Well, there are jackass racers in real life and in video games. You want to make a case for AI racers in ToCA and such to be better or as realistic as possible? Here is something: MAKE MISTAKES. I don't want to be the only one making all the driving errors and causing all the cautions. I'd want other drivers to be out of the race much like my sorry ass does when I'm on a track where I'm running a good race until someone insists I stay in the pits and never get out on the track. I'm not the best sim game racer, but at least I don't want to be the one making all the mistakes all the time. I did British GT (NGT) last night in World Tour mode. One car had the left wheels into the grass out of Turn 1 of Brands Hatch - GP Course. I quickly overtook him and probably would have won the damn thing. That's going to have to be part of future racing games. It makes almost no sense when YOU are the one expected to win against much tougher opposition. Why don't more drivers commit errors so that we can acheive a sense that I'm not the only one screwing up races? Like I said, it makes no sense if we're the one continually making mistakes while everyone else races perfect. How come other AI racers show their own monkeyshines on the race track? That's realistic, isn't it? Other people don't have to keep to a racing line like they're programmed to it. They'd still be bad drivers. However, at least I know I'm not the only one and have to master defensive driving.
I guess I'm angered about people who actually condone overaggressive and punk-like AI over GT4. Someone has yet to knock me off the race track after running a perfect line in a GT game. So if a bad AI racer tags your rear tires with his/her front tires, that it's considered a "just racing" incident? I'd modify the flawed flag system in ToCA RD 3 so that I don't have to suffer with fouls I didn't commit. I've played GTR in Pro-Simulation (or whatever it's called) only once. Of course, I lost the race after crashing out. I picked up penalties for cutting corners. There's something else I'd suggest for ToCA Race Driver 3, allow Practice as well as Test Drives in World Tour. That way, I can actually practice mastering the car's capabilities rather than just racing a series cold turkey and expect to drive like a pro.
Now for some good comments. I've recently unlocked the 1980s Williams Grand Prix event as well as the Mitsubishi Motors rallying thing. Let me tell you. I think you will LOVE the Lancer you'll use in the Mitsubishi Motors rallying event. That thing handles beautifully around the rally stages. Don't believe me? Unlock it in World Tour or Pro Career modes. The car is the best handling rally car in the game in my view. It's only ahead of the Lancia Stratos (even though I dislike RWD rallying) and the Audi machine for the rallies. Now the worst- the 4x4 Off Road Tour machines feature some Nissan and Volkswagen Dakar machinery. Those things are VERY slow and have little or no handling ability. It makes you appreciate why they would be so horrible on traditional rally courses. Those things are like NASCAR "stock" cars with jacked-up suspensions. I am also doing the GT Tuning Cup in World Tour. You get the Koenig GT-D, which looks a lot like a Lamborghini Diablo. Handling that thing is a balancing act. It's oversteer-ready and has horrible understeer. You almost have to feather the throttle and have countersteer tactics ready when you race that thing. Other than that, it's a "fanboy's" dream, having something in the likeness of race-prepared Ferrari 360 Modenas, Porsches, and the Diablo. There's even an interesting cut scene as your manager describes the Koenig GT-D you'll be using. But you'll be hearing the V12 engine more than his voice! If you love exotics, then feel free to have your understeer-happy, oversteer-happy, no-handling exotics. And if you want a bad example of the GT-D's handling, try navigating the Shanghai Circuit.
Don't get me wrong. I think ToCA Race Driver 3 is a wonderful game even with its problems. Trouble is, those problems for make for an unforgiving game where you'll have more curse words than race victories. World Tour is challenging, yet managaeable. I think you should rent this game first even after all I've complained. I think you'll like it regardless of the AI and flawed flag system. So give it a try. 👍
, turn the flag's off and it's a bit like a race in destruction derby 
