I don't know about most of GTP but I'm quite tired of this whole handicapping of the player to artificially simulate a competitive race. I hate that I have to chase from the back of every race. That is far from realistic. Why on earth has Kaz not brought back qualifying?
Because of the people with insane control rigs and too much time (even using various aids) complaining that there is no challenge. If you look around this place, you'll see it come up more than a few times. And then there is the whole seasonal leader board thing.
If the AI drove like real drivers in real cars, people who drive like it's a game (meaning they can always just hit reset), will always win because they will push beyond what is possible in real life because there is no threat or detriment to screwing up. So there would be even more complaining about lack of difficulty.
I haven't heard it from the horses mouth, so to speak, but it makes sense that with the above in mind, we would end up with no qualifying and starting at the back with short races. But then, to make extra certain, get the AI to fight dirty, and work together to keep you back, which in turn means you need to be invulnerable to damage against the AI as well, and next thing you know, you're where we are.
Sucks, but what can ya do?
What I do is pick my (AI) battles. Some races I want to use a same class car and know I can beat them. Other races just seem ridiculous or too frustrating, so I just go over the top, like a 2J in the final event for International B(? is that the one? The upper right, next to red bull, 4th set of races), the 5 race series where you start out on the High Speed ring against super cars. Tried the Reventon, even with race slicks it wouldn't keep in line when trying to catch that field, so screw it, if they allow race slicks, they must mean race cars. Got out my 2J and crushed the field and didn't feel the least bit bad about doing it. In my head I just heard the theme song to "R U Faster than a Redneck?" in my head and was laughing. lol
Mostly I get annoyed by the fact that I don't want my cars crashed into during races and they tend to make that impossible. People have said to go off the racing line to get by because the AI sticks to it. They don't. Not all of them. In the Red Bull Jr cars first race, it's easy to pass the cars in the tight left hander after the over-pass by going to the outside and late braking, but when you get to the front 3 or 4, if you go to the outside, so do they and they squeeze you out. If you go to the inside, so do they. Other times I've seen the AI manage to take up the entire track for a long time, but only at the back of the field, then, they let you go. It's as if they are waiting for the lead car to get a certain distance ahead, then they let you go. And it's also frustrating to be in identical cars but see them magically out accelerate you. At times I thought maybe I just was not shifting right or had a poor corner exit or something, but I've found cases where I had a better corner exit, made sure I was shifting on time, and was pulling away from them, only for them to blast by me a short while later. Crazy. Thankfully they always slowed down too much or braked too early so I was able to win those events.[/quote]
