JacoJa
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Hi all!
OK, so I spent this afternoon preparing myself for the very first online trial runs for both the Nations cup and the Manufacturers Series. I currently have a driver rating of 'B' and a sportsmanship rating of 'S', so I haven't had many problems with the opponents I've been matched with recently. The biggest problem I've had with the online racing so far is the penalty system, which I find is way too harsh at times. A few times it has destroyed my race completely after I got caught up in an accident with other drivers, or even if I took evasive action to avoid an opponent blocking the track. It's a big problem if Polyphony intend on providing fair races for the FIA championships.
Here is a video clip of what happened during my first Manufacturers cup race. I am driving the Toyota ahead, and the Alfa 4C (in chasecam) is being driven by an opponent behind. The Alfa driver came from too far back to overtake on the chicane... It was never going to work, and I didn't exactly see him until he ran into the side of me. The first bump actually gave me (in the Toyota) an instant 10-second time penalty. The Alfa driver on the other hand just sped off into the distance without any penalties at all... It was super annoying.
By creating this thread, I'm hoping we can show Polyphony the current weaknesses of the penalty system so that it can be revised and tweaked for future updates.
If you have any videos with penalties which have baffled you, please post them here! 👍
OK, so I spent this afternoon preparing myself for the very first online trial runs for both the Nations cup and the Manufacturers Series. I currently have a driver rating of 'B' and a sportsmanship rating of 'S', so I haven't had many problems with the opponents I've been matched with recently. The biggest problem I've had with the online racing so far is the penalty system, which I find is way too harsh at times. A few times it has destroyed my race completely after I got caught up in an accident with other drivers, or even if I took evasive action to avoid an opponent blocking the track. It's a big problem if Polyphony intend on providing fair races for the FIA championships.
Here is a video clip of what happened during my first Manufacturers cup race. I am driving the Toyota ahead, and the Alfa 4C (in chasecam) is being driven by an opponent behind. The Alfa driver came from too far back to overtake on the chicane... It was never going to work, and I didn't exactly see him until he ran into the side of me. The first bump actually gave me (in the Toyota) an instant 10-second time penalty. The Alfa driver on the other hand just sped off into the distance without any penalties at all... It was super annoying.
By creating this thread, I'm hoping we can show Polyphony the current weaknesses of the penalty system so that it can be revised and tweaked for future updates.
If you have any videos with penalties which have baffled you, please post them here! 👍