PS4 There's one kerb @ Nords that kills GT3-class AI cars every single race (videos included).

As the videos show, there is one particular kerb at this track which causes the AI cars to crash every single race. They all run over it and spin in the same way, then crash and teleport back to the pits to end their race. I can restart the race and it will happen again. The yellow flag pops up so I know it's going to happen. Other classes do hit the same kerb, but I've only seen the GT3/2 cars actually crash because of it. Does this happen to anyone else?

Please, devs, can you look into the AI racing line or other parameters which would stop this from happening, as it ruins every single GT3 race at Nords for me, and as I say, other cars do hit this same kerb, I just haven't noticed them crash yet. And I guess I'll also have to open a ticket with 505 support, so that's what I'll do later. Thanks

 

This was something I was able to fix on the PC side. I did submit my changes to a dev. Hopefully at some point the consoles get the fix (PC doesn't have an official fix yet either). It is a fairly known issue though.

It can be tough to see but this is an image of the line. You can see why they have issues. This is obviously on the PC as we can open an AI app to display the line. But by the looks of it the console has the same exact line looking at your videos.

 

Well at least I now know it's not just my AI guys driving like nutters, thanks! I would've thought it'd be relatively easy to program in a tweak for a different line, or to adjust their speed. No braking really needed there, but what do I know? It's just frustrating.

 

Looks like I just quoted myself lol

 

Not just GT3 cars



This is a very serious bug. It seems is going to ruin almost every race on the Nords.

 

Oh wow, that was crazy. I thought it was you driving at first lol. Then they teleported back to the pits... I've ran a few Group C races there but only with same car 962C short tails and they seem to get over that kerb okay. I made a ticket at 505 and was contacted about it and was told it'd be passed on to the team, so hopefully it'll get looked at. Thanks for the vid.

 

When they will fix it, Gt vs Godzilla Special Events will be impracticable

 

So its AI im racing against online?

 

I was the 962 coming from the back (at the end I choose my camera and Im waiting for the other 962, rammed by the idiot in the C9, to pass me). This idiot ruined a pretty epic race

The thing is, this is going to ruin every race or championship. Stefano's AI works brilliant in normal conditions, but when there are incidentals, they just go crazy. There is this bug, the bug in long races where the AI doesnt stop, the bug where they simply stop when there is an accident (instead of, safetely, passing the crashed car by the grass or so)...

 

And if you add the way they don't like to overtake even when you're driving 50mph then yeah, a bit of a problem.

 

I wonder if this has anything to do with the AI grip levels? I say that because i followed their line and had no problem. Watching the replay made me think it was the way the AI were trying to apply grip that causes it. I could just be talking out of my arse though. AI grip levels need to be fixed either way, pisses me off getting my rear tapped on the inside then spinning out whilst the AI ar glued to the road.

 

I dont think that's the case if we have in mind what Lilski is saying

 

Correct it has nothing to do with grip. As soon as I fixed the line the AI had no issues in that area and most can take it flat out. A few people have downloaded my updated line and they all said it fixed it for them. I feel bad for you guys not being able to modify anything but now that they are aware of the issue I'm sure you will get a fix at some point.

EDIT: Only the main layout is affected by this by the way. Both endurance layouts should not have this issue.

 

Really? Cool, I'll give endurance a go later and see what happens. But that is also a bit strange if they have a different line there.

 

Not it isn't strange at all. Each layout has it's own line and the way we make lines is there is an AI app. We hit record right before the start line and drive a lap as cleanly and smoothly as possible. Then we can go into the editor and edit the line by hand if need be. How this error slipped through I don't know. But it only took me 20 minutes to edit that section by hand.

So you can see this is what the AI sees. Red line is the track limit and purple is the actual AI path. There is also a blue pit line not shown here.

 

Just ran a race with a grid full of McLaren 650s and they got through that section without crashing. They hit the kerb but no crashes. Haven't tested all GT3 there yet.