Reversed tracks in v.1.xxx.??

Hi there devs.

This could be a totally moot point(no-one knows what surprises you got up your sleeve).

But if possible and not already been planned(for us).

I would most humbly ask you pls very kindly if you would consider letting us drive the tracks in reverse.
Now this could be licensing issue,(absolutely not your fault, just the way it is) idk.

But if it's not could you, again pls consider this.
10/11 tracks with reverse becomes 20/22 tracks.

As for problems and bugs that sometimes come with reversing tracks, i wouldn't care too much about them, 'cos they could always be put way down the list of priorities to fix.
And... at sometime in the future i know they would be fixed.

Thanx for your time.
Most appreciated...

ps. i'm curious to know what others would think of say, a reversed track/s with maybe some issues that would surely get fixed at some point in time, and would it bother them.

Would you the users mind this, if it we're to happen.??

Again this could all be moot.

 

+1

i think all sims are missing this HUGE feature!

 

No reverse. It's a noob arcade option.

 

Hi Darcy.

No need to be rude and abrupt with people.

I'm certainly no noob and i don't ever have arcade apps on my rig.
Been racing for many, many years mafrien'.

 

you obviously never tried spa reversed in your life.

anyway, keep "simulating".

 

Sorry, didn't mean to be rude.

I just think that if the option does not exist in reality, should not exist in a simulator.

 

np's mafrien'.

And what about the options that exist in reality but not in a simulator.??

If you don't like to run a track in -R, then you could choose not to.
But i'm sure there'll be many people who would like the option, if it was at all there.

 

the only reason people don't race real world tracks in reverse
is because of safety reasons and costs (for the track owner).

otherwise, ask any race driver if he would refuse to lap a track
in reverse and come here tell me his answer.

 

In my opinion reversed tracks tracks are "cheap" way to add more tracks to games. No thanks, more real tracks please.

 

yeah, because i prefer the "expensive" way to add more tracks to games.

 

I get what you say mafrien, really i do.

But since we've got what is it 11/12 tracks being released for v1.0(afaik), i was only asking if Kunos could give us the option to drive these in Reverse.
This equates to 11/12 becoming 22/24.

Or, you could just stick with your 11/12 tracks.
I know what i'd rather have though.

+ with future tracks(DLC) i wouldn't want to get told we have "6 new tracks" to fire up the sim and find it's "only 1 track with 5 variations"(underhandedness, misleading).
However, i would pay the same price for that "only 1 track with 5 variations". if i knew in advance what i was actually buying or paying for.

I hope you see what i mean.

 

Imola in reverse it's AWESOME.

 

Sure make it an option but I agree, it's kinda cheap. And personally I won't be driving Imola or Monza in reverse...they are driven the same way for a very long time, this is how we know them and I believe most hardcore racers will not be excited to driver them in reverse...

 

guys, it's not cheap.

it's smart.

 

Just one question.
Whats the point of having laserscanned tracks, if we're just gonna end up racing on fictional ones?
(Yes I consider reverse tracks fictional)

 

Not really. If it was, then Formula 1 would just say oh hey, we have 20 tracks this year. We race 10 then do the same 10 backwards....come on. it's cheap and nasty. These iconic tracks are MEANT to be driving in a specific direction. but hey if you have time on your hands, you can go and practice 50 laps on spa in reverse<. personally and I think i speak for many many racers when I say this, I will be carrying over my experience of these tracks from other sims and continue to race them THE RIGHT WAY ROUND . If you want reverse tracks, you have GT series or Grid 2 lol. Next you guys will be asking for mirrored and reverse mirrored versions. Then you will want to make Eau Rouge "better". Stop!

 

as i've said before, in the real world there are issues to driving in
reverse that are not present in simulators.

by the way you express yourself, i can see you never drove a lap
around spa or laguna seca in reverse in any sim.

if you did, you would know that it's a whole new experience and
a lot of new corners for you to learn and master.

you either see and understand the benefits or you don't... in your
case, i see you don't.

 

Reverse tracks are not my idea of fun, but then ovals are a mystery to me when it comes to entertainment. They should an option, just like drifting is going to be in AC, though I don't see that as racing, but one of pointless smoke and noise, all personal preference for sure. I'm all with Paul, if a DLC says 5 tracks they better be 5 different tracks, the same with cars, I do not want just skins they have to be original cars. Seeing how these things have been done in NetKar I worry little, I don't think Kunos has gone money grabbing nuts yet.

 

Of course i never drove round them in reverse, because I'm not a complete idiot. There is no point in doing it when they are meant to be driven the way they are driven in real life. Sure it would be a whole new experience but a pointless one and a waste of time. If you don't understand WHY I won't race them in reverse then I can't explain it to you. But you either see the benifit of driving them in their original configuration, when that is how you will race them, or you don't. Obviously you don't and prefer to waste your time racing them in reverse. Waste of time.....No serious sim has ever had this option, only arcade games. if you want arcade like I said, you have your pick....leave arcade options in arcade games thankyou.

OR maybe I am dumb. How about we learn to drive our cars in reverse...surely we must learn some amazing steering skills by doing that. Let's have reverse races or races where we take off one wheel, or drive blindfolded. I mean where does it end?

 

Going down hill through Eau Rouge feels like sacrilege.

Seriously though, I'm not against adding a reverse option but I don't think I would partake in it. Feel's a bit gimmicky to give the appearance of more tracks. Maybe down the road when people create fictional tracks, reverse would be more appealing to me. Just my .02, and it's not like I (or anyone would get annoyed) if it was done, we don't have to choose it as a option.