blackridge rivals
is anyone else having trouble with these races? i seem to have lost just as many as ive won and more often than not if you "just" win a race you gain less points than you lose if you "just" lose a ra...
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As you wish @TheRealJony.
@GabeLogan100 wrote:
@GabeLogan100 wrote:
@vipucho wrote:
And the other problem is, the opponent goes in a "ghost mode", so we are unable to ram it into the wall or whatever.
Bloody good point my friend.@The RealJony wrote:
@GabeLogan100 I hope you don't really ram real players in Multiplayer races because you would be sent to heaven by me if you do IF Multiplayer races ever do come to No Limits.
If it was Multiplayer versus each other like in any other gaming competition wouldn't that be the point, to hinder your opponents ability to beat you? Or is this the Marquis of Queensbury rules gone crazy....?
Uhh...no.
The point of racing is to see who is the fastest. To see who can finish the race the fastest. That's why you see "First to the finish" every time you do a Blackridge Rival race.
Now, there's a difference between blocking and ramming.
Blocking means you're not letting someone pass you. That's fine as you're forcing your opponent to come up with a different way to pass you or forcing your opponent to wait for a good opportunity to pass you.
Ramming means you're hitting someone and causing them to crash. That's NOT fine as you literally ruined the race for them by causing a drastic change to their speed, direction, or even altitude (if you're a really good rammer like me).
I'll add this in: Trade Paint
Trade Paint is contact with your opponent's car that causes a very small change to their direction (and very little speed loss). This is fine as it makes races a lot more intense whenever people attempt to overtake each other.
I'm more than sure you wouldn't want to get a taste of your own medicine whenever you get rammed by another rammer, especially me when I can send my opponents flying.
To sum up:
Blocking is ok.
Trading paint is ok.
Ramming is NOT ok.
If you want to ram, then ram the AIs. That's what I do whenever I feel like ramming (and to get $500 for each takedown).
@THEJAJO wrote:
As you wish @TheRealJony.
Alright, stick with your SRT Viper GTS.
Your Koenigsegg CCX and Ferrari LaFerrari aren't fast enough for Blackridge Rival races. Those cars need more upgrades to be competitive.
Off-Topic: I won a Blackridge Rivals race against a cheater.
The cheater's car was a Mercedes-Benz AMG GT and had infinite nitrous.
Knowing that I couldn't block or ram the cheater, I just drove like I normally do and won against that scum.
I would have lost if that cheater's car was a Super car or a Hyper car...
These cheaters are so annoying, but it felt good winning a race against a cheater. Just like how I used to win races against cheaters when NFS World was still online.
Dear EA,
By far, without a doubt, Blackridge Rival is the WORST update ever. I would rather prefer races with VP's as rewards than to a race some cheats. And I dont know if anybody noticed, when you click "pre season" under blackridge rivals, it says "recorded races". Hold on, what does "recorded races" mean here?
@vipucho wrote:
Dear EA,
By far, without a doubt, Blackridge Rival is the WORST update ever. I would rather prefer races with VP's as rewards than to a race some cheats. And I dont know if anybody noticed, when you click "pre season" under blackridge rivals, it says "recorded races". Hold on, what does "recorded races" mean here?
@vipucho Recorded races are races you do in Blackridge Rivals (only if you finish the race) and your car becomes a ghost for someone if the game match-makes them with you.
For example, Person A did a race with Person B's ghost.
Person A finished first place.
Person A's car and driving are recorded to be used as an ghost opponent.
Person C then gets match-maked with Person A's ghost.
Person C finished second place.
Person C's car and driving are recorded to be used as an ghost opponent.
Off-Topic: I won a second race against a cheater with infinite nitrous.
This cheater drove a Koenigsegg CCX, so normally I would lose.
However, the race I did had Nitro Zones to replenish Nitrous if driven over. So I kept driving over those Nitro Zones and kept my speed so high that the cheater was unable to catch up.
It feels awesome to beat cheaters while playing the game how it's supposed to be played.
The RealJony wrote:
@GabeLogan100 I hope you don't really ram real players in Multiplayer races because you would be sent to heaven by me if you do IF Multiplayer races ever do come to No Limits.
If it was Multiplayer versus each other like in any other gaming competition wouldn't that be the point, to hinder your opponents ability to beat you? Or is this the Marquis of Queensbury rules gone crazy....?
@GabeLogan100 Uhh...no.
If you want to ram, then ram the AIs. That's what I do whenever I feel like ramming (and to get $500 for each takedown).
^^That's right, so therefore EA promotes the ramming as part of competition gameplay! But ill remember not to ram you as you sound so godlike in a car....🤔
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have you been rewarded with anything yet ? cause it says that if you get #1 in the pre-season you will get rewarded with something!
@iAmDiBBz wrote:
have you been rewarded with anything yet ? cause it says that if you get #1 in the pre-season you will get rewarded with something!
@iAmDiBBz The rewards will be given when the preseason concludes, just like how rewards are given whenever a Tournament ends.
It'll most likely end when the next update comes, which will probably be after the upcoming Blackridge Spirit special event.
I can't say I'm enjoying Rivals very much.
It's more of an obstacle course than a race. Ramps are a real pain in the b*tt as I'm slammed into a walls, or thrown off my racing line, or set up to be sparked by an EMP, or simply splatted into a bridge and wrecked. It's a Derby of destruction, not a race!
My CCX is on PR 1020 and I can't upgrade any further until I get all 16 Scanners for each part, yet more often than not, I'm racing opponents who seem to have way more power and speed who whiz past me like I'm looking for parking, no matter how good my start is.
I can't tell the difference between an AI racer, or fellow NFS racer, or a cheater... all I know is this is getting quite frustrating.... and this is going to be the 'future' of NFS-NL when Tournies are trashed?
