Tire degradation in drift? Seriously?

[cypher2004]

Arrrrrgth! Today I realized that I will need to complete those retarded drift events as they will be required for the "beat all rivals" trophy.

To begin with, the person that decided that these stupid events should even be in the game should be thrown into a lion pit. Second, while doing the ones towards the end where you have to do 3 laps instead of the starting 2, I noticed that the car is almost impossible to handle on the last lap. On my 53rd attempt I turned on the telemetry and guess what I see. The tires are going off! WTF! Those god damn events are already hard enough and they only get harder towards the end, and what they do? They add tire degradation to make it almost impossible.

I want to see the so called developers who worked on the drift handling. Have they even tried playing it themselves? Feels like they just put some random numbers in, tried, it slides, ok, will do. Tick the task as done.

I didn't touch them before as I could barely make it through the tutorial. I've been playing them through for some 4 hours now and somehow just managed to finish them. Never managed to beat the american bloke (Grittin or whatever), we shared the first place with 44 points each. Still counts like I beat him. And thank God for that! Never even I will touch that game mode again.

Sorry for the rant. Just felt like saying it. I'm boiling inside! Usually I quite like drift but I absolutely hate it in this game. Why? WHY did they decide to put it into this game?... Why?...

 

[Widowmaker00]

I think its awesome when I'm drifting and the back tires blow out.

I made it through the drift events without a problem, I use a DS3.

 

[FuriousDemon]

Good thing there are no trophies on PC. I don't have to push myself to beat this crappy mode. If one day I have absolutely nothing else to do and feel like throwing a joystick at the wall or breaking my DFGT, then I'll give it another try. Until then, this mode is staying far and away from my sight.

 

[OLDSKOOLACURA]

I came across that problem. you can still drift (and have control with one tire), but the key is to not use full throttle while drifting. feather the throttle. I found if you do that you can get a little more life outta the tires. Those last two races took me some time

 

[CarreraGT]

Sounds reasonable to me... I would expect tyres to wear under that kind of punishment

 

[dice1998]

But why not any tire degredation when you run over pebbles/rocks in normal race mode?

 

[Widowmaker00]

But why not any tire degredation when you run over pebbles/rocks in normal race mode?

I've gotten flat tires several times in regular races.

 

[dice1998]

Oh there is tire degredation, I take back my statement then, sorry!

(I haven't had a flat yet)

 

[Hollidog]

If you turn damage to visual only then tires dont blow or wear out im pretty sure

 

[haehre]

Speaking of tire degradation, check out what happened to me while driving the Nissan GT1. I think the right rear tire just exploded down the straight of the Tokyo track.

 

[OLDSKOOLACURA]

I was able to pop all 4 tires on my nissan drift alliance car..lol

 

[sorg]

Stupid drift events should not be included into racing game. They should make separate NFS title for drifting freaks!

 

[OLDSKOOLACURA]

Stupid drift events should not be included into racing game. They should make separate NFS title for drifting freaks!

then don't do them, no one is making you drift.

 

[cornishbrooksy]

This is an odd one,
i bought the game on ps3 first as its my usual platform of choice and during the drift events i was popping tyres and really liked that detail, something that is often overlooked.
However when i saw the quality of the pc one i had to give it a go so i picked it up. But even though i have my settings the same (full damage, and so on), i cannot get the tyres to burst.
But i notice heavy degradation, especially the second london event with 3 laps and a target of around 1700 points, by the 3rd lap the car is undrivable the tyres are so worn.

Has anyone on the pc got the tyres to burst from wear in drifting?

 

[deftonesmx17]

Has anyone on the pc got the tyres to burst from wear in drifting?

Yes, there was a certain drift event that it occured 4-5 times in before I was able to complete the event without at least one bursting.

 

[OLDSKOOLACURA]

Yes, there was a certain drift event that it occured 4-5 times in before I was able to complete the event without at least one bursting.

+333333 same here

 

[tribolik]

Good thing there are no trophies on PC. I don't have to push myself to beat this crappy mode. If one day I have absolutely nothing else to do and feel like throwing a joystick at the wall or breaking my DFGT, then I'll give it another try. Until then, this mode is staying far and away from my sight.

I on the PS3 and I really dont get that «have to get the trophy» need. I play the game to enjoy myself, to have a good time and I could care less if I get the trophys or not... unless Im missing something..
Do we get a free PS3, a free game or a free DLC for completing all the trophys????? maybe a virgin or a real car??

Speaking of tire degradation, check out what happened to me while driving the Nissan GT1. I think the right rear tire just exploded down the straight of the Tokyo track.

that was pretty cool

But I think I saw someone in the audiance with a gun

 

[FuriousDemon]

I on the PS3 and I really dont get that «have to get the trophy» need. I play the game to enjoy myself, to have a good time and I could care less if I get the trophys or not... unless Im missing something..
Do we get a free PS3, a free game or a free DLC for completing all the trophys????? maybe a virgin or a real car??

Nope, none of that. I usually don't even go for the ultimate trophy but this is one game I really like, so if I was on PS3 I'd probably have a chance of getting all the trophies and drift could prevent me from it

 

[cornishbrooksy]

Problem solved....i didnt realise i had the handling set to novice ( i thought it only changed what aids you had on, not the handling of the car and tyre degredation).
Soon as i turned it to experienced....*pop*.....sorted!

Im not quite at elite level

 

[konvict1981]

I on the PS3 and I really dont get that «have to get the trophy» need. I play the game to enjoy myself, to have a good time and I could care less if I get the trophys or not... unless Im missing something..
Do we get a free PS3, a free game or a free DLC for completing all the trophys????? maybe a virgin or a real car??


No I don't think you get anything for getting trophies, but it's more of a since of accomplishment. I'm not one to play a game for this reason.