Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-184.91.243.240-20180425131715

trigger warning:  this is a bit of a rant, but it is also meant to start a discussion

As I punched out of Inheritance with only R$ upgrades, I was irritated and I started to think of what was making me feel this way about the game. Quite simply the game isn't "Real" in any sense of the word. A bit of background on me. I actually race cars for fun and use iRacing and rFactor to learn tracks and test set-ups, so this game is just for fun for me during downtime. But the lack of realism is starting to bother me (and frankly make me think I should stop playing so as to not develop some really really bad habits that might get me killed).

Don't get me wrong, big props to the guys (?)  (e.g., ME7, RR Speed Junkie, ....) that have figured out how to crack this game, but it seems to me that if this is going to be "REAL" Racing 3 it should be a bit more real.

What would they have to do?

1. A semi-realistic damage model:  Slam into the end of the Mulsanne strait at 250 MPH and drive away? Sure no problem.

2. A semi-realistic grip model:  It can't be REAL that if I have 1 inch of inside (i.e., de-weighted) tire on the track that I have full grip and there is little to no effect of having part or all of one of my tires on a surface with vastly different rolling resistence (ie stuff that would normally make you put in a real fight for control or put you in the wall/runout).

3. No more dumb challenges:  Going against traffic in a race on anything less than a red flag really isn't that bright. I get that FM needs their gold, but just make me pay it up front in upgrades to get the car and finish all challanges. LTS are fine.

4. End or reduce bot management:  I get why the do this, but there has to be a better way. It's really boring to drive as slow as you can and still win. Maybe for newer drivers have an easy mode with a lower GC payout.

5. A "smart" throttle and brakes:  In reality throttles and brake levels are not binary (e.g., trail braking). There is no way around this given a tablet/phone input so this would have to stay as is but it would be cool if we could program how our smart throttles and braking work and see some sort of representation of levels.

6. Better corner distance signage: If were going to drive with all assists off, this would be nice.

Any thoughts? 