AI gaining Massive Speed on the straights
It’s like they have DRS the whole race
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@Apophis-STR wrote:I've also found out that in this year's physics, you can't rely on short shifting too much because the acceleration gets bog down quite significantly at low rpm, which kinda gave you an illusion of fixing the wheelspin but is actually you going very slow off the corners, and the sudden kicks-in of power sometimes actually made the wheel spin problem even worse and unpredictable.
I recently tested at Spielberg with 110% AI (no assists, obviously) and noticed a strange rpm drop when exiting T3 when I short shifted from 3rd to 4th gear. It was a real shock. If it's not a bug, I really appreciate such behaviour, to be honest. I will have to check whether the video of it is available to show you guys.
@Blackbird90Experienced the same thing in GP mode at Spielberg but it was with 6th gear. There was the same RPM and power drop for about a second or so. I restarted the the race a few times but it persisted. I had to exit to the main menu and start a brand new GP and it stopped happening. It only happened once so far but seems like a bug to me.
- @Hansenhaus But if it is intentional, it adds realism to F1 gaming. A real example of a similar thing happened in yesterday's race. On lap 50, if I remember it right, Hamilton double shifted from 6 to 8, and then asked his race engineer to check whether everything was OK with the gearbox.
IMO the problem resides more on how AI strength barely impacts corner speed exit. I personally have no problem on 110 AI being almost perfect when it comes to acceleration from a corner (as 110 AI should simulate alien skill level), however if you lower AI to 80 - for example - the AI becomes much worse on corner speed entry but the acceleration speed on exit is almost untouched. This doesn't make any sense at all as one of the major differences in driver skill is in fact determined by how fast you are out of corner exit, and so having the AI corner exit barely touched by difficulty changes has the result of a seemingly unfair challenge for many users since they cannot find a skill level from the AI actually suits to their own skill (and that gives a feeling of "rubber-banding").
In short: difficulty should absolutely affect (and one could argue even in larger measure than other factors) the acceleration that the AI carries on corner exit and that, imo, would almost totally resolve the vast majority of the issues people have with the AI right now.- @Blackbird90 I feel like it is a bug. It started on lap one of the race. I checked for damage with the engineer and none was reported. I could see this happening mid way in a race or in a my team situation but this was in GP mode and I have never experienced that before. The only mechanical failure I rarely get hit with in GP mode is a stuck DRS flap.
- @Amioram It's probably easier for the devs to adapt the AI by changing their speed in corners rather than altering their abilities in the braking events.
If and it’s a big one. With the new upcoming change to torque curve. It should solve the issue entirely. You no assist show offs 😜 can be more aggressive powering out the corners. Aswell as those using Medium TC. And Full TC users should be able to do 0 throttle to max throttle without TC bogging the car down.
But as ever: we wonder if CM can nail the meta torque through every gear. In the first patch
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