Play in a league and you fixed it.
@Robbe800 wrote:Play in a league and you fixed it.
And if you don't have the time/freedome to commit to that? then what? Not a viable solution.
There always will be people trolling on every game and you can't do anything about that, especially in a game like f1. The penalty system is totally wrong in this game, you can only hope they will fix it someday at this point.
If someone doesn’t like open lobbies because of unsportsmanlike driving and can’t commit to league racing, don’t play online. Problem fixed.
PS I’ve never played F1 online since 2016 I think. Why? I don’t like open lobbies and can’t commit to league racing 😆
There is always a argument that somebody shouldn't play online due to unsportsmanlike behaviour from others, which is a fair suggestion. However, to say the problem is fixed by doing that isn't quite right. To exclude themselves from a segment of the game that they paid for due to some others is not the way forward. But even saying that, those other negatively behaved players who have also paid for the game are entitled to play the game how they want, even if it's to the detriment of others experience. In my opinion the problem is down to the developer; the online multiplayer game, as racing is, should be based sportsmanlike behaviour and there should be systems in place to support the adherence to driving fairly etc. It's not a sandbox like game a la GTA online where there are various ways to play the game, really there's only one reason to race, to win. Unfortunately, people seem to want to do it various capacities and hinder others.
So really, it's how to create a system that punishes bad behaviour and having the facilities to maintain this which is virtually impossible due to the needed resources involved. But truth be told Codemasters do need a better way to promote better driving from users and punish trollers.
In the meantime OP may just have to keep on playing and come to the acceptance that online play is like that.
@Robbe800I do play in a league. But I do enjoy a 5 hour online play with 5 lap settings where people in the lobby behave.
But these are not solutions to what I am asking.
For example, if I play another game -say Counter Strike- I get what I hope for: A competitive environment. If someone misbehaves, there's a mechanism to punish him or make him align. So misbehaviour is pretty rare compared to F1 series. People who misbehave know the repercussions.
I think, only EA has the answer to this problem and only EA can solve this problem.
Just put a feature that if someone gets reported for misconduct more frequently than 30% of his races, he gets temporary ban from social or ranked racing. If the behaviour is repeated after the end of ban, a longer ban may be given. And if the rate of misconduct continues after 2 bans, ban that account forever from social racing. (Don't argue with the numbers, they are subject to change, I don't know the statistics so numbers are just there for explanation.)
Other games do things like this. Why not F1?
Banning those that are repeatedly reported above a certain threshold sounds like a good idea but that can fail badly as just like anything, some would abuse the feature and just report someone repeatedly just because they lost or just don’t like them. The penalty system is pants anyway and that would be the first thing to get right. Only the other day I was watching a video about a racer on iRacing who got a permanent ban for an incident that wasn’t his fault, he got brake checked at Imola on the main straight just after the chequered flag
However you decide to play the game, keep on enjoying it 👍🏼
