Re: Codies please let the Ai run free

@nangu22Just did Jeddah qualifying program wanted 7th I got. 1st. Come qualifying was even faster. Qualified 8th a second behind pole🤷‍♂️

Also the ai difficulty point difference from Bahrain to Jeddah is about 10 points. Jeddah being the easier.  That’s so wrong. 

This is what Codemasters do:  it’s what reviews and players  have always raved about. 

I've lost confidence the fast corner exits will be fixed at this point.  While most of the focus of this issue has been on My team I feel it is a problem in GP mode as well and it can be extremely frustrating. The AI needs more variation during acceleration out of corners. Trying to match the point where they get on the throttle usually ends in a snap of oversteer. Their tire temps always cap out at 92c which seems odd to me. 

I'm also getting super tired of the lack of awareness in corners from the AI and swerving under braking. Late braking overtake attempts get destroyed when the AI tries to block me under braking at the last second and I run into the back of them.  A lot of times the AI gets kind of crazy while defending, take a horrible line through the corner where they get too close to the apex and suddenly shoot back out on to the racing line and hit me.

I'm surprised to see in the unresolved issue list the AI give up on overtakes too easily. It should say the AI makes contact with the player's car too easily. 

I also feel the reason behind the fast corners exits is also giving them a sizeable advantage with grip on the starts.  

@ScarDuck14To be very honest, after 2 years, more than 2500 hours of single player experience in the series and observing player comments, I think the AI balance is really not as bad as most people felt. It's certainly far from perfect, with lots of rough edges that needed to be address, but in the end It's still down to the player's ability on each track and it could be drastically different from player to player.

You know what, I found Bahrain to be one of the easiest when it comes to AI, and Jeddah is still one of the hardest for me, I'm not joking.

The situation is probably similar to other difficult games where player skill and their choices on how they play could heavily impact their experience, like in Dark Souls or Elden Ring with their boss fight vs your build kinda situation.

Since I play close to full assists, I would feel the AI discrepancies more than most. Pre-1.07 the AI was even at all tracks. 1.07 messed my measure and I am recalibrating for 1.08.

But it seems the AI is still fairly balanced track to track.

@Apophis-STRKind of the opposite here. Started Career Mode last night as Verstappen's teammate. 90AI. Struggled to keep up with VER in Bahrain and came in second. The AI kill me at the exit of turn 10 and gain from two to four tenths on me there. All things gained in sector one are lost. Then I have to make a comeback in sector three. ERS management is paramount.

I dominated in Jeddah and won. I love this track. Once I get a rhythm going its like I get tunnel vision and the car feels like it is on rails. Get turns one and two right and you can pick up several tenths on the AI as a buffer for the DRS straights.

Definitely have to dial in older setups in GP short race mode. That way I can see if my soft tires are going to overheat. Then go back to Career with a well tuned setup.