- 5,184
- Phoenix, AZ
- nitrorocks
Xenn
Yeah hate that
Worst you've dealt with online...
- Thread starter Tommy_861
- 5,982 comments
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Yeah hate that
- 412
^that..that is exactly the reason why for me the most important thing that PD should add is road car category in on-line.
I make room almost every day, and this is the title *ROAD CARS ONLY* and i am either forced to kick them out cause they dont change car after multiple warnings, or they asking me to change the rules and cause i dont they exit, or they flame and then exit...
- 3,585
- Phoenix, AZ
- GTP_Snaeper
This.
You guys either need to lower your expectations or start using Shuffle Rooms.
Pros to a Shuffle Room:
- You know what you're getting into, competition-wise
- You know what to expect car-wise
- Street cars use actual street tires (imo, anything that uses racing slicks is a race car).
- Racing relies purely on performance, not tuning.
- Racing is often close
- Even when it's a little dirty, it can still be fun. Dare I say even a little challenging.
- Cars used are not yours, thus you do not accrue km's.
Cannot use your Gold Chrome cars. Shame.Some drivers have difficulty coping with the challenge that harder Sports and Comfort tires provide, there is often quite a bit of fender-banging.Communist-like success rewards. A slower car and I have to start from the back of the pack? God forbid you make the shuffle racing as boring as 2011's F1 Season. (VettelVettelVettelVettelVettelVettelVettel).
Seriously though, the only con would have to be patience. In many cases, a Shuffle lobby will clean up if you show up without saying a word race clean around those who are racing clean, get some good finishes and then impose your will upon the bad apples. Keep your calm and if everyone else you passed/raced against thinks you did a good job, you'll have a flash mob rooting for him to get kicked along with you. After that, you keep things clean and even the "Do I race clean or dirty?" guys will fall in after one race in the lobby. Now that I look at the above list, point number two is a justifiable con too...
EDIT: Right! The whole reason I came in here in the first place. To give two perfect examples of the above paragraph. And to talk about how awesome shuffle racing is, I'm still not done.
So a few days ago I had an amazing day in a shuffle racing lobby. Racked up 10 wins (including 8 in a row) and walked away a firmer believer in shuffler racing than I had ever been before. Simply outstanding, the format is! A day or two later, I had another fairly average good day... but the key factor is how both started.
Snaeper's entertaining story time!
Chapter 1: Nurburgring's Night
I started off on what I would normally consider dreadful conditions. Nurburgring Nordschleife at night with a large grid in a car that was good, but that I had little experience in, the Lexus LFA. There were also penalties on, but I didn't know that until the race started (I normally hate penalties on the Nurb due to the narrowness of the track and the ease in which one can find himself accruing short cut penalties with off-track excursions). Despite my recent addition to the group, there were several others who had joined just shortly after me, so I started off with a few cars in front of me going down that dreadfully short stretch into the 90 degree death trap of doom (When will you people learn that the Nurburgring TypeV or 24h are much more superior versions to race on... since those are the versions that people actually race on when they go to the Nurb). We start off, I manage a good launch but I meet the rear end of a fellow in a Ruf Yellow bird. I grudgingly accepted the collision penalty and it had to have been for the better as I would've most likely gotten run over anyways.
The field makes it's entire pass and I start up in the rear, chasing down the majority of the pack which is, of course, beating and banging over the woefully inadequate first mile on the track. Cars spin, smoke flies,
Unfortunately, my lead is short as the Nurburgring sends me sailing off the track and nose-first into the railing. I get to work my way back to through the pack, again. This really is no easy ta... oh who am I kidding, I'm back up to second again (10 car field, counting me) in no time and I've caught the leader as we're exiting the carousel (I'd rather spell it in English and get it right than spell it in German and get it wrong) but why is he going so slow? Pow! Another collision penalty since he decided to kick his feet up for a moment. Even in penalty mode, I'm still moving faster than him, but I'm back in fourth as three other cars race past. We both (the former leader in the BMW who I'll be referring to as "that cheeky fellow", and I) resume pace at the same time and upon reaching the first turn, he decides that because he's going faster than I am since I'm "braking too much" he has ample reason to turn my Lexus around. The resulting spin has me facing his car and accelerating as I tried to pummel him into the wall, though I only earn myself another collision penalty.
