I really like the game overall (esp after appplying a few mods), but some things are just frustrating... 50% distance, TC and ABS on since I'm using a controller. a few highlights:
Start off the season in the Lotus. It's slow but the computer sucks in sector 2 so I can compete pretty well. Pit stop bug happens so I restart. I'm doing ok in about 5th (*sigh* no AI fuel simulation) when I come in to pit because my soft tires are shot (No AI tire simulation either?). Come out in about 11th. Chandok is the car in 10th and he is doing laps faster than the race-leader at about 2:01. Some of the AI cars finally pit and my fuel has burned off so I end up back in 8th or so. I get a flat on the front straight with 4 laps to go which I chose to negate with a rewind.
Australia - Car is too slow on straights, esp with full fuel but AI sucks in sector 2. Puncture with about 7 laps to go - rewind time
Malaysia - Team wants me to finish 12th since its our home race. Right.... I start on the softs and I've qualified in 9th. I get towards the end of my stint and it starts sprinkling. I stay out a few laps to see if its going to continue and then pit for inters. Come out somewhere in the high teens. It continues to rain and there is standing water on the track, but somehow the AI is lapping way faster than me... on the prime tire. It keeps raining and I have to pit again for full wets. The AI finally pits for full wets so I don't regain any of the positions I lost by going to inters. Finish in 22nd.
China - It's raining at the start so I do pretty well. Running in first most of the race until it suddenly dries and I can't keep up anymore. Punture with 12 laps to go - rewind time
Catalunya - I'm about 3 seconds off the pace in sector 2 no matter what setup I use. I figure I'll be ok in the race since it's raining... nope. The AI is still way faster than me and I finish a whole lap down on Trulli even. I manage to get 23rd by running into Alonso out of frustration and getting him the only DNF I've seen even now.
Monaco - I try practice with a full fuel load and my times aren't even close to the AI. After the last race I'm pretty angry anyway so I turn off tire and fuel simulation and even damage. Qualify in 4th. I run most of the race on the soft tire since it doesnt degrade and pit with like 8 laps left. I'm running in second until I spin in sector 3. A couple cars pass me but I finish in 5th by fishtailing Alonso on the last lap.
Istanbul - I do one of the R&D objectives because I need the grip in Q1. My roommate wants to go to a bar or something so I FF through the rest of the session and quit - knowing that if I quit through the engineer my save file may screw up. Come back last night.... save data is corrupted :damnit:
Think I managed to catch about every bug there is at some point. Anyone else have good stories?
Start off the season in the Lotus. It's slow but the computer sucks in sector 2 so I can compete pretty well. Pit stop bug happens so I restart. I'm doing ok in about 5th (*sigh* no AI fuel simulation) when I come in to pit because my soft tires are shot (No AI tire simulation either?). Come out in about 11th. Chandok is the car in 10th and he is doing laps faster than the race-leader at about 2:01. Some of the AI cars finally pit and my fuel has burned off so I end up back in 8th or so. I get a flat on the front straight with 4 laps to go which I chose to negate with a rewind.
Australia - Car is too slow on straights, esp with full fuel but AI sucks in sector 2. Puncture with about 7 laps to go - rewind time
Malaysia - Team wants me to finish 12th since its our home race. Right.... I start on the softs and I've qualified in 9th. I get towards the end of my stint and it starts sprinkling. I stay out a few laps to see if its going to continue and then pit for inters. Come out somewhere in the high teens. It continues to rain and there is standing water on the track, but somehow the AI is lapping way faster than me... on the prime tire. It keeps raining and I have to pit again for full wets. The AI finally pits for full wets so I don't regain any of the positions I lost by going to inters. Finish in 22nd.
China - It's raining at the start so I do pretty well. Running in first most of the race until it suddenly dries and I can't keep up anymore. Punture with 12 laps to go - rewind time
Catalunya - I'm about 3 seconds off the pace in sector 2 no matter what setup I use. I figure I'll be ok in the race since it's raining... nope. The AI is still way faster than me and I finish a whole lap down on Trulli even. I manage to get 23rd by running into Alonso out of frustration and getting him the only DNF I've seen even now.
Monaco - I try practice with a full fuel load and my times aren't even close to the AI. After the last race I'm pretty angry anyway so I turn off tire and fuel simulation and even damage. Qualify in 4th. I run most of the race on the soft tire since it doesnt degrade and pit with like 8 laps left. I'm running in second until I spin in sector 3. A couple cars pass me but I finish in 5th by fishtailing Alonso on the last lap.
Istanbul - I do one of the R&D objectives because I need the grip in Q1. My roommate wants to go to a bar or something so I FF through the rest of the session and quit - knowing that if I quit through the engineer my save file may screw up. Come back last night.... save data is corrupted :damnit:
Think I managed to catch about every bug there is at some point. Anyone else have good stories?