Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-31526827-20190514081652/@comment-31044517-20190520224122

@ Amrosa

1. I always fully upgrade my cars for a Special Event. It's not about struggle. It's not lack of skill. I don't have the time to invest. I was done with day 7 in less than an hour. And I always place mid Group B in WTTT in less than half an hour. And I can always hit top 100 in OMP if I decide to in less than 2 hours. That's the maximum amount of time I can invest to this game while still having fun. Anything more feels like splitting hairs for me.

2. You might believe what they tell us. That's your right. And I have every right to suspect they don't tell us some of the performance changes in a Special Event if I feel the car drives like a different car between two races.

3. You don't have to be a simulator to find out the exact braking and accelerating points for any track. I do brake and accelerate at exactly the same points just like SJ in WTTT. But his timing and his steering are way better than mine and hence he sits on top of group A. So you don't have to be SJ or even a simulator to determine the braking and accelerating points in a circuit for a given car. Once you find them out, braking even a couple of meters later will surely send you sliding. So I can tell the difference between two races where I can suddenly brake several meters later at every turn.

4. When you got the car fully upgraded you overtake most of the bots either before or after a turn, not inside a turn. At least that was my experience. I got the racing line at most of the turn entrance and exits.

But you got a point there. Having a bot inside of a turn will make you require to brake earlier since you won't have the racing line in a turn. But still, this will make your turn exit slower and hence your straightline speed slower which will cancel out the earlier-braking-because-of-the-bot-at-the-turn at the next turn if there is one inside of it. You'd have to brake a bit earlier because of the bot inside the turn. Yet, since you carry a lower speed from the previous turn it will also allow you to brake later at the same time. So the two factors will work against each other. They'll cancel each other out. It's not as straightforward as you put it.

​​​​​​In any case, in my case, I overtook most of the bots (if not all) either before or after a turn. That's what happens will a fully upgrade car. So my line in turns were more or less the same as in the WTTT. And if I would brake even a meter or two later the car would understeer at the turn. Yet, as I kept saying I was really pissed off to discover I was able to brake at least several meters later for each turn.

And I repeat, you don't have to be a simulator or a group A driver to sense a sudden difference in a car's performance between two races. And I'm not alone in this. Countless others experienced the same thing. The car just drove like a different car. It felt just like the way a car feels like a different car when you slightly upgrade it...

5. Well, `lack of skill` can never explain the sensation of a sudden jump in a car's abilities between two (2) races just as if you slightly upgraded the tires and the brakes of a car... Even a moderately skilled player can sense it if he pays really close attention.

Yes, we improve our times as we do runs in WTTT. But the car doesn't feel any different. The braking and accelerating points doesn't really change more than a meter. In fact I always use SJ's braking and accelerating points. It's his excellent micro-timing and excellent steering that makes the difference. But when a car feels totally different between just two races, as if it was slightly upgraded on tires and brakes, I have every reason to suspect something happened in the previous race...

6. Yes 27 minutes fully upgraded!!!!! Why are you so surprised? I just wanted to determine the exact braking and accelerating points to see how far I can push the car in that event since it was a new circuit. And it helped me to learn the circuit better. And determining the braking and accelerating points for each turn where braking any later will make you slide and then passing the actual event took me 27 minutes. What's so surpring about it? Don't tell me you can find out how much you can push the car in a track in 2-3 tries... And that's why it was so blatant for me when I tried the car at WTTT immediately after the event. I literally `studied` the track at 7.2 before deciding it was enough and passing it.

7. Yes facts are facts. And now prove me objectively FM didn't nerf the car at 7.2. You just can't. All you say is that you are a `good enough judge of a character` to say Edmonson can't be lying... And you say "a lot of people here want to believe that they are better than they are" and you are doing exactly the same. You're a good enough judge of character and you can tell when people aren't lying... And you claim `the facts are otherwise` by just relying on your ability to judge characters.

Where... are... the... objective... facts????????????? Yours is just perception and personal experience and belief as well.... Yet you claim they are facts!

You might trust EA and FM. It's your choice. But given everyhing they did so far, people have every reason to suspect them....