AI gaining Massive Speed on the straights
It’s like they have DRS the whole race
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The AI are absolutely insane on the straights. On some tracks like Bahrain and Miami even more so and probably other tracks as well but cant remember from the top of my head
I was comfortably racing and winning on F1 2021 with controller and 0 TC on 102 AI difficulty
I lowered it to 100 just to be safe while i learn F1 2022
On my team career i have the best engine with nearly all the power upgrades 6/7 and 5/6 drag reduction on aero and also quite a few weight reduction upgrades
The AI on 100 eat me ALIVE on the straights they are catching me or pulling away while i have ERS, DRS active - its a bloody joke
If i run very low wings - 15-25 range edging towards the lower scope mostly they still catch me easily and pass me and i have to do ridicolous divebombs to even keep up
This is of course with near maxed tyre pressures, 3-4 ride heights, i have never ever had this issue on F1 2021
Seems like they have insane TC, limitless ERS battery, and running like 0-0 wings or IDK. If i match them on the wings then i struggle in corners as well. It might be a bug which i half expected once EA took over codies
Something needs to be done asap, its taken most of the fun out of the game for me - I am all for a challenge but when Jarno Opmeer gets done on the straights comfortably by the slowest cars you know something is up
Did you testing how AI feeling in grand prix mode or single race ?
Unfortunately I didnt, maybe AI are damaged only in career mode .
I'm not sure if it's ers or top speed related. .. or maybe people are just playing outside there right ai level.
I just did f2 at Bahrain at my newly chosen ai level and had no trouble down straights other than a normal slipstream or Drs!
@Dan78lokiI suggest not inserting F2 into the discussion, their cars and physics are completely different. It muddies the waters. The issue is with the F1 cars.
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I am gaining multiple tenths through corners, but getting butchered on the straights. Turning the AI down only increases this. The TC was fine in F1 2021, they need to get it closer to that. Medium TC is an instant spin on corner exit. Full TC makes it almost impossible to spin.
It would be ideal to have TC on a slider, or have off, 25%, 50% (medium), 75% and 100% (full).
The top speed issue emanates from the TC issue, which solved, should allow for top speed to be balanced a little and resolved.
I have tried every conceivable set up and it is still and issue on corner exit.
Note: using PS5 controller.
- @R41D3R0 I've done a few races in grand prix and I had no issues racing the AI on straights. Whatever the issue is its in Myteam or potentially something to do with the Myteam car specifically
My team car suffers high drag compared to real team cars. Even if you start a my team career as a title contender unless you answer the 2 drag related interview questions. You still only start the season with one major drag upgrade and no drs upgrades. Not to mention my team car is also heavier. Being heavier and having higher drag. Means it adversely effect acceleration and top end speed hugely. Reducing drag and weight is key to matching ai speed. Providing that is your acceleration is silky smooth which compared to the ai won’t be and your not loosing power to your rear wheels by braking traction.
you want good acceleration handling and top end speed. Prioritise weight reduction. No point upgrading weight distribution. Until you have a light car.
want high top end speeds then prioritise drag and rear downforce to help traction out off corners.
Read the answers in the interview. No point upgrading engine parts until you’ve reduced drag and weight.
Rule one off making any car faster. Reduce as much weight as possible. All benefits no negatives.
Real F1 teams this year aren’t putting as much paint on their cars. To save just a few grams. That’s how important weight is. Next most important thing is aero package.
Mercedes, And Williams use the same engine with same power output. But Mercedes is massively faster. Why because it has a better chassis and aero package.
Hello mr brick wall 🙄😀
- @Powered_tea The problem is not just with my team, the problem also happens in career mode, I play career mode and this problem happens, if you read all the posts in this topic, you will see that other people also had problems in career mode, please don't pass incorrect information, the problem happens in both my team and career mode, stating once again I have this problem in career mode. after I had this problem in career mode I started my team mode, and magically now in my team mode it is not happening, but when I go back to career mode it keeps happening, like other people have problems in my team mode we see that this happens in both modes.
- @Rgramiscelhi I'm not passing incorrect information, I'm passing the information I have, it's never happened to me in career or grand prix only myteam, which is why i said what I did
