Alin Costrasuc medal 5000 11 years 270 days ago
This is getting more annoying as races go by. It seems that there are random variables in the game that have too much power so to speak, power that influence results to too much extend. Same drivers, same cars, same training get random results and this is getting so annoying to the point I consider more and more quitting the game, as I feel this is not in my hands anymore. It seems race outcome is heavily determined by qualifying and this is quite random. Same drivers that get pole today, may end up in 20th or so tomorrow and you can do nothing starting from there. In the race, one driver has good pace throughout one race, then loses pace in other race, then loses to one second per lap on similar conditions then all of a sudden, throws fastest lap out of nothing. I tried to figure out connections between driver attributes, car, tracks, nothing seems right. I had drivers with very bad stats qualifying way in front of much trained drivers, I had drivers with very good physical losing pace towards the end of the race, I have drivers winning races only to trail the following. I'm getting very frustrated by it, as it seems I can't control much of it, it seems quite random, or too random, to soften things. If those "powerful" hidden variables are indeed in effect, I suggest lower them a bit, makes more sense for managers to plan out things. I know it's ok to have a touch of unknown and uncertainties in the game, as it adds to realism, but I believe it's too much as it is.
Jason Lee medal 5000 11 years 270 days ago
I'm still going to go as far as saying Nietos problem is his low talent, and Martins problem is that she isn't yet fully trained. I know you're sick of hearing it Alin but I don't say it for no reason - Talent certainly seems to effect qualifying performance. Whether or not it's true I can only speculate, but I think you'll find 90% of managers will say the same thing XD
Alin Costrasuc medal 5000 11 years 270 days ago
Jason, you are only speculating, I am not talking about specific Nieto or Martin. It happens to Serbanescu, Oliveira, Tremblay, Hamilton and others. Oliveira is crap, literaly crap and well undertrained. He even has lower talent then Serbanescu. He badly outqualified Serbanescu some races ago. As for Nieto, he won 3 straight races and showed good pace on those races. So did Martin on Spain. Today she dropped like stone, surely she didn't get dumb all of a sudden. Your theory won't stand. Martin is better now then some races ago, when she got pole and two podiums, hight talent didn't helped Martin or Serbanescu either on some occasions. Again, if your are lucky with your drivers, you can't just jump to conclusions, without hard proven evidence. You don't know the code, you say it's talent, I challenged that and you said you have to have some maxed stats. I did that and you said sometimes it happens. If sometimes happens, why bullshit me with talent or some other theories crap ? I gave you enough prof already. Your theory simply doesn't stand out all of the time. And a theory isn't really a theory when it stands out on some random occasions only.
Amelia Lyons medal 5235 11 years 270 days ago
Circumstances can change during qualification Alin.
Alin Costrasuc medal 5000 11 years 270 days ago
Can you be more specific, David ?
Jason Lee medal 5000 11 years 270 days ago (edited 11 years 270 days ago)
Random occasions, haha. But alright, I will stay out of this discussion this time, because we've been here many times and it just goes round and round in circles, so there's no point me adding to it. Best of luck though Alin, I really do hope you get some good feedback and/or work it out.
Alin Costrasuc medal 5000 11 years 270 days ago
This question is not about you, Jason, you are not the king of the world. I am not that stupid first of all and second, pretenting to know everything and patronizing people does make you ignorant. Again, I know what I am saying. Try to stay within topic and try to understand the core of the problem. Is not about me and you, Nieto, Martin or a specific case. Of course, I jumped to this assumption based on specific situation, but I raised the question in general. I still belive I do have a solid case. I mean, having a near 100% car, with level 15 drivers with max defend, attack, physical, speed and trailing at the back of the pack surely must be something wrong. I had good setup, I am sure of it, I had the same strategy, I mean, common, how blind some can be to see something is beyond one's comprehension ? Sure, I don't want or pretend to change the game, I just want is admins to have a say (any as it may be) about this. I want to hear their position about it, sure without revealing certain data. Maybe, if others are in this situation, we can change a bit the "random" variable. I don't think you would be happy Jason to have your drivers finishing 5th and below when doing everything right. You look at the drivers, you look at the car, you look at the strategy, nothing is wrong from your point of view. And oh, Nieto doesn't have low talent. Not everything below 20 is low.