rec.autos.simulators

> Doug

> > I just can't understand why people say F1RC is good. I've played it for
> two
> > days now (not just a few laps, but really played a lot) and the game is
> > really good. Awesome. Great. Love it. But the AI ruins it all. It's just
> > incredible. Sometimes they see me, sometimes they don't. I played about
25
> > races now, and only 2 times I wasn't kicked off or run into by the AI.
> > Just now I tried to finish a race. I was 6th. In the last lap I became
> 5th.
> > In the last corner I made a little little little mistake: I pushed the
> > brakes a fraction of a second too early. And BANG the ran into me. Crap.
> > Complete utter crap. I watched a lot of replays after being pushed of
the
> > track. Usually the AI just runs into me. For instance: there were two
cars
> > behind me. One of them overtook the other, drifting from the ideal line.
> > When he came to the corner he just ran his car into mine to get his car
on
> > the ideal line. As if I wasn't there. Starts are also utter crap. The AI
> > just doesn't see you. Let me say it again: I didn't play the game for 5
> > minutes. I played it for two days. And it's just too frustrating: seeing
> all
> > your hard work ruined by some ***AI driver. It happens too often.

> > I can give more examples, but there is only one conclusion: if you're
into
> > time trials: get this game. It's awesome. If you're into racing the AI:
> > forget it. It's just too crappy to be true. It's evenso crappy that I
> can't
> > believe the patch will help: the entire AI should be rewritten. As far
as
> I
> > know they will only make the AI less aggressive. Not more intelligent.
> Damn,
> > what a bullshit this is: even before the game was in the stores the
patch
> > was announced. Didn't they TEST the ***y game? It's going back to the
> > store tomorrow. And boy, am I disappointed. Specially because I can't
get
> my
> > money back here: I'll have to trade it for another game they have in
> store.
> > Any suggestions...?

> >Any suggestions...?

> The AI in F12KCS is pretty good and GP3 is not too bad either.

>Doug

>In case you missed my post down in "F1RC -Almost Perfect" in reply to you,
>here is a copypaste:
>I agree the cars feel like "hovercraft" ! Nice description !

> The AI is pretty good but needs a few modifications. Buy it and I'll tell
> you what to do.

> which will include :

> 1. AI setup modification
> 2. AI Agression adjustment

> After that you'll be racing tail to tail, waiting for 4-5 laps to overtake
> and never fear they'll kick you out. Anything else sir ? ;)

> > I just can't understand why people say F1RC is good. I've played it for
> two
> > days now (not just a few laps, but really played a lot) and the game is
> > really good. Awesome. Great. Love it. But the AI ruins it all. It's just
> > incredible. Sometimes they see me, sometimes they don't. I played about
25
> > races now, and only 2 times I wasn't kicked off or run into by the AI.
> > Just now I tried to finish a race. I was 6th. In the last lap I became
> 5th.
> > In the last corner I made a little little little mistake: I pushed the
> > brakes a fraction of a second too early. And BANG the ran into me. Crap.
> > Complete utter crap. I watched a lot of replays after being pushed of
the
> > track. Usually the AI just runs into me. For instance: there were two
cars
> > behind me. One of them overtook the other, drifting from the ideal line.
> > When he came to the corner he just ran his car into mine to get his car
on
> > the ideal line. As if I wasn't there. Starts are also utter crap. The AI
> > just doesn't see you. Let me say it again: I didn't play the game for 5
> > minutes. I played it for two days. And it's just too frustrating: seeing
> all
> > your hard work ruined by some ***AI driver. It happens too often.

> > I can give more examples, but there is only one conclusion: if you're
into
> > time trials: get this game. It's awesome. If you're into racing the AI:
> > forget it. It's just too crappy to be true. It's evenso crappy that I
> can't
> > believe the patch will help: the entire AI should be rewritten. As far
as
> I
> > know they will only make the AI less aggressive. Not more intelligent.
> Damn,
> > what a bullshit this is: even before the game was in the stores the
patch
> > was announced. Didn't they TEST the ***y game? It's going back to the
> > store tomorrow. And boy, am I disappointed. Specially because I can't
get
> my
> > money back here: I'll have to trade it for another game they have in
> store.
> > Any suggestions...?

> --
> Ian P
> <email invalid due to spam>

> > Here Here.

> > If you have the CPU to take advantage, F1 CS 2000 is much more
satisfying
> > and complete than F1RC.

> > AI problems aside, I believe F1 CS 2000 to be more realistic as far as
the
> > feel of the car.

> > You have got to be joking, the cars in F1 CS don't respond anywhere near
> as
> > fast as a real F1 car does.

> > --
> > Ian P
> > <email invalid due to spam>