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I'm not sure how I feel about this. I would never pick the Acura to contest a current ACC race, but I like driving it. It is known that this iteration is not necessarily competitive. Fidelity to real life that relegates the car to hot lapping. Is the "accurate" handicapping worth limiting the car's usage to AI filler? Maybe it could perform accurately as AI, but be better BoP balanced when being driven by a human(?). I'm sure this is way down the list.

 

i think separating 2018 and 2019 cars shouldn't be that hard. i don't want to change the BoP of 2018 cars because they should be competitive with 2019 cars.
let's keep the reality! i don't care if i can't race 2018 car on a 2019 server or vice-versa. or if i could race, i don't care its BoP is different. overall laptimes should be close anyway.

 

Which ever way they decide to run BoP I hope it is realistic and easy to understand in the UI.

 

Looking over the teams and manufacturers for 2019 versus 2018, I just figured out I'd be happy enough if they throw the McLaren into the 2019 list and keep them separated. Both groups of cars provide nice versatility and difference between them.

 

2018 vs 2019 cars will be fun for sure but if they gonna balance it then IMO they should change BoP of old cars such that they become close to 2019 cars NOT do other wau around i.e slow down 2019 cars to 2018 car levels.
For EXAMPLE->>
if new porsche is faster than old one by for example (assuming) 0.5 seconds then bring the old porsche (991.1) to that level NOT slow down NEW porsche by 0.5 seconds to match old car's pace.
I'm pretty sure by removing some ballast and/or giving more power to old car will make them fight toe to toe with new ones.

 

.. great now the aliens can use the 18's whilst the rest of us use the 19's BoP so maybe we only look half stupid.. just maybe..

yes @Captain Barracuda I am talking about you

 

This will not happen.

 

yeah, that's what i'm against... i prefer keep the reality. if the '18 Porsche is slower than '19, then it's slower, so what.

i'm more curious about rulesets, especially after we get the IGTC DLC. i think stint lengths are different for example compared to BES?

 

I understand but your reality is Not real but artificial why? because the current performance of porsche is because of BoP NOT actual performance.
So old porsche will be slower IF it weren't for BoP BUT since BoP is unavoidable part of GT racing then why not make all cars as much equal as possible?

You are denying all the amazing races that could happen if both 2018 and 2019 had same level of performance.
So old cars will be slower mostly because of BoP and you know BoP is artificial NOT actually the cars performance.

 

I'd rather keep the 2018/19 cars separate, I dont want to run the new and old R8s in the same race imo.

 

Some of this speculations are getting ridiculous.
They're not going to balance '18 cars again just so they can match '19 cars. Each year Blancpain used certain BoP values and that's what Kunos will do, period.
Will they allow to run '18 and '19 cars together in MP?? We'll have to wait and see

 

I only hope that I could race 2018 cars on Zandvoort and 2019 cars on Zolder offline. I prefer not mixing 2018 and 2019 cars together, although for online mode I would be okay with it (although because the 2019 season will be free for all of the players it wouldn't separate the community much).

Also I wonder if it would be possible to implement different layouts for the existing tracks, it would add for a lot of variety for offline and online racing. (of course the career mode should be limited to the layouts used during the 2018 season).

And one last question: Will there be a 2019 season career mode?

 

I suspect they'll split the grids in SP and have separate BOP for each where applicable, ie the 2015 Merc would have separate 2018 and 2019 BOP if that was the case IRL. I'd imagine we won't be able to mix seasons in SP but will be able to pick any car we like for MP. I hope was can race 2018 grid on Zandvoort and 2019 grid on Zolder in SP but it's possible we won't be able to. Hoping this is open though for SP practise modes and MP.

 

In Sprint and Endurance modes maybe not but in Custom weekend and Single Race I don't see why not

 

I suspect that Kunos' policy is to keep the game as close as possible to the real life in term of simulation, so they will implement the real life BoP rather than making all the cars balanced within the game.

 

Quote from the thread :"Plans to balance the cars?"

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in Kunos we trust

 

and that's that.. Aris's message is clear and on point.. BoP the way it should be..

 

Which leaves us wondering where the 720S will fit in. I hope we won't have it only for hotlaps

BTW, has anyone yet seen any pics of the Aston cockpit?