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AndrewPGN's avatar
4 years ago

Lack of safety car deployment - suggestion

Hello everybody!

I play with difficulty level 95 and incremented Safety Car deployment rate, but I struggle to see the SC or even the VSC pop up during my races. This is because most of the times the AI incidents require only a new front wing and there are not so many terminal damages, while never pops up because of a mechanical failure.

Anyhow, in real life we see the deployment of the safety car or the VSC also when there is a mechanical failure and the driver park his car in a dangerous spot. In the game, instead, every time there is a retirement due to mechanical failure, the car drives until the first available marshal post so the SC or VSC is not required (I think the game recognize this).

My suggestion is that, when there is a mechanical failure, the driver no longer goes to the first marshal post but, instead, retires a few meters after the detection of the issue. In this way, sometimes the car should be near enough to a marshal post so that a safety car is not needed, while in other circumstances a SC or VSC could be deployed.

What do you think?

4 Replies

  • @AndrewPGN I personally think the SC rate has been relatively realistic. I'm not exactly sure what criteria they have to meet, but they definitely deploy a lot more often on street tracks which is similar to real life atm.

    Have you try the increase option? I use normal.
  • AndrewPGN's avatar
    AndrewPGN
    4 years ago
    @Apophis-STR Yes I play on increased. I will try on normal if it changes, because on increased I really struggle to get any SC or VSC. Thank you for your feedback Apophis!
  • I think if they park near to a marshal post can be safety car, just rare.
    It also depends on luck. Sometimes I had so many safety cars I wanted to decrease from high frequency to standard. Sometimes I find it few.
    Just another example for luck: I didn't have any mechanical failures in 27 races with the highest settings and then I have instantly two.

  • Apophis-STR's avatar
    Apophis-STR
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    @AndrewPGNSC definitely rely on track types, if it's too wide or having too much runoff definitely made SC a rare thing even when AI made mistakes. Though I'm pretty sure if someone lost a wheel on track will definitely triggers it.

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