows exactly what he was doing, since he "sandbagged" his time to not get exposed... but he made a mistake.... i slowly studied the race and observed the bug!
Pace Start of Race (fastest laps til lap 4)
1. Patohm (2:00,9) (0 stop tactic)
2. Driver 2 (2:01,2) (1 stop tactic)
3. Driver 3 (2:01,0) (0 Stop tactic)
4. Driver 4 (2:01,0) (0 Stop tactic)
Pretty close right? Ok, after lap 4 the first Drivers go to pit. Nearly everyone stop, only Patohm (me) in Porsche, Driver 3 in Porsche and Driver 4 in Nissan stayed out!
Pace is dropping significantly for the 0 stopper, even Driver 3 who is using "fresh tires" at least twice til lap 7/8 - he tries to save fuel and "sandbag" his potenzial time...
Then the wonder happens - UNBELIEVABLE PACE:
LAP 8
Patohm - 2:02,9 (8 lap old tires)
Driver 3 - 2:00,5 (never stopped but fresh tires)
Driver 4 - 2:03,3 (8 lap old tires)
Driver 2 - 2:00,8 (1 lap old tires)
He exposed himself... At first i thought it was a Display bug... but the last two laps were so FAST... he even slowed down on last lap to not score a new record time...
In the replay you can clearly see, that he is "healing" his tiring, by just pressing "Options".... ist unbelievable, but true!
Important questions:
- How is this possible?
- exploit or bug by account (like grip bug)?
- are the new FIA races doomed?
Please tell what you find out about this bug!! PD must be informed, so this mess gets patched!!
VIDEO OF PROOF WILL FOLLOW ASAP!
Regards,
Patohm
Good find. 👍
I was able to recreate the issue in a private lobby so I've created a short video as evidence (and written a description) and put it into the pipeline.
Hopefully the ticket will be submitted to PD tomorrow.
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Agree that's the thing the people doing it are very fast and clean driver it's sad they need to lower themselves to that level.Remember not to name and shame anyone on gtpwe don't want any unnecessary bans for fellow gtpers
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- GTP_Superwally, supahwally
Glad someone spotted this, nice job OP and anyone else putting the puzzle pieces in place.
We will know when PD know. Race C will likely lose tire wear-unless it's an easy fix that they can patch, of course.
We will know when PD know. Race C will likely lose tire wear-unless it's an easy fix that they can patch, of course.
- 2,295
- Indiana
- pie4july
I'm not even going to take a chance racing now. I'm glad this issue has been brought to light, but now it's going to spread like wildfire
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- Shottah072
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- United States
This is 100x worse than the grip bug because it is available to everybody who plays the game not just a select few. PD must at the very least acknowledge this within 48 hours and work on a solution ASAP. Silence on something this huge is just plain irresponsible and a slap in the face to the people that play this game fairly every day.
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- Shottah072
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Guys I haven't been around the forms for that long and wasn't aware about this grip bug. Can someone briefly tell we what it actually is? Don't get of topic though just one post haha
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i hope it doesn`t work in the FIA championship races.
but to be fair this guy is really fair in racing, one of the few where i trust him on the outside of the corner to not be left behind in the gravel,and genuinly fast on track, he is capable of winning on his own without this bug.well maybe not with tyre management
Hope it too that it don't work on FIA Races. We will see after race. I give it one chance. After 2 victorys an over 4700 points with my Mercedes, that will ruin my strong start at season
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- Warlock__SRB
...set by side my little joke up there, but it is unbelievable for me that things in todays day and age are not server side, this glitch is a proof (at least from standpoint that it is shown) that most things are done on console side, seems as server is listening to console/client, and what console says server will do.
This needs a fix ASAP...
This needs a fix ASAP...
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Grip Bug was an issue that gave a lot more grip to a small number of players. Generally considered to be worth 1.5 to 3 seconds advantage per lap. It was fixed during the last update.
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- Shottah072
Hope PD will at least turn of tire wear tomorrow or the day after untill they get it fixed.
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Ah right thanks good that was patched
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Well here's one caught in the act. I wondered how I couldn't keep up one race as he didn't pit yet I wasn't gaining time. Next race he span off at the start, ended up in 17th and finished 2nd. Saved the replay, low and behold..... Watch this, cheating bar steward. Unbelievable!
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