Frustrating

I have seen quite a bit of improvement in the AI over the last few updates, that is, until this last one. FFS! After ten failed attempts at Mugello with nine other Lotus T125's I give up. Each and every time there is a car right up my backside. At one point I stopped driving out of frustration and pulled off onto the curb, and there was still a car behind me, nudging away after all the other cars had gone past.

On another note I find I really enjoy driving open wheel cars something I never gave much thought too before AC. I started with the Tatuus Abrath which really is a fun car to drive and learn the different tracks. Then with another update I had access to the Lotus T125 so I decided to give that a shot and wow, what a fun car to drive! I've finally got around to the S1 which is now my favorite. What a hoot!

 

AI at 100%?

 

The 125T are easily the worst cars in the hand of the AI. Quite a few other cars shere the AI used to be terrible have got much better so im sure they will be improved to over the next few builds in those cars too.

 

yea they still do the worst stuff in the open wheelers where road cars are pretty darn solid race wise. the lotus 49 ai is awesome, not tried the 312t yet. but the 125 i gave up too much destruction derby ai wise break checking crazy aero moves getting driven through and so on where all the old ai was at. so pretty confident given a update or two they will be much improved.

 

I believe AC is carefully making adjustments since if you lower the AI aggression too much then the AI will maintain too much distance from your car to avoid trouble, thus no longer competitive! This is a difficult task to accomplish for all these different car types/physics to run on all the tracks and this is why some AI cars run so much better on certain tracks than other do.

 

Try putting them on 100%, seriously. Once you race with them enough you'll figure out where to pass and can start in the back and not have to restart at all. I find racing with the AI very enjoyable when the proper amount of give and take is exercised.

As in any racing, patience... with Kunos and the AI. They're showing us on every update that they're committed to the task.

 

the fastest cars are still a problem for the AI, yes. But it improved vastly, because they stay atleast on the track

 

Agree! Many drivers don't exercise enough patience when racing against the AI and will push and shove their way into T1 but being patient will help alot to accomplish your mission/win.

 

As a follow up I find if I mix the cars in the race between the T125 and T125 S1 the race is very enjoyable. I had three short races in a row and the AI played fine. If my driving skills weren't so suspect I would post a video of one of them!

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