Update (Patch) 1.08 - My Observations
It's weird as I don't see any threads or comments here about the latest Update 1.08, which I installed on my PS5 a few days ago, ...and here are my positive and pleasing observations: (PS5 - SIM Rig...
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There were no commending threads about the 1.08 patch because CM/EA weren't making any changes to the AI in 1.07, 1.08 or 1.10....so either you hadn't played since before 1.06 when they made the last AI update, or it is placebo effect of installing a patch and thinking it changed something.
1.08 literally just added the Chrome McLaren and addressed a CPU usage issue according to the patch notes.
Nothing has changed, it's just the same.
Thanks for the reply jlspeak, and you have me wondering 🤔
The only thing that I can think of is that because I didn't race in wet conditions in my 1st Season of Driver Career, and now only experiencing a wet race recently in my 2nd Season, that I've never actually had an issue with the AI and wet conditions 🤷
Here is my recent AI & wet conditions experience:
"I held off the AI in wet conditions on full wet tyres for the final 12-laps at China (full race distance - Driver Career - Grand Prix - SIM Rig - Cockpit View - PS5) to win by 5-seconds.
I found the AI behind me to be very challenging in the wet, ...but so they should be as I was in a (mid pack) Racing Bull, being hounded by superior Red Bull (Verstappen), and a Mercedes (Russell). However, I strictly maintained the racing line, I was patient on the throttle, I short-shifted, I used ERS whenever possible, and I was gentle with the brakes. ...and I maintained this concentration and discipline for lap after lap after lap.
It was a an extremely nerve-wracking final 12-laps at China on full wets, but it was also very satisfying as I eventually won by 5-seconds. This was MY most recent experience racing the AI in wet conditions."
Maybe I am one of the very few who doesn't appear to have an issue.
I appreciate & understand the concerns of the masses here regarding the AI & wet conditions, and I remember only too well how bad, ...really BAD, the superior performance of the AI in wet conditions was back in F1-22/23.
I sincerely hope that EA Sports investigates and fixes this for the majority of players that are affected.
How much faster would they have been if they were in front of you? Would that difference be the same in the dry? I was able to hold 18 cars behind me in Canada but my teammate, LeClerc and Norris were a second and a half a lap faster than me. Given I qualified on pole by 6 tenths I should have been competitive not a road block.
Yep, ...granted AEF251
I just had another (my second) wet race in Canada (season 2 - Driver Career), and while I finished in 5th place, the four cars in front of me bolted ahead, ...uncatchable, ...and they beat me by over 40-seconds.
The AI performance in wet conditions is broken (unrealistic).
