For some time people are complaining about this.
Same happened on Gr. 4, with GT-R, but that was corrected quickly.
I'm well aware i'm not a very skilled gamer and play with DS4, so usually don't bother to look to top10 times.
Also because of all dumb trolleys seem to think they are too good to slower cars and go to Gr. 3 races, I usually enjoy not so Destruction Derby gr. 4 or one make races. So, not so aware as others about the "Beetle Problem"
But, in the weekend, having just finished a custom livery on a Viper GT3, a gave it a go on Interlagos on the Daily Race.
Despite almost none experience with the Viper, and only two laps on qualifying, I qualified 5th, it was not the fastest bunch of boys on that race, I've to admit.
So, I was fifth, a dude on a M6 was fourth, 3 Beetles in the front and 2 right behind me.
With the start of the race I finally understood why people complain. The guy on the BMW was doing a pretty good job, clean lines, smooth, but was no match to the first two Beetles. The other one was all over the place, fighting just to keep the car on track, but still missing the apex, overshooting the braking points, was still fighting for third place. The Beetle starting in sixth passed me, partially because I tried to stay out of the way on the first corner (too many races ruined by being rammed on the first corner), he too was all over the place. I realized how annoying is to race this way. One thing is to race guys as good or better than you, other is watching they struggling just to keep the car on tarmac and still be faster than you, when you are having a pretty decent, error free race.
On the second lap, breaking to turn 4 (end of second straight Recta Oposta), the Beetle in fourth managed to tangle with the Beemer in third, I guess the other Beetle panicked and I managed to pass to fourth, with the Beetle that caused the mess in third, in front of me. On the next lap, entering to turn 6, by some reason, the Beetle one more time didn't brake on the right place, but managed to full brake and still hold it (in any other car he would simply understeer offtrack). Unfortunately for him, I was right behind him, couldn't avoid bumping him in the back. It was unintentional, I had nowhere to go, I went to finish third, no penalty was assessed.
The Beemer didn't managed to recover, although being a pretty decent car (the race had no tire wear), and the driver not bad at all.
So it was: Distant Beetle, Beetle, me, Bettle, Bettle, Beetle, Beemer.
I guess the first one was a pretty decent driver, has he finished 10 secs ahead of me and 8 secs ahead of second place Beetle, on a 4 lap race, but the guys I was fighting where all over the place, no idea of racing lines, etc. but still where keeping up, the only problem was they couldn't handle the fact they where racing against other guys.
I don't bother there are cars slightly better than others, but the Beetle thing is something completely different.
