Don't cheat on Ascari

[Safoo]

Thought I'd go back and try the Ascari track again (just finished the last S mission.... not easy that one) Can;t remember what race it was, but I was in 1st place got bored and decided to race across the middle of the track to bypass a few corners... Screen went black and I was put back on track in 6th place, worked my butt off to get back in 1st (no cheating) When I crossed the finish line on the last lap the timer contiued. I kept on driving to see what would happen and I ended up alone on the track. The race never ended.

Nice to see they penalize cheaters, or lazy drivers, but it seemed a bit extreme to me.

Anyone else try something like that, does it happen on other tracks?

 

[PawnBoy]

Are you sure you didn't just miss a checkpoint? The "reset to track" is unrelated to cheating, that happens if you leave the track far enough for a long enough duration. It might reset you to the nearest section of track or something, skipping a checkpoint. As far as I know, unless penalties are turned on the only requirement for completing a lap is to cross all checkpoint lines and the finish line.

 

[Safoo]

Are you sure you didn't just miss a checkpoint? The "reset to track" is unrelated to cheating, that happens if you leave the track far enough for a long enough duration. It might reset you to the nearest section of track or something, skipping a checkpoint. As far as I know, unless penalties are turned on the only requirement for completing a lap is to cross all checkpoint lines and the finish line.

Could be that a checkpoint was missed, that makes sense.but the continued timer was strange.

 

[Dan]

I cut a huge section of the track and got reset. Then, when I was behind the 1st place guy, we started the final lap. It immediately put me in 12th place. "🤬 this" I said as I restarted the race.

 

[Bluntified]

Are you sure you didn't just miss a checkpoint? The "reset to track" is unrelated to cheating, that happens if you leave the track far enough for a long enough duration. It might reset you to the nearest section of track or something, skipping a checkpoint. As far as I know, unless penalties are turned on the only requirement for completing a lap is to cross all checkpoint lines and the finish line.

This is directly related to cheating. They put the "invisible" check points to prevent people from cutting the whole track. Even with penalties OFF.

I had this happen to me too, I think it happens this way because - without saying so, the lap is invalidated and lose all place. As for the timer still continuing, I'm guessing they added a glitch when fixing the "cheating" issue.