Indycar AI

Am I just dumb, or the the AI in Indycar I really frustrating? I've just gotten back into the sim (got pedals for Christmas). After much testing I can qualify first, I can drive very consistently, I've got a setup that'll let me run high, low, etc. But I can't seem to drive more that 10-15 laps before some knucklehead, computer car drives into me! How do you handle this? Am I the only one who's frustrated? Do I just need to 'be more careful'? Or is this known behavior and should I be looking for another sim? Is Nascar any better? How about Indycar 2? I've got a 486-66 vlb with a not-too-fast graphics card so I probably can't run svga. Is Indycar 2 worth the $? Is the AI improved significantly? Paul

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> But I can't seem to drive more that 10-15 >laps before some knucklehead, computer car drives into me! >How do you handle this? Am I the only one who's frustrated? Do I just need >to 'be more careful'? Or is this known behavior and should I be looking for >another sim? >Is Nascar any better? How about Indycar 2?

I think IndycarII is much better, I actually had a car almost hit me, and I saw him move over away as I passed him. (watched on a replay) I couldn't stand Indycar I because of the same thing. Whenever a dork hit me, that was my cue to go backwards around the track and take everyone out so I could still finish first (no damage setting of course!) !! Craig

Well, on ICR2 at Lake Elkhart there are some very fast corners [some would even say bendy straights] and the computer, rather than braking, will move over and ram you off if you are hogging the racing line. However, compared up to ICR1, this is nothing and you'll learn not to get into situations like that anyway. As for Nascar, your car can take a hell of a lot more and so it doesn't matter too much. --

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> Am I just dumb, or the the AI in Indycar I really frustrating? > I've just gotten back into the sim (got pedals for Christmas). After much > testing I can qualify first, I can drive very consistently, I've got a setup > that'll let me run high, low, etc. But I can't seem to drive more that 10-15 > laps before some knucklehead, computer car drives into me! > How do you handle this? Am I the only one who's frustrated? Do I just need > to 'be more careful'? Or is this known behavior and should I be looking for > another sim? > Is Nascar any better? How about Indycar 2? > I've got a 486-66 vlb with a not-too-fast graphics card so I probably can't > run svga. Is Indycar 2 worth the $? Is the AI improved significantly? > Paul

The AI`s are much better, but you still have to be careful at ovals.

This is one of the things that Papyrus really screwed up on. Hey, Papyrus, can you say "BETA TESTING"??? Geez... Talk about jerky drivers. This one thing screws the whole game up. Also I noticed something. During the off-season of IndyCar, I like to do a championship season without me driving. I run the whole race in accelerated mode, and once in a while I go to replay and watch 5 minutes of the race. Then I resume the race. This is what I noticed, when a car is like 1:00 behind the leader and then a yellow flag comes out, all the cars slow down right then, way before the pace car. Then, by the time it's green, that car that was a minute behind is still :30 behind the leader. This bugged me. Also, the breakdowns were overdone. When I watch a race in the game, I'm wanting Unser, Andretti, Herta, and Gordon to do well. But, half of those races, all of those drivers were out with mechanical problems. And to make it worse, Villeneuve (a personally hated driver) made it through the entire season without a DNF! And he won the Championship. I guess I'm rambling on about things that I hate about IndyCar Racing 2. But, I REALLY love ICR2, and it's the greatest game out there. I'm just saying to Papyrus, test your games a lot more, and there will be no bugs. Oh, one thing I like about Papyrus is that the upgrade patches are free (downloadable). Oh, and one question, Is Papyrus going to make an upgrade patch for ICR2 soon? -- ______________________________________________________________________________ I Love Cars, Auto Racing, And The Red Hot Chili Peppers --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IndyCar: Go Penske Team! Al Unser Jr., Paul Tracy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NASCAR: Go Rusty Wallace and Jeff Gordon! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Red Hot Chili Peppers: Anthony Kiedis: Vocals Dave Navarro: Guitar Flea (Michael Balzary): Bass Chad Smith: Drums