However.. I've found whenever I enter a race with 12+ cars there is a 95%
chance of a first bend pileup - even when people are well behaved. It
just seems that any warping effect whatsoever leads to disaster. Last
night at Kyalami, I had to stop dead in the middle of the track at the
first corner where the pileup was - watching cars jumping into the air,
spinning round and round, bursting into flames etc. I was trying to pick
a way through but no, someone warped into me and I was hurled into the
air to join the fray.
This isn't too bad if you can press shift-R and get back into the race.
This brings me to the question - why does anyone run PRO races? It just
seems unfair to be out of a race in the first few seconds through no
fault of your own!
I appreciate the realism of having realistic damage once the race is
under way, but until this problem is sorted out, no one should run Pro
servers. Probably the best way would be to have collisions turned off for
the first 1/2 lap. This wouldn't be realistic but neither is the crazy
antics of an online pileup.
- Michael