Unplayable Complaints
I see so many irrelevant posts in the midst of all the issues and it makes it look like it's just people moaning which is devaluing the valid complaints. A lot of people use the word careless "UNPL...
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The one that gets me the most is players completely unwilling to drop the difficulty and instead blame a "broken" game, despite it being repeatedly stated the AI is much faster this year. Probably the easiest fix out of everything right now, but people are too proud to drop the number.
Player 1: The game's broken
Player 2: Why?
Player 1: AI are too fast
Player 2: Drop the difficulty then
Player 1: What? No!
Player 2: Why?
Player 1: Because my mate is on 103
Player 2: So?
Player 1: It'll make me feel inadequate
Player 2: Wtf?
The problem with dropping difficulty is that it ruins the racing since the AI is very slow in corners then and only makes up time on the straights.
You pull away in every corner, they get back at you at the straights because of their advantage.
This is not balanced.
- @PBR3491 This isn't what I'm experiencing, I've been playing at 95 since 2016, had to drop it to 65 this year and it feels balanced. Able to overtake using ERS and DRS (driving a Williams) and I've had some terrific battles with Albon and Stroll.
This is in Driver Career mode, I've seen people refer to the straight-line thing as "the MyTeam bug", so perhaps the MyTeam car is really draggy. Perhaps it'll improve with car development. Remember the 2017 McLaren? Could be the same situation.The MyTeam car is proper crap in terms of aerodynamics/drag but as of now my myteam Car is for example top of the notch when it comes to engine power/aero (drag reduction) (because i specifically devloped these areas in Season 1). Yet i can not compete with the AI on straights on "my" difficulty (meaning i am as fast in corners or slightly faster depending on setup). If i lower the difficulty to be as fast as the AI over 1 lap on some tracks there is literally no racing. They can not overtake me because they stand no chance in the corners and i can not overtake them because i stand no chance on the straight. And in qualy i am usually unchallenged P1 with lower difficulty.
Theres a huge balance issue in my opinion. The good thing is, on PC, you can at least run mods that fix this issue. Thats what i am doing when i come home. Worked in 1.05, created awesome racing on an even playing field matching the RD Performance.
- @PBR3491 Not unplayable though.
- @R1ckyDaMan19 I think the term "unplayable" is a knee-*, throw-hands-up-in-the-air-in-frustration term that's too easily used. It should really be "unenjoyable". The game is "playable", it runs, but they're not enjoying it.
To be fair, there is a fair amount of the game I too find unenjoyable compared to previous years. At the moment, it's 50% races having the AI only do Medium to Hard 1 stop strategies every single race. I've reported it as a bug, because there was a nice mix of strategies prior to the patch.
And I'm not even going to start on F1 Life... (please get rid of it).
- @s00zster Jarno Opmeer, the esports champ is struggling in My Team as his AI team mate from F2 (not even top stats) absolutely shyts on him in a race. If the best player in the world can't beat the AI, then it's not a matter of being bad at the game. The AI is rubberbanding and is on railtracks with an occasional RNG of a lockup.
