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Monzstar83
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago

This game does not like you being “out of position”

Hey guys, This game really doesn’t like it when you’re “out of position” does it?  I have loads of examples of when I’m “out of position” in a positive sense, and something weird happens that is ju...
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VibrantMass616
3 years ago
@SexyBrigadeiro
I think one of the worst aspects of AI behaviour that rarely gets mentioned is in qualifying when you’re trying to warm your tyres up. They keep hovering behind you while you’re weaving and then they’ll suddenly dive down your inside as you go round a corner. If you manage to avoid them, they then sit right in front you going as slow as possible which spoils your preparation. If you manage to stay ahead before the start of your lap you then have an AI car breathing down your neck and divebombing you into corners which ruins your lap.

Anyway, I finished season 2 of My Team in great form, won a couple of races and finished top five in others, fastest laps etc. Has a few wet races where the surface temperature only seemed to work a treat.

Started season 3 and I think I now have the third best car on the grid. Went to Bahrain for the first race of the season and I can’t pass any of the practice programmes, I’m over a second off the target lap times using the same set-up I’ve always used at Bahrain. I did a qualifying sim at the end of FP1 and I’m 1s slower than my team-mate (Pourchair) who only scored about three points in season 2. The graphic which shows you where you’re losing time is red on all the straights.

I thought maybe I’m doing something wrong so went into Grand Prix mode and did a 50% race as Perez using the same set-up, 90% AI as in My Team and qualified in 1st by 0.3s and finished the race 2nd. So it looks like the AI are OP on the straights in Season 3 of My Team. I really don’t think I can be bothered to go through another season of battling away with Magnusson and Schumacher again.

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TotosHeadphones
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago

@VibrantMass616 If F1 22 follows previous iterations of the game, AI increases in third season of My Team and every season after. Youtuber Alex Gillon tested it and found that in F1 2021, AI speed increased by 0.300 seconds without the car being upgraded. So it was suggested to decrease AI level by 3 points at start of the season. If F1 22 is just a carry on from F1 2021 it's likely that it's the same scenario, don't be ashamed to lower the OP AI!

Edit: Also, are you overheating the tyres? Does the fully upgraded car eat the front tyres like it did in F1 2021?

  • ScarDuck14's avatar
    ScarDuck14
    Legend
    3 years ago
    @TotosHeadphones Would regressing be a more appropriate word than following ? 😀
  • VibrantMass616's avatar
    VibrantMass616
    3 years ago

    @TotosHeadphones 

    Yes you're right, I remember season 3 and season 6 in F1 2021 being very difficult too. It wouldn't surprise me if this years game has the same faults as there seems to be a lot of 'copy and paste' about it. 

    Overheating the tyres is also a good point but when I was struggling in the practice programmes over the weekend I changed tyre temperatures to surface only as I thought this might be the case but it didn't really help.  

    I probably do need to swallow my pride and just lower the AI a few clicks but on the other hand I think why bother, I can do the same races plus more in 'Grand Prix' mode without having to keep messing around with the AI level and with realistic car perfromance (my brakes are shocking after the last upgrade). 

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