How about ghosts on online racing?

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Yesterday got few very nice races, tight as it could be and in last corner... always somebody pushing away from track. That's not new on open lounge but very annouing when you got elseway good clean race going on.

Can't we have an opinion when making race, on rules, that we could choose other cars in race as ghosts. They should look like they look now, not as in f.ex licensetests, we should see other cars as they run now in races but when crashing/pushing it wouldn't make any harm for other cars and still there would be a good feeling about racing i think.

We could see who really got the podium and not that nervbraking crashing all the time. And for me atleast it will not help a bit when somebody chats after race that he's sorry of taking my car to 400 metres of road to sand or walls.

And I make mistakes too on road not question about it but would be great to see race where only drivingskills would be tested and still having that feeling of racing. What do you think?
 
Yesterday got few very nice races, tight as it could be and in last corner... always somebody pushing away from track. That's not new on open lounge but very annouing when you got elseway good clean race going on.

Can't we have an opinion when making race, on rules, that we could choose other cars in race as ghosts. They should look like they look now, not as in f.ex licensetests, we should see other cars as they run now in races but when crashing/pushing it wouldn't make any harm for other cars and still there would be a good feeling about racing i think.

We could see who really got the podium and not that nervbraking crashing all the time. And for me atleast it will not help a bit when somebody chats after race that he's sorry of taking my car to 400 metres of road to sand or walls.

And I make mistakes too on road not question about it but would be great to see race where only drivingskills would be tested and still having that feeling of racing. What do you think?

I 100% agree with you. In dirt 2 I was always playing time bomb. Every other cars are ghost but you have the same feeling to race againts other players. Also, everyone start on the same spot on the grid.
 
While it would be a nice way to deal with punters, I'm of the opinion that having your opponents be ghosts defeats the purpose of racing against people online. A skilled driver can not only put down a very fast lap time, but they can do it while adapting their racing line, reacting to the flow of traffic, and avoiding contact with other cars.

Without that extra bit of a challenge, all you're doing is hot-lapping -- not racing. Elevate the quality of the people you race against, and avoidable contact should become a non-issue.

There are numerous threads requesting fast, clean, and fair drivers for casual races. Those could be a good place to start looking for fellow racers who share your desire to have punt-free fun online. Good luck!

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A skilled driver can not only put down a very fast lap time, but they can do it while adapting their racing line, reacting to the flow of traffic, and avoiding contact with other cars. 👍

That post of yours is so true and i'm only thinking of possibility to have an option on rules for those ghosts, I don't want to always race without that heat which is coming of others cars near you on top speeds but sometimes it could be nice to race without crashes. And if that would be an option on rules, there would be both rooms available so nobody got to race against ghost if not wanted.
 
Just make the punters ghosts :) After 1 or 2 bumps, they become ghostly!! Hah, mine is a terrible idea, but could be quite funny.
 

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