Re: PLEASE BRING BACK THE OLD HANDLING.

The physics and handling are fine, great even. The issue is it feels like the AI are on a completely different handling model that's able to go several seconds quicker. Before the patch I comfortably raced at 88-90 and matched my teammate. Just done a new race at Hungary, dropped it to 80 to accommodate the changes and I'm still half a second slower than my teammate. 

I have no idea what difficulty to set as I've always been between 88-95 since 2016 and now suddenly after a patch I have to drop below 80? That's an insane drop. The wet is even worse with the AI's traction magic. 

I have mixed feelings about the new handling. I love the fact that we have to face both cold tyres and hot tyres. I don't like that default setups cause overheating (those are the setups that the AI uses). I don't know if they went too much in the other direction both with traction and tyre temperatures.

Generally I love the new handling but I hate it so much. Sadly I'm an offline user and this handling is definitely making the game worse offline. This year we got an AI that actually runs different setups and downforce levels but now we have new variables (tyre warm up and now overheating) that they are not even remotely affected from...

It's sad to say but David is doing an amazing job but someone else is not. We have an AI that basically runs on different track and is clearly OP in many ways. But at the same time is bad here and there and is capable of piting for dry tyres with the first drops of rain....

Gamepad, no assists, new handling is definitely an improvement for me.  It makes accelerating out of slow speed a bit easier, but still requires some finesse, which is fine.

I've also tried taking softs out on some of the tracks that are harder on the front tires, and it didn't seem like the new tire temp model was that bad, but maybe I need to experiment with it more.

(Can't speak to the AI, I'm terrible at determining whether AI is OP.  I just lower the difficulty and call it a day.)

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@Apophis-STR wrote:
@LiavealDid you compare the difficulty setting on the exact same track and condition? I've been doing lots of testing before and after the update on Bahrain (100AI), and I could confidently say the AI are much weaker now at least on this circuit.

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Yes, loaded up a  second career save where I was at the Hungary race. Both races were dry but one is my My Team while second is driver career. In my first career save I did Hungary at 88 with no issue, Villeneuve with 92 pace as teammate, green focus. I dropped it to 80 for my second save today and I'm half a second down on Vettel (83+5 pace now with personnel boosts active again.. boo.. but orange focus).

Driving the car is no issue, I've adjusted all tyre pressures down to accommodate the new changes and my lap times haven't dropped but the AI are just massively quicker. (Well known issue with their straight line acceleration and out of slow corners like Miami and Montreal hairpin). 

I'm going to try GP races to see if it's just the career modes like some are saying. I did a few test laps at Spain in GP mode yesterday altering setups and I was competitive at 85 so I'll try GP mode at Hungary later.