Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-33721000-20190714064920/@comment-30967537-20190723152128

Powerup777 wrote: QuickNick wrote: Prange?? wrote: We can't even get a normal rear-view mirror. And the ability to turn off the ghost.

C'mon, how hard could those two really be?

Yeesh! The mirror is probably quite a lot of work but letting us turn off the TT ghost should be a breeze, either bypass the routine or if it’s a timing issue just set the ghost opacity to zero, there really is no excuse (aside from they can’t be bothered) for not having given us this option after 4+ years of asking for it! Matt's already said they can adjust the timing that the ghost appears and fades in relation to it's position to you. Since it's not invasive on any of the devices I use, I'm assuming your gadgets may have different video issues that make it unbearable (since it continues to be brought up by the same people). We've also been told the ghost isn't going away. So if there's some way to get a consensus (i.e. polls here or a viral Reddit post) that folks want the ghost to appear farther from the cars, then the community can make that request. I have no influence by myself relaying one person doesn't like it. I've given up on Reddit and posting requests/suggestions to Matt & co. as they ignored every post and never responded ... which I think is pretty shoddy.

I mentioned it here (and in other threads) only in response to others' posts.

The ghost does fade in/out depending on it's proximity to you but as Mugwumps and I (and many others!) have said, it's distracting (when it pops in and out of view) and tends to partially obscure the view which makes it more difficult (sometimes impossible) to pick up braking markers/points, generally when it's 0.2s to 0.5s ahead of you. Additionally, when it does appear in front of me, I find myself inadvertently playing the ghost rather than my car, which of course means I make mistakes.

Seeing as how (I assume) the ghost is meant to be a helpful addition to the game I do not understand why they point-blank refuse to give those of us who don't want it the option to turn it off. It is that AND their refusal to even discuss it (and many other aspects of the game) which is probably most irritating to the players.