The AI straight line speed is absolutely absurd. I can have DRS and dump the entire battery running 0-0 wings and still not overtake or be able to defend. it was the same on launch for either F123 o...
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I need to know, was the car ahead during your test also closely following another car, if so, you will barely gain anything even if you dump the entire battery on that straight, because they are doing the exact same thing as you're doing, that's the one biggest problem DRS train is causing, even irl.
Only, unless you were significantly at a higher speed on the corner exit before the long straight than the car ahead, it will take them time to match your speed until you plateau at around 320kph, and by that time you should revert the ERS setting to Normal or even None because you would barely gain any speed after that even with Overtake.
I've played around with modding dirty air and drag, the AI are definitely affected by dirty air (they understeer visibly into corners when the dirty air values were tuned up, even crashing into places where they normally wouldn't)
in each test I can generally be between 0.5 and 0.2 seconds behind the AI. and what you say about the ERS doesn’t make any sense, the AI can switch to overtake mode exactly the same as me yes. But I’m in the AI cars slip stream, in overtake mode and when I open the DRS and the AI in front does not have DRS, or a slip stream then surely being 0.5-0.2 seconds behind said AI car, I would catch the car before the end of the straight.
With this particular problem, that isn’t happening.
and in this situation, approx 80% of the time other cars behind catch and attempt to/ overtake me.
As I say, It seems to mainly be a problem with the high speed circuits.
but driving a McLaren for example, running a low downforce setup, with DRS open, overtake on, in a slipstream, I should be able to catch/not be caught by any lesser of a team.
Also, don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love this game, I think it’s a huge improvement on last years and I think there are only little tweaks that need to be made, but this issue is one of those little tweaks.
other than that, bravo EA/Codemasters for making a much improved title.
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