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Alternate title “Why We Need Private Lobbies and They Can’t Come Soon Enough”
This is not meant to be deadly serious. I thought I would throw the subject around so we could vent some frustration with the current lobby system. So let’s keep it in good humour and poke some fun while we are at it
Here are my pet hates (in no particular order as I hate all of them equally)
People spamming the kick button – yeah we get it, you feel hurt by someone, get over it! I personally hit the tick button all the time now and agree just so the spamming stops. If we all did this it would make online a lot better.
Further to this, still spamming the kick button even though the guy has already left!
People spamming the reset session button. I just don’t get this one at all. So you join the session late (which you did know before you joined the lobby) and don’t want to start rear of field. Good chance you won’t get into a pile up at turn 1, unless it is you that causes it ;-) Or there was a pile up at turn 1 and you want to re-start the race again so you can have another go. Either way I just don’t get it. Get over it or rage quit.
People quitting because they can’t win – Field of 16 and I have only gotten to lap 6 of a 10 lap race and everyone has given up, even the guy still spamming the kick button ;-)
Lapped people that want to race you or worse still smash you off the track because you want to overtake them. I even had someone pull off track and wait for me the next lap around so he could ram me – he missed though ;-)
People that have no idea what a rear view mirror is for and have *ZERO* spatial awareness. Not only applies to overtaking but how many times have you been smashed because some idiot entered the track right in front of you?
Generally bad sportsmanship, even amongst people that “appear” to be able to drive. I had an epic 10 lap battle at Monza in GT3s, I never touched the other guy once, always left him room and last turn back onto the start/finish straight I lined him up, he covered the inside and I sailed around the outside only for him to change direction and push me off the track. Yeah, like we’re playing for World Championships here. There are so many more instances like this but you get the gist. Zakspeed even put a video up about the same issue he had like this.
Lag. Yep, some people have it bad – ‘nuff said.
Cheating – someone suddenly goes 10 seconds a lap faster at Monza with the big corner cut at 1st chicane. Only to then ram me next lap at Mach 3 just as I leave the chicane properly. Sigh…….
Oh and I love (not) 9/10 events are at Red Bull Ring. Wow and one on the short circuit too ;-) Oh and if you do sick of RBR you can race GT3s at Spa, GT3s at Monza, GT3s at Nordschleife and, and ………. Nothing like variety eh?
Joining a lobby with 12 out of 16 so 4 places available only to find out all 12 cars are gone and you can’t get a drive. Like WTF Kunos who’s brainchild was this one?
Ill-defined track boundary penalties allowing people to “use more of the track than they really should”. ‘nuff said ;-)
Having NO idea how to drive on cold tyres – turn 1 on at ANY track and there is a pile up. I have started last of 16 and come out first at Spa!!! Like Wow, only because I have missed all the carnage. Then the spamming starts and everyone rage quits. Starting on cold tyres (I personally love the challenge) but the general population online can’t drive on them. Many of the above issues would be fixed if we started on warm tyres. BTW that instance I quoted at Spa I was then smashed at Eau Rouge that ended my race anyway >:-(
Who else has some pet hates? Or funny stories.
Edit: Online public lobby Race Theory 101 - You will win the race and beat everyone on the first corner, no matter what your start position is. Addendum to this is "the less skill one possess the the higher the belief in that this tactic will work".
This is not meant to be deadly serious. I thought I would throw the subject around so we could vent some frustration with the current lobby system. So let’s keep it in good humour and poke some fun while we are at it
Here are my pet hates (in no particular order as I hate all of them equally)
People spamming the kick button – yeah we get it, you feel hurt by someone, get over it! I personally hit the tick button all the time now and agree just so the spamming stops. If we all did this it would make online a lot better.
Further to this, still spamming the kick button even though the guy has already left!
People spamming the reset session button. I just don’t get this one at all. So you join the session late (which you did know before you joined the lobby) and don’t want to start rear of field. Good chance you won’t get into a pile up at turn 1, unless it is you that causes it ;-) Or there was a pile up at turn 1 and you want to re-start the race again so you can have another go. Either way I just don’t get it. Get over it or rage quit.
People quitting because they can’t win – Field of 16 and I have only gotten to lap 6 of a 10 lap race and everyone has given up, even the guy still spamming the kick button ;-)
Lapped people that want to race you or worse still smash you off the track because you want to overtake them. I even had someone pull off track and wait for me the next lap around so he could ram me – he missed though ;-)
People that have no idea what a rear view mirror is for and have *ZERO* spatial awareness. Not only applies to overtaking but how many times have you been smashed because some idiot entered the track right in front of you?
Generally bad sportsmanship, even amongst people that “appear” to be able to drive. I had an epic 10 lap battle at Monza in GT3s, I never touched the other guy once, always left him room and last turn back onto the start/finish straight I lined him up, he covered the inside and I sailed around the outside only for him to change direction and push me off the track. Yeah, like we’re playing for World Championships here. There are so many more instances like this but you get the gist. Zakspeed even put a video up about the same issue he had like this.
Lag. Yep, some people have it bad – ‘nuff said.
Cheating – someone suddenly goes 10 seconds a lap faster at Monza with the big corner cut at 1st chicane. Only to then ram me next lap at Mach 3 just as I leave the chicane properly. Sigh…….
Oh and I love (not) 9/10 events are at Red Bull Ring. Wow and one on the short circuit too ;-) Oh and if you do sick of RBR you can race GT3s at Spa, GT3s at Monza, GT3s at Nordschleife and, and ………. Nothing like variety eh?
Joining a lobby with 12 out of 16 so 4 places available only to find out all 12 cars are gone and you can’t get a drive. Like WTF Kunos who’s brainchild was this one?
Ill-defined track boundary penalties allowing people to “use more of the track than they really should”. ‘nuff said ;-)
Having NO idea how to drive on cold tyres – turn 1 on at ANY track and there is a pile up. I have started last of 16 and come out first at Spa!!! Like Wow, only because I have missed all the carnage. Then the spamming starts and everyone rage quits. Starting on cold tyres (I personally love the challenge) but the general population online can’t drive on them. Many of the above issues would be fixed if we started on warm tyres. BTW that instance I quoted at Spa I was then smashed at Eau Rouge that ended my race anyway >:-(
Who else has some pet hates? Or funny stories.
Edit: Online public lobby Race Theory 101 - You will win the race and beat everyone on the first corner, no matter what your start position is. Addendum to this is "the less skill one possess the the higher the belief in that this tactic will work".
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