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ScarDuck14's avatar
4 years ago

Could QA be the reason

So playing my team and the issues I’m encountering have never been an issue in the 2 previous my team modes:

Mainly referring to practice times and the targets set mean having to post lap times seconds faster than I or ai post in qualifying:  

Despite bugs.  The last two my team modes have always been nicely balanced not just over a race weekend but until maxing off my team car. When it turned into a dog. Or after each patch would do something to unbalance the modes progression.

I didn’t start posting until release off last years game.   But I understand CM would first ask regular members on their forum to beta test,   As they being familiar with previous F1 games.

But for this years game I believe CM hadt to use EA’s Quality Assurance Team//Department? Or whoever they outsource it to.

And practice programs being so massively out off sync with Qualifying and Race would suggest to me whoever was doing the testing didn’t really have a good understanding off the game:  Cause I know the forum members CM would use would instantly spot it.   As well as ai op out off slow corners and top end speed.  

So I doubt CM had much say in who tested.  So I can only blame the board for recommending shareholders accept EAs takeover 😭

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  • I may be wrong but I don't recall mention of My Team being part of the beta test last year. 

  • ScarDuck14's avatar
    ScarDuck14
    Legend
    4 years ago

    Having played any other mode but was career mode in the beta as I assume practice programs are in that mode

  • Ultrasonic_77's avatar
    Ultrasonic_77
    Hero
    4 years ago

    @ScarDuck14 wrote:

    Having played any other mode but was career mode in the beta as I assume practice programs are in that mode


    My guess is not but I wasn't part of it to be certain.

  • SteveJackson's avatar
    SteveJackson
    Hero (Retired)
    4 years ago

    @ScarDuck14 wrote:

    Having played any other mode but was career mode in the beta as I assume practice programs are in that mode


    Career has not been in the beta AFAIK.

    Grand Prix mode, TT and Multiplayer (often restricted to 5 laps) have been the main modes tested.

    Recently other modes like Multiplayer Coop and Leagues were tested but not extensively IIRC.

  • ScarDuck14's avatar
    ScarDuck14
    Legend
    4 years ago

    I never visited cm forum until 2021 launch/ and i wouldn’t have a clue: just thinking allowed as to why practice programs are either very easy off impossible.  I can accept ai being strong or weak on different tracks. As am I.  But it seems ai are different every session:  And I am only off the few that do every practice program:  Then I judge ny pace with the ai and change car setup accordingly:  Ready for qualifying but now I’m guessing 

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