At this point, I'm sitting in the grass loping back to the track in last position, feeling that anguish that I'm sure we all feel at some point or another on the Online mode after we've been on the receiving end of an arse. I continue on, though, driven by the fact that there's still a whole lap and a half to go (I had forgotten that I'd already cleaned my way through the field from the back to the front twice, too) and I proceed to work my way all the way up to third leading down onto the long straight before the first lap is even finished. Drafting helps overtake the leader in a Miura, which causes him and that cheeky fellow to resort to desperate grass-mowing measures to try to reclaim the lead.
It didn't work and I don't know why they even bothered as there was still a whole other lap to go. What happened instead is that I opened up an 18 second lead and never saw any of them again for the rest of the race.
Chapter 2: That Cheeky Fellow
After a few races of clean racing, good positions and respectable etiquette, I had earned the opinion and trust of some of my fellow racers. That cheeky fellow continued to assume that me going slower into a turn was not his problem and would promptly turn me around when given the chance. Upon questioning, he explained that I was braking too much, or at least that's all I could understand.
I then sent a Message to the OP and asked for his removal (as he, too, had felt the vengeance of that cheeky fellow's front bumper) and said cheerio! as our disrespectful competitor was given das boot. A short-while after, I won in a Viper '03, Jaguar XKR, Bertone Miura, E55 AMG (in the rain), Callaway C12, BMW M3 '07, BMW M3 '07 and lastly a Toyota Supra RZ. The PP value never faltered from 500. I made several friends and the racing was glorious because I didn't let that cheeky fellow ruin my day... and instead chose to ruin his.
The End
Epilogue
The next day or so, I encountered a similar individual shortly after joining a shuffle lobby. I had been racing clean, albeit there was some rubbing (though I never felt I caused anyone undue harm), when one of my competitors see's fit to turn me around amidst the race. During the hot laps preceding the next race, I promptly exhale my frustration and give him a firm punting off of the track. Nothing was at stake, of course. He turns me around again the next race so I begin a discussion with him and he calls me "a punk". We had just finished a race at Laguna Seca and I had been turning into him as we raced side-by-side down the front stretch, I never forced him into the wall, I just let him know that I didn't care for him and if he wanted to drive rough, we could driver rough. He tried to turn me into the wall, of course it backfired and he ricocheted off me and into the wall causing him to lose considerable position. He then attempted to ram me off the track but only proceeded to drive straight through me into the sand trap.
Well we were now racing again (Ironically, we each had the same exact car as the last race, him in a 300C and me in a Mercedes CL600). Going into the final turn at Laguna Seca, I was presented with the opportunity to give his car a thorough t-boning. I actually hadn't really meant to do it, but he made himself available and since I was "a punk" I might as well keep up appearances, so I rammed his butt out of the way and he left.
The best part, though, was that everyone else in the room was commending me for my driving courtesy and skills and were all happy to race with me. They mentioned this openly and thanked me several times for being a good and clean sport. I wonder who was in the wrong?
Moral of the story: Shuffle racing is awesome if you're patient... and awesome.
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- 400
- Somewhere
- ThunderMarauder
2 idiots blocked Madrid Mini with Tank Cars.
Seriously, Jay Leno?
Seriously, Jay Leno?
- 427
- Houston, TX
- GTP_MustangGT
MasterLeaf
Was it intended? Me and some other people do that in a lobby with our friends. Never laughed so hard in my life watching a fiat 500 try to go through the Tank Cars. 👍
- 28,470
- Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- Johnnypenso
I would have to say the majority of online rooms do not follow their room titles, perhaps because the original host has long gone and others have taken over. My guess would be at least 50% of rooms are at PP levels or using cars that don't coincide with the room title so it's no surprise that people don't bother to read the room titles before entering. It would be a great feature if the original host was able to lock the settings to the cars he originally intended to use in the room title. It it says "GT500" in the title then GT500 cars should be locked as the only cars able to be used in that room, by any host.
