Would it be possible to provide an option to control any driver at any time during the Grand Prix mode? It would be better than being able to create new saves, the championship would be more fun and with more varied results. This mode is the one I like the most, as I find it more practical, but controlling just one car throughout the entire championship can sometimes get tiring.
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In replay mode we can see the cameras of other cars, there we could have a "control driver" option, would that be possible?
I don’t think that is something that is possible
I believe it is possible, and it wouldn't be that complicated, if we can see other cars in replay mode, we can go back in time, we could also select other cars, the only thing that would change in GP mode would be the championship score.
It's quite simple, suppose I start the championship controlling Lewis, and in the middle of the race I decide to control Piastri, so I go to the replay, select the camera of Oscar's car and take the place of the AI, then the AI will control Lewis, in the next race I start with Oscar, but I can change in the middle of the event for whoever I want, we would only change places with the AI altering the final result.
I think this was raised a few weeks ago as well. So may be closed as a duplicate, or merged.
Functionally, probably possible. But what’s the value-add for the playerbase at large? Is it an addition that benefits a large portion of players? I’m not so sure. Grand Prix is a quick race mode rather than something that people buy the game for and not really a great expansion market. If I was in charge of allocating resources, it’s not something I think would be an avenue I’d want to divert interest into. Unless suggestions are quick-wins, or great value-add opportunities, then I’d not expect to see them in F125 and I think F126 will be hectic enough with the regulations change and Madrid coming.
I get that you’d be able to manipulate results to your hearts content but that’s something that might be best left to Michael Masi!
It's more complicated than you think. The CPU would have to be programmed to take over and control the driver you leave behind in any situation that it inherits. That runs a very high risk of creating conflicting statements in the AI's brain and causing weird behavior.
The reverse tracks are a surprise for a lot of people, I didn't see anyone asking for it, but it was something different that complemented the game, what I asked for was something that wouldn't make much of a difference within the game, but it would be a small addition that would make things even more fun, like the reverse tracks.
The problem is how the game would react. It’s an interesting idea but i could see the game struggle to manage it and causing it to crash
In other sports games we can change teams or characters at any time, I imagined that the same thing could happen in F1.
The physics going into a car model are more complicated than an individual player in say EAFC. The "cost" of something going wrong is also more significant. If you hand over the car to the AI in a situation it's not prepared for and it causes a multi-car pile up and brings out a SC/ RF that has significant implications for the race result. Compared to in say EAFC when you change a player, most of the time the player you're leaving behind is no longer close to the action so anything silly they might do while the AI sorts itself out has minimal impact.
