I'm actually in the camp that generally like the handling physics in the recent MotoGP games, and the little curb and scenery imperfections don't really bother me too much. The things that have annoyed me over the last few years are the AI and the online.
The AI are pretty terrible when comparing to other racing games, they just follow the race line and seemingly have no idea that you even exist, if you're on the race line next to them, they will simply barge you off. Overall they are too easy, we need a difficulty slider bar that lets you turn it up as far as you want, even if the lap times are unrealistic, i shouldn't be able to run at over a second per lap faster than them ever! I should be able to increase their difficulty until they can match my pace.
They are also inconsistent at different tracks, some times I am only pulling away from 2nd place by 1 or 2 tenths per lap, then at other tracks, i'm 1.5 seconds per lap faster. It's not that I know the tracks better, the AI are just really bad.
Because the AI is so bad, it means that my only option left is Online to try and get a competitive race. And what a mess online is. The netcode is terrible!!! I'm in Australia and even friends within a 20km radius of my house jump around on screen, once I'm getting matched up with people in EU or US, it's just a disaster. Given that MOST people online seem to be based in Europe, terrible lag is just a given. Other features the online NEEDS are:
- Post race data - Show me my lap times, my competitors lap times, anything!
- The ability to chat (type) - even just in the lobby before the race, It would allow me to co-ordinate with random people, tell them I'll be back in 2 mins to start the race, or congrats them on a great race!
- More control over the race options - Let ME choose the track and the weather, let me name the lobby, let me kick people (trolls), let me pick however many laps I want.
I think they need to stop pumping out full priced games every year and fix the damn issues from their last game! Move back to a 2 year cycle, release the 2nd years skin and bike pack as a DLC (most would probably buy it), stop worrying about dirt track and rally cross and focus on getting the game right! Fix the issues as mentioned in previous posts, and work on the damn online! If MotoGP VR46 has fixed all these things then i'll take all of this back, but I'd bet hansom sum that all their efforts have been on Dirt track and Rally.
