Quite odd that you have this. I've seen less and less of these occurrences after patch 2.0. (I'm on 3.0 now.) AI performance in the rain is clearly slower. I have not lost a single track position to AI in the rain since patches. AI has returned to track behind me 90% of the time they go off track.
Plays with a pad, with auto gears and AI set to 50, calls game 'arcade'...Quite so.
I'm in the middle of my second season, having gone from Tier 8 shifter karts to Tier 7 superkarts (though oddly it's May and I haven't driven one of them yet). I've not lost a race yet, but the Driver Profile says I've entered 6 more races than I've won... I repeatedly don't get bonus points for pole or race fastest lap despite them being in the series/event regulations. I've seen a few other little weird niggles, like my car suddenly appearing on the grid at the race start overview and bouncing on the spot briefly (seems to only have happened with the BMW 1 Series) and the fact that the game's in-game fans and team staff can't cope with the concept of you winning 4 or more races in a row and keep praising you on your three-in-a-row...
Now, I'll point out for clarity that I'm playing with the pad on the middle settings at default - so auto gears, AI set to 50, the whole 'average gamer' schmear - but the AI are absolutely imbecilic. They're not slow per se, but they are pig-ignorant and prone to absolutely ludicrous, wild manouevres after getting within a pixel of you - you simply cannot correct a line in the middle of a corner like they do. AND WHY IS THE GAME SO DAMN LOUD?! I LITERALLY CAN'T TELL WHAT I'M DRIVING BECAUSE ALL OF THE ENGINE SOUNDS ARE JUST A WALL OF NOISE AND WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING ON KART TRACKS THE AI SOUND LIKE THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO YOU WHEN YOU HAVE A 30 SECOND LEAD - though some of the opponent cars do sound very nice indeed (Atom 300 particularly). That's not a bug though. Probably.
I'll keep plugging at it and hope that I can get a wheel to give it a proper stretch, but for now to me this is just another arcade racing game (Project JAARG?) to stack in the pile with Driveclub, NFS and so on.
I second that.
I guess simplified physics. Using a pad on standard settings won't give you as much input as you would get with a wheel. He just gives me the impression he didn't really bother with the game yet he jokingly classifies it on the same level as NFS.
I think that's the thing indeedAnything that's not GT6.
It might however change how you perceive the physics, especially if your input device is not dialed in properly (there's a lot of sliders for the pad too). And having no FFB also means losing some of the available feedback.
Not easy to rule out idiots like that I guess.Wall riding still
Apparently you didn't bother reading the post you quoted:Plays with a pad, with auto gears and AI set to 50, calls game 'arcade'...
Better turn aids off, play with a wheel and set the AI to something respectable before judging the game
Do you also think I accidentally mentioned the fact I'm using a pad and default average game settings, or do you think I included it as a caveat?I'll keep plugging at it and hope that I can get a wheel to give it a proper stretch, but for now to me this is just another arcade racing game (Project JAARG?
Perhaps, I don't know, read the post so you can find out how much I bothered with it and why I'm saying what I said?
Apparently you didn't bother reading the post you quoted
Didn't mention anything about the physics, for reference - just that the AI are morons, the engines are too loud to be discernable and there's some very stupid, obvious bugs in there. Not sure how the controller type or driving assists affects any of that.
Perhaps, I don't know, read the post so you can find out how much I bothered with it and why I'm saying what I said?
Radical concept, I know.
I read your comment, but I am curious on if you consider GT6 a sim along with Asseto Corsa.Quite so.
I'm in the middle of my second season, having gone from Tier 8 shifter karts to Tier 7 superkarts (though oddly it's May and I haven't driven one of them yet). I've not lost a race yet, but the Driver Profile says I've entered 6 more races than I've won... I repeatedly don't get bonus points for pole or race fastest lap despite them being in the series/event regulations. I've seen a few other little weird niggles, like my car suddenly appearing on the grid at the race start overview and bouncing on the spot briefly (seems to only have happened with the BMW 1 Series) and the fact that the game's in-game fans and team staff can't cope with the concept of you winning 4 or more races in a row and keep praising you on your three-in-a-row...
