Yesterday I had a race in which I actually had fun. You've to learn
the weird habbits of the AI, but after you know how to avoid them at
certain moments, it plays nice.
I still think the AI crashes too much, in 1999 it seems Rubens lost
his frontwing every lap. If I start in front of an AI driver, the
first thing I do is getting out of the way, otherwise he'll run into
my gearbox right away. This is on 85%, BTW.
When an AI has to enter the pits on Monza, he'll leave Parabolica on
the left side of the track. Just before the pit entrance, he'll slam
on the brakes, and moves to the right, even if there are cars behind
him. Very annoying.
But this race was fun. I actually had some fights with other cars.
Man, you've to be smooth with these cars! I did a 50% race on Monza,
which results in a 26 laps race. I started as #21, in a Minardi. I
worked my way up to 6th place, but with 6 laps to go the car pulled to
the right when I was braking. Reducing the brake ducts to 3 wasn't a
good idea after all.... :-/ Well, I think that was the reason, since
the spotter said my brakes were a bit hot.
Is there a way to see the telemetry after a race?
2 laps later I lost it completely, and crashed into a tyre barrier. So
close to a point, sigh. But I can't wait to try again this evening.
Remco