More options for the driving line?

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Would you use brake markers?

  • Yes, I would turn just brake markers on.

    Votes: 16 24.6%

  • No, I would still leave everything off.

    Votes: 49 75.4%
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GTP_BonzoHarry
Really all I want is the red brake line...maybe not even that, just a red line across the track showing where I should start braking. The driving line is very useful for things like fuji/daytona road/suzuka turn 1, but I don't need a blue line to lead me through the essess at suzuka.

But I think at the same time having just the one option keeps people from turning it on, because I know there are a lot of people out there who don't use the driving line, and you can witness it all the time at fuji. I kind of feel like if there was an option for just braking points, then more people might turn that on...but I could be wrong.

I wish we had more options for the line besides just on/off, does anybody else feel the same way?
 
We have brake markers! :) A red number appears in the HUD when you approach a corner (to indicate which gear you should switch to, even though it's not right most of the time). When it starts blinking it's time to brake. According to the game that is, most of the time you can just wait until it blinks, wait another second, then start braking. ;)
 
GTP_hyperuk
Nope, I am happy with it turned off. I find my own brake markers for each track.
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👍 I agee. I've seen lots of different lines and markers used in different games and I always turn them off. Everything I've ever seen is a decent suggestion for the best line and the braking points are typically to conservative. I find it better (& more rewarding) to pick your own mark and brake hard. If you slide off the track and can't make the turn, it was too late. If you're down to a crawl and haven't turned it yet, move your mark up. Just my $.02. :cheers:
 
I'd say put break markers in. Beginners have to start somewhere. Like put the full guide line on at first, then reduce it to a break marker as you get better, before turning it off completely once your confident with the track.
 
yea I know a lot of people like driving with no aids, but for me the brake markers are just added security. I mean if you're going side by side with somebody down to fuji turn 1, it's nice to have a visualization to keep myself in check. When you're excited sometimes you might feel like if you press the X button realllly hard it'll stop better.
 
BonzoHarry
yea I know a lot of people like driving with no aids, but for me the brake markers are just added security. I mean if you're going side by side with somebody down to fuji turn 1, it's nice to have a visualization to keep myself in check. When you're excited sometimes you might feel like if you press the X button realllly hard it'll stop better.
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You'd have to be REALLY excited to think stepping on the accelerator will slow you down, surely?

I get what you mean though, but I'd say its all down to experience, getting the excitement out and remembering to remember that the car you're driving isn't magically better when you're in a battle, not trying to patronise or anything but that's what it was like for me, it took years but I've learned through racing the AI that if you can't pass them by a certain point, give up and try again at the next opportunity.

The result of being a calmer driver overtaking an excited one, or so I've found, is that by slipstreaming people they try to move out of your way so you don't have that advantage (the straight between corners 1 and 2 on Fuji for example), which of course puts them off the correct line. Or they'll try and out-brake you, and end up out-braking themselves. In either case, its quite funny to see and most of the time will mean you're in a much better position than they are, up until they introduce themselves to your driver's side door as you're turning into the chicane entrance, give you a penalty, then drive off.

But what's the point of having just the braking lines and no acceleration lines, when you can just ignore it? I don't quite get it I'm afraid. Just turn it on if you want it on, and leave it off if you don't, its not like you're earning points for the amount of assistance you do or don't use, surely?
 
I've only used the driving line once or twice, just to see what it does(trying to find my own braking markers; key word being trying, lol) and i also prefer it completely off
I'm not too fond of the blinking gear numbers:
half the time I "listen" to them and I end up stopped at the entrance of a corner screaming, "ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" at my TV... :P
 
Tired Tyres
You are aware that you can configure the controls aren't you?
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Well yeah, of course, but since it's not the default configuration it looks odd to someone who is used to it.

I mean I could connect the accelerator cable to the clutch pedal (and vice versa) in my car and tell you the left hand pedal makes me go faster, would make as much sense as this, really.

This is a very minor point to discuss, though, especially since I meant it as a joke in the first place but forgot to put a million smilies afterwards to denote it.


Back on topic, I find the blinking gear indicators are almost always right, but after a few laps learn when they might be underestimating the gearing. For example, the way I have my Mine's Skyline set up (closer than standard gearing), it tells me to drop to 2nd as the radius of Suzuka's first corner tightens (it says enter in 5th, then flashes 3 before changing it's mind to 2 by the time you get to the tighter bit), but if I do that, I'm almost always on the limiter, requiring two extra gear shifts which obviously wastes a lot of time. Leaving it in 3rd means the engine is ready to pull away and yeah.

Sometimes in GT4 it would be very late to tell you to brake, but I haven't noticed anything like that any more.

I pretty much rely on it if I'm not very familiar with the car/course combo I'm using. Given that we only have 12 tracks, though, I would have to say I know them pretty well!
 
I liked Forza 2's driving line. I guess it really only showed braking points but I just like how it disapeared after you got back up to speed as well, not just showing when to brake.
 
Each person has his / her own preferred driving line and everybody approaches corners at different angles,speed,etc. So no is the answer ,because of our own individual driving skills.
 
I've never been a big fan of driving lines, because when they're on, I'm usually more focused on getting the line shown and I don't really pay attention to what's around me or anything. Without it on, I get a chance to look around and take things as I think I should.
 
Guys alto racing line is good for beginners, it really takes way longer to learn with lines on then doing it on you're own. Because you remember tracks more quickly and not trying to look for guide lines.
 
I pick out my own lines and braking points, but I still use the blinking numbers in the HUD sometimes. I usually wait a second or so after it starts blinking before braking though.
 

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