Talk about that AI

i back Stefano mentioning it..

 

something about this changed in the last patch. Before the AI would always blast the KRB turbo to 100% in a race, now they keep it at stock value

 

I hope these kinds of situations with the AI are getting looked at by Kunos too. Makes no sense to me that cars that have nothing to do with a crash and simply slowed down have some very short time-out for retiring and retire even if crashed cars are gone. With the improved AI there's potentially more crashes, more so on certain tracks or in certain turns, so it kind of ruins races more often when AI just retires like this. There has to be ways to get AI properly find their way around obstacles by reversing (AI rather retire and disappear than reverse from a barrier) and driving on grass if need be and there is space (or just simply get off the AI line) and also to limp back to the pits instead of disappearing and fully retiring. It's also not consistent, sometimes AI just stays in the same place and never retires. On a positive note AI that run too wide/spin and are off the track typically drive back and wait for a free track to rejoin instead of stopping and retiring or just crashing back into the field. And AI is overall very good at racing now. Just needs some more improvements in some areas.

 

I believe they get through those situations faster with higher aggression levels, as the AI is keener to overtake.
But when the AI is indeed racing I even let me to believe that I'm in multiplayer.


Edit: But I also have seen AI cars so damaged that should retire or get back to pits for repairs but keep racing, although very slowly due to the damage they have.

 

Can somebody here be so kind and give a short summary about working with ai_hints and how to use them? @LilSki @Lord Kunos
I think I understand most of them except the danger hint. What does the left and right value mean?

 

Haven't messed with much myself but essentially it moves the road edge inward for the distance defined between start and end like all the other variables. I don't know if you can use negative numbers or not to move the edge outward. It does not show with the AI app in game so it is very much trial and error.

 

I use DANGER_ on Nordschleife to get rid of some stupid mistakes that AI does on road cars. It narrows AI lets say "pass tunnel" so if
[DANGER_9]
START=0.520
END=0.550
LEFT=0.3
RIGHT=0.3
AI will not pass opponent if distance from him to track limits is less than 0.3 of a normal distance. It dont slow down an AI if it race alone.

 

noticed the AI are a little funky (open wheelers!) even on lower Aggresion settings 85%

 

85% isn't a 'lower' aggression setting.

 

yeah they're a bit better in the 60% or even 40s. but i still get the in tight corner pile ups more with the open wheelers. (much more so than tintops)

 

have you tried realistic value like ...10%? Imo 80 till 100% should be reserved for full contact stuff like the 90s DTM cars or the Abarth 500s, even leaving it at 0% results surprisingly risky driving on some tracks

 

hows 10% realistic lol



So overly aggressive driver are more realistic than non aggressive drivers ha



yes i did try 0 % too they’re better obviously but still get held up on slower tighter corners like some of those at red bull ring like in the screenshot above.

 

That's why Content Manager is quite nice... I just set aggressiveness value from 0-100 or a similarly wide range (variation) with a full field of AI. Some AI will still be aggressive but the whole field is less likely to act the same. With the official launcher that aggressiveness setting is far more limited.

 

theres a lot of settings that i wish kunos would take from CM, random bloody weather would be one of them!!!!lol but 1000% agreed!

 

wrong post

 

although I wish CM would implemet random wind in turn

 

CM does have random settings for wind. Right click on it.

Assetto Corsa doesn't support (as far as I know) changing wind within a session though.

 

Is it me or the AI is like a tank? I mean one touch from them you will surely spin. I tried some maneouver to try to spin the AI, no luck. They will just drive straight like nothing happened and i obviously spin.

 

Not really. With the recent AI changes the AI can spin from contact easier than before.

 

I really wonder if we are all playing the same game sometimes. I PIT maneuver the AI just for laughs sometimes.