Inconsistent 'rules' in S-License...

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The point isn't, "oh, you should drive clean so you don't get disqualified."

The point is that with the way the disqualification system works, you're much more likely to get disqualified by a tiny mistake while driving cleanly than you are to be disqualified by intentionally shoving the AI cars around. The game doesn't just encourage you to "cheat" by making it possible to bounce off the AI cars; it discourages you from doing it "right" by making it extra likely that you'll fail if you try to drive cleanly.

I usually hate to read stuff like the above quote, because when you go check the replay it is more than likely you're the one at fault and not the AI. Any time I was disqualified, it was because of me making a move at pretty precarious situations in driving. Before you start blaming the AI, watch a replay of your disqualification and see that it was probably 9 out of 10 times your fault. The AI knows where and how to drive in pretty much every situation, trust me I have watched these guys pull some amazing avoid and take a new line because I took away the ideal line.
Try the test with the Lamborghini on Grand Valley. There's a white Diablo/Murcielago (forget which one it is) that spends much of its time halfway through the first lap wildly swerving and struggling to maintain control. If you're in the wrong place after passing it, it'll slam right into your rear fender; if it doesn't disqualify you right then (and thanks to the inconsistency talked about in this thread, it doesn't always), it stands a good chance of knocking you off the track.

That car always does the same crazy swerve in the same place at the same time, so you need to either make sure you get through quickly so he can't hit you, or wait until after that corner to pass. You wouldn't be "getting in his way" if he didn't insist on blindly making the exact same mistake every single time you try the challenge. It's not human error.
 
It's interesting to think it's a fault that the car makes the same mistake everytime. When you could argue that it only makes the mistake once. When you restart the race you are not doing another race you are going back in time and doing the same race again. But with Time Lord knowledge of what will happen.
I don't think it's a fault it's all meant to be as it is.
 
I've noticed that if you are touching/hitting/bumping an AI car while it is braking you will be disqualified. I was rubbing up against an AI car on Trial mountain or something (at the point where the AI bmw is trying to overtake the AI mustang) and the mustang did a little brake tap and I was disqualified... No bumping/hitting or anything. Not even a sound and I was DQ'd.

Aside from the braking issue, I noticed that if you hit another car straight on you get DQ'd but if the contact point is, for example the front quarter panel, then you won't get DQ'd.
 
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