- 966
- Tennessee
- Bobert962C
- 2,000
- Canada
- TakumiFuji01
Worst thing I dealt with was these wannabe Initial D fans from MCLA who moved to GT5 and the team is called TougeHeroes (they're apparently ex-Project D kids). They have such bad grammar and their skills are bad. they make up this event called "Touge Drift" where they put there Toscana Tarmac courses at night and restrict at CH tires. I defeated them couple of times but when ever they lose, there main excuse is, "I didn't try hard, I was going easy on you" or "I was barely going full-throttle".
They think even balance and weight is never the key and that driver skill is the key (basically they ignore the car setup, full tune it and just drive with "superb" skill). They like to trick most people when they race, like changing explanation in rules and etc. never going to race these little kids again.
They think even balance and weight is never the key and that driver skill is the key (basically they ignore the car setup, full tune it and just drive with "superb" skill). They like to trick most people when they race, like changing explanation in rules and etc. never going to race these little kids again.
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- 280
- Missouri
- Emman1984
Worth I dealt with was car flashing and disappearing in the back of me ramming me off the road I'm like whoa and sometime I see them morph straight past me I even seen car crash to the rails and jump back to the center and some even ride the rails with just 2 wheels I'm still trying to google how to prevent this what cause this to happen sometimes I think it either Sony Servers or my Internet Connection or maybe that person internet connection I'm just clueless for real everytime I see that I'm like uhh how is they doing this ?
- 1,123
- Georgia
- Barrettcsk
MustangCobra95
No what is even funnier is listening to my friend freakout when I drive a X1 2011 full speed at his Fiat 500!! I laughed my head off when the little midget cat went right up into the air!!!HAHAHA!!!!!
- 427
- Houston, TX
- GTP_MustangGT
carfanatic45
Yeah it's more fun when you play "Marked Man" in a fiat and your "hit men" drive Tank cars and X1s.
I love screwing around with my friends online. If it wasn't for them, especially bobert, I would've rage quitted online. 👍
- 2,428
- England
- Lewis_Hamilton_
- 2,972
- Bathurst
- geti01
Only thing better than blocking fiat 500's with tank cars: Blocking an X2010 with 4 tank cars
14,000kg vs 500kg. Funniest thing ever. All of us were mates and it was just a bit of fun so no aggravated rams and whatnot. Just funny watching a puny piece of carbon fiber trying to wrestle its way through that much metal.
- 100
- Ontario, Canada
- count-dynamo
i started a clean racing room for road cars with 400pp or less, and after it finally gets going, one of the best open room races i have had since, on about the 5 race or soo, this freaking kid comes on, saying how he is an amazing racer and he will go easy on us for the first few races to give us a taste of his "skills"
right when the race starts he takes to ramming people and pushing them off the track, even so he came in last, and told all of us that WE were ramming him
i said i was going to kick him and he FLIPPED out (he was on the microphone, only one too) he started yelling and swearing, calling me and others "canadian fa***ts"
some people eh?
right when the race starts he takes to ramming people and pushing them off the track, even so he came in last, and told all of us that WE were ramming him
i said i was going to kick him and he FLIPPED out (he was on the microphone, only one too) he started yelling and swearing, calling me and others "canadian fa***ts"
some people eh?- 2,747
- Morgoth_666
i started a clean racing room for road cars with 400pp or less, and after it finally gets going, one of the best open room races i have had since, on about the 5 race or soo, this freaking kid comes on, saying how he is an amazing racer and he will go easy on us for the first few races to give us a taste of his "skills"
right when the race starts he takes to ramming people and pushing them off the track, even so he came in last, and told all of us that WE were ramming him
i said i was going to kick him and he FLIPPED out (he was on the microphone, only one too) he started yelling and swearing, calling me and others "canadian fa***ts"
The bolded part is usually a pretty good sign of fun to come.
I have a new one.
It is quite broad as well, by that i mean the latest 'trend" in GT5 racing.
Tire wear = OFF.
Heavy Damage = OFF.
All driving aids including ABS = OFF.
Calling your rooms "pro" or "clean" when clearly you don't understand the concept of such.
Bumper car driving.
Entering races set with certain cars by bringing in....wait for it..... a different car altogether.
And the list goes on and on.
So in effect i will repeat my previous post, as it bears repeating.
"All of you!"
It is quite broad as well, by that i mean the latest 'trend" in GT5 racing.
Tire wear = OFF.
Heavy Damage = OFF.
