Definition of desperation

Pulling in behind your ghost car as if you might get in the slip stream and gain a few tenths of a second.

 

Done it and also pulled out at the last milli-second to try and overtake the thing

 

Just turn off ghost, I just find it makes me slower, concentrate on current lap rather than worrying about comparison to a previous one, if you want to know how you are doing compared to your previous best just use a delta app, far less distracting as you can just glance at it on the straights

 

Performance shaper, forever and always.

 

I'm thinking of turning it off myself. The problem with the ghost is, when I've made a desperate late braking manoeuvre on my best lap I always feel like I'm slow when the ghost overtakes me mid turn. As King Kenny Roberts said, you have to know when to be slow.

 

I can tell when the ghost is about to pass me in a corner, there is a kind of heat wave on the guard rail before it drives through you.

 

I found the ghost car distracting and just in the way so I never use it.

 

For practice sessions the ghost car in my opinion is one of the best methods to race against since you can easily see where all your slow points are on the fly, thus a great learning tool.

 

I cant stand the ghost, having real time Delta I find is more then enough and actually gives you more info then a ghost plus you aren't driving up the a$$ of the thing blocking your vision. Simply glancing at it at times to see if your up or down then at key bits of track try to check to see if your gaining or losing time after exiting corners.

 

If you don't want to see the ghost, but also don't want to turn it off, just be faster best solution for me. If the ghost is in front of you, you are slower anyway.

 

Lol I never saw a ghost car on a real track, whats wrong with the delta time as used in real racing? The ghost is the most arcade feature along with the racing line and other artifical aids.

Cant you set the ghost to be ahead of you by a certain margin? would be completly useless if your always ahead of it I think. But wouldnt the delta being under by a certain margin tell you how your going relative to your pb without having a silly ghost car on the screen.

 

Just had a go without the ghost car first thing I noticed, did not loop it as often trying to get the power down to early. Also did not know you could turn it off, thought it just went with hot lapping. Its my first real sim, a steep learning curve not made any easier by only having a 14inch screen.

 

14" monitor.... Dude, next time your anywhere near some spare money... Buy a new monitor

 

Talking about a racing sim, irl I've never seen a ghost car on any track in my life.

So I'd better put the thing off. Distracting and annoying(which means if it's in front of you, you're not going fast enough...)

Cheers
Robin

 

My missus says when I sell my bike transporter can get a bigger monitor. Its one of those luck things my hands were really burnt in an accident a couple of years ago cant do my trade anymore as a toolmaker, and have not been able to find employment since, lucky I raced for so long got lots of go fast bits from old bikes that people pay an arm and a leg for, but they are slowly running out. When I get back in the workforce watch out will have a triple set up the size of a drive in screen

 

some people aren't as hardcore simracers as you. of course there are arcade features for a game that is for both sim racers and casual gamers. If you don't like it, turn it off

 

Sounds like you've had a pretty awful time of it m8.

Still, on the up-and-up.

 

Could of been worse, we need the bad times to really appreciate the good.