It's always been like this. The wind direction indicator on the race HUD shows the direction of the winds at ground level while the direction of the clouds in the weather radar are dictated by the current wind direction in the upper atmosphere.
Still, in my experience, cpu cars pit and refuel like before, as if 1x fuel consumption applies only to player...
ahem..... cough cough....
You should see them on Le Mans. Utterly useless, they constantly turn in too soon on the Porsche curves and mount the inside kerb, then they brake and correct themselves. The only good thing is they no longer fight eachother (or you) on the straight, instead they move over to the right on blue flag, but maintain their speed. That change would've come in handy during the Nurburgring 24hr so it's a welcome change
I noticed this as well driving some manual cars on controller. Especially for cars with large gaps between gears, like the R92CP, lifting the throttle when the clutch is engaged results in a smoother upshift. When you at the Caterham time trial replays, drivers are lifting the throttle during upshifts, so there could be a performance benefit.
I think some of this may be due to pad grip changes on regular brakes - put race brake and pads on a street car and it will lock up easily
I put racing discs and pads on an otherwise spec Z Performance 23 with CS tires. Ran it at the Eiger Nordwand weekly challenge and it does lock up the tires now, but its still ridiculously easy to drive compared to before. I ran this same challenge earlier today and my fastest lap was done with abs off.
Very much so. I've dailied a car with four piston front calipers for 19 years, no ABS, and I really don't know what it would take to get it to lock up on dry asphalt. Or even on wet for that matter.
The blip on the throttle when shifting still remains, I don’t know why. But this system is definitely better than before! Big improvement.
