Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-35745775-20180602191223

Hey guys and gals, I seem to have stumbled on a revelation about how this game works! As least part of it.

We all have a reference bot, which was kinda what I was trying to find in another thread from a few days ago (http://rr3.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:253344), but this is working even better than I had imagined and gives some interesting insights into what the game is doing in the background and would potentially be a new contribution for the Game Mechanics section of this Wiki.

So here is the theory, and it works perfectly so far: 1. Each player has a reference off-line bot from the bot list, which is valid at a point in time and for a particular series. 2. This reference bot is able to be influenced by achieving better or worse times, distances etc. (we know this already) 3. Each series has a table which dictates the off-line bot line up for every race (except drag races) based on the current reference bot, but it doesn‘t matter what bot that is. 4. When playing on-line the game mixes in TSM bots into the bit line up (we know this already).

In a cup race the reference off-line bot never seems to be fastest bot, there are always about a handful of faster on-line bots mixed in, plus others lower down too.

I have drafted the table for the Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec ES and it works perfectly so far. Basically I can determine from the top off-line bot in the line up of any race what the current reference bot is, and also then determine what the top off-line bot will be in all other races in this series.

The key to whole thing is generating the table, which took quite a while to do and must be specific to each series I think, but it’s doable. With the table it is possible to determine your current reference bot for the series using any of the races (except drag races).

There are also some other interesting things going on, such as special races, which at first glance don‘t look any differnt to the others, which are just perfect for knocking the bots down quickly if needed - there are two of them in this ES.

Anyone interested in giving it a test? 