All driving aids including ABS = OFF.
Calling your rooms "pro" or "clean" when clearly you don't understand the concept of such.
Bumper car driving.
Entering races set with certain cars by bringing in....wait for it..... a different car altogether.
And the list goes on and on.
So in effect i will repeat my previous post, as it bears repeating.
"All of you!"
- 380
- UK
- R620turbo
Just lately i'm getting alot of fools entering my room which normally has "Road Cars Only" in the title. They then proceed to bring out a Race Car.
Or try with the prototype "Road Cars" which I deem not to be road cars as they are prototypes.
Really gets on my nerves.
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Or try with the prototype "Road Cars" which I deem not to be road cars as they are prototypes.
Really gets on my nerves.
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- 280
- Missouri
- Emman1984
turbonutter69Just lately i'm getting alot of fools entering my room which normally has "Road Cars Only" in the title. They then proceed to bring out a Race Car.
Or try with the prototype "Road Cars" which I deem not to be road cars as they are prototypes.
Really gets on my nerves.
Yea you gotta say Production street cars then they will pull out the right car cause people don't know the meaning of a road car and they don't ask for advice either
- 380
- UK
- R620turbo
Ahh good idea. 👍
Never thought of that.
Never thought of that.
- 112
- Colorado Spring
- g-MachineRex
On-line racing is definitely a hit or miss deal. Some rooms are good and others are a total joke. My worst is for sure nothing that you guys haven't all seen a million times. Just the allure of a "clean or kick" room only to find nothing but the complete opposite. It's almost obvious there is a certain age on-line with you when it's always a race down a straight-away, then using the barricades at the end of the straight as the brakes. Every lap! How is that fun? Or down a long stretch....I muster up enough speed to pull alongside to pass and.....nope....bump you off, spinning out....race over. Then combine that with the room host that does nothing about it. It would be nice if the room description would change or something when the original host leaves. Or on that note, some sort of programming that would detect absolute unnecessary or blatant contact or lack of brakes, or whatever. Like an auto-kick feature. Last night I was in a room with some so- so behaving randoms and it was crazy cuz there was this one guy who won every race. I mean every race, and by a gigantic margin. I don't think anyone else in the room ever even finished running, the gap was so huge. Sure it was impressive to see such a finely tuned car for the PP we were running, but it was at least 15-20 races. I don't care if I come in last every time, it's practice and fun for me, but how is it fun for that person to be beating the piss out of everyone over and over. Honestly may as well just play A-Spec and do the same thing. Oh well, I guess it takes all kinds, and you certainly get to see all kinds once you enter the world of the interweb. Instead of frustrating myself with it, I decided to join a club/league, so now I get my fill of good clean racing. Peace out and happy motoring when you can find it.
- 1,039
- CPReece98
- CP Reece
I was just in a drag lobby, and there was this kid in it named <READ THE OP>. He was talking trash about everyone and kept saying he is SOOO much better than everyone, but he never even raced. Then after a while, someone said, "Hey XXX, how about you shut your mouth and prove yourself?" So he did a few passes, lost each one, and gave BS excuses to why he lost. There was only one that he actually won, and that is because he jumped the ghost.
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Downhill Dino
Premium
- 11,753
- Maryland
- DownhillDinosaur
Umm yeah... there is a rule about saying the user's name here. A mod will get on you if you do not remove the username from your post.
Also, I think he has a little brother who gets on his account (He's on my friends list) who likes to mess around while on it, though I may be thinking about someone else. Plus, I think he goes here at GTPlanet also so just to notify you just in case he sees your post.
Emman1984
Connection between Americans and Australians is extremely poor and can ruin the race. However there are some of us that have good connections regardless of the location of users in the world.
They were probably only trying to save their room. Or they just don't like Americans, but that's an extremely rare chance.
- 1,611
- Montreal, Canada
- NobleAtreides
Just lately i'm getting alot of fools entering my room which normally has "Road Cars Only" in the title. They then proceed to bring out a Race Car.
Or try with the prototype "Road Cars" which I deem not to be road cars as they are prototypes.
Really gets on my nerves.
What I hate about people choosing racecars, is that they are generally slower on the straights than my souped up Road Cars, and I have to drive at %88 capacity behind them until I pass them safely.
