Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-2A02:810D:1C00:ED2:24EB:2645:9718:1DA-20180827163017/@comment-33870577-20180828154845

But yeah, I like this new OMP format. It's fun (it's also fun to see someone trying to crash into another racer just to end up off-track), it's fairly competitive and just like IRL there's not much you can do to stop faster cars behind you so I fully support contact elimination.

If/when you're leading a race why do you care for crashing and blocking someone, lol? You're already P1 and if someone behind is faster there's not much you can do except to be a dick and crash both of you. Verstappen can't do much when Hamilton is casually choosing sides to walk around Verstappen's Red Bull (demonstrated in Spa, two days ago). He can intentionally crash into him, that's all.

Why would it be different in RR3? Yeah, yeah, it's a game, I know, but... why would it be different? There was plenty of time when it was different and it failed epically because AT LEAST 90% of players were just venting their frustrations in OMP and they would rather drop from P2 to P7 just to block another racer than to let him be and finish as P3.

I won't even mention starting from P1 or P2 before. There's was not a single chance to actually enter and exit that first turn on any track. Because pretty much everyone behind was using your car to brake by hitting you as hard as possible.

As long as there's a bit of contact those players will rather use it to make damage to both of you instead to try to defend their own position. The only option I see is to make it like in Formula 1 where you're allowed to block/defend once and after that, in RR3, you turn in a 👻 mode for that battle.

And regarding OMP rewards, just to remind some of you… In previous OMP instance it was easier to win two consecutive multimillion $ jackpots than to get high enough and earn some. Colour me crazy but I'm infinitely happier with even just 4 than with 4,780 BRL or so. Heck, they also gave everyone a chance to earn some gold by "On Loan"-ing a car.

Many of us were also repeating to give us something like a free roam mode or practice mode, with no need for any rewards, just an ability to drive around. Boom, there it is! OMP! Yes, it's very limited but this is literally the only RR3 race variant where I can simply cruise around with no obstacles (AKA retarded boring bots in any Endurance race) and no mental pressure of having an urge to set the fastest time I can (hello WTTT).

Tl; dr: New OMP is significantly better than old OMP.