I have no issues with this game at all, nothing that hours of practice won't fix, however, I hate wet races, the reason being is I need every advantage I can get as far as being competitive goes.
Unfortunately I struck a wet race in Australia during my championship and thought here we go this is not going to be good, but lets try. 1st practice was a full wet tire situation and the AI was only 8 seconds slower than race pace, I had no hope of matching that. I thought at the time that it was a bit odd, how can they be so fast in the wet, it was pouring down and hardly any visibility at all, so I thought stuff this I'm outa here, after crashing out horribly........on to the next one.......
The biggest problems about the wet weather in this games are:
- The player (still) does NOT have the option to turn wet races OFF in career modes (something we've been asking for years)..
- The AI can keep their tyre temps at the ideal range just fine, while the player's tyres will get too cold or too hot, making it even harder to keep control of the car and be competitive (it happens on dry races too, but it gets even worse in wet weather)..
- The weather forecast is never 100% accurate, even when you set it to be 'perfect' on game settings (I know even in real life we can never predict it perfectly, but the difference between what the forecast says and what actually happens is too damn big, it's almost impossible to plan your race strategy properly)..
Other than that, I personally never liked to drive in the rain, in any game - I know some people love to slide around the track, but I honestly hate to fight my own car just to keep it on track, driving on 'ice', instead of just battling the other cars on track, etc, so.. it would be great to just have the OPTION and the CHOICE to turn that on or off (wet races on career modes), but it sucks when you're forced to drive in those conditions and the car control (and AI BS) are terrible - and again: I KNOW "you don't have the option to turn wet weather off in real life - bla bla bla", but this is a GAME, which gives us tons of unrealistic options, so.. why not giving us this one too? No biggy, right?
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For me there is something very satisfying about completing a race in the wet, you need 100% concentration and need to control the throttle when accelerating, short shifting through the gears until you get the traction. I really enjoyed wet races in F1 2021 as the AI were at a competitive level and I could usually finish in the points.
But every wet race/qualifying I’ve done in F1 22 has been almost impossible to compete. I was 3s a lap slower in Brazil when conditions changed from intermediate to full wet but the AI stayed on intermediate tyres and I just had a wet qualifying in Brazil again where I finished 20th. The traction they were getting out of some of the corners was like it was still dry. The performance difference is so great that you start doubting yourself and stop enjoying the game.
I think a large part of this is the AI using surface temperatures only so their tyres are always in the perfect window but they’re also way to OP in the wet.