Now, I'll point out for clarity that I'm playing with the pad on the middle settings at default - so auto gears, AI set to 50, the whole 'average gamer' schmear - but the AI are absolutely imbecilic. They're not slow per se, but they are pig-ignorant and prone to absolutely ludicrous, wild manouevres after getting within a pixel of you - you simply cannot correct a line in the middle of a corner like they do. AND WHY IS THE GAME SO DAMN LOUD?! I LITERALLY CAN'T TELL WHAT I'M DRIVING BECAUSE ALL OF THE ENGINE SOUNDS ARE JUST A WALL OF NOISE AND WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING ON KART TRACKS THE AI SOUND LIKE THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO YOU WHEN YOU HAVE A 30 SECOND LEAD - though some of the opponent cars do sound very nice indeed (Atom 300 particularly). That's not a bug though. Probably.
I'll keep plugging at it and hope that I can get a wheel to give it a proper stretch, but for now to me this is just another arcade racing game (Project JAARG?
Yeah, I just commented on AI at the main forum. They increases situational awareness and this can generate odd results when your aggressive.Quite so.
I'm in the middle of my second season, having gone from Tier 8 shifter karts to Tier 7 superkarts (though oddly it's May and I haven't driven one of them yet). I've not lost a race yet, but the Driver Profile says I've entered 6 more races than I've won... I repeatedly don't get bonus points for pole or race fastest lap despite them being in the series/event regulations. I've seen a few other little weird niggles, like my car suddenly appearing on the grid at the race start overview and bouncing on the spot briefly (seems to only have happened with the BMW 1 Series) and the fact that the game's in-game fans and team staff can't cope with the concept of you winning 4 or more races in a row and keep praising you on your three-in-a-row...
Now, I'll point out for clarity that I'm playing with the pad on the middle settings at default - so auto gears, AI set to 50, the whole 'average gamer' schmear - but the AI are absolutely imbecilic. They're not slow per se, but they are pig-ignorant and prone to absolutely ludicrous, wild manouevres after getting within a pixel of you - you simply cannot correct a line in the middle of a corner like they do. AND WHY IS THE GAME SO DAMN LOUD?! I LITERALLY CAN'T TELL WHAT I'M DRIVING BECAUSE ALL OF THE ENGINE SOUNDS ARE JUST A WALL OF NOISE AND WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING ON KART TRACKS THE AI SOUND LIKE THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO YOU WHEN YOU HAVE A 30 SECOND LEAD - though some of the opponent cars do sound very nice indeed (Atom 300 particularly). That's not a bug though. Probably.
I'll keep plugging at it and hope that I can get a wheel to give it a proper stretch, but for now to me this is just another arcade racing game (Project JAARG?
I've never played AC, so I can't comment.
It has a lot of them. I've not encountered anything game-breaking yet - though others have - but the really daft things that any amount of playtesting would have revealed. As mentioned, I'm plodding through on "average gamer settings" (which by definition will be the settings that the average gamer uses) and I've seen so many things in three days on the third major version of the game that a professional playtester would have picked up. There's loads of things they've tried to do with it and either left in a "that'll do" state or not tested properly.I will admit the game has some flaws (like all games for that matter) but SMS is slowly fixing and improving the game
One assumes they count as losses if you skip them altogether? I only remember not topping the time sheets in two practice sessions - one of which I did a 1st place lap in the first 2 laps by 5s then simulated the rest of the session and was mysteriously beaten at the death by a car that ran 5s slower in a real-time only qualifying session and I lapped in the race...
was this not changed after Patch 3 ?
There is a whole topic about that on the main forum.
I'm glad you said that, because I thought I was imagining it.
I have to play with headphones so I don't wake my children up.
Definitely not in the dynamic weather, physics, tuning and track departments. But to each their own I guess. QA you're right about IMO (and you didn't even mention regression, like some of the controller issues).
I've got the PC hooked up to my Denon Receiver + 5.1 HK speakers and while some cars are great, particularly the race cars are a LOT louder than others. I have to turn the volume down to half of what it's normally at when racing those in the evenings or the rumble from the sub can be heard all the way up the third floor. (Never mind the kids, the mrs. wrath is worse
) When playing on my laptop (stereo) it's less of an issue. I like AC's sounds better (more coherent and smooth), but would pick both over GT any day (though some of the newer cars in GT6 are certainly promising).
