Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-24.146.196.148-20140923043802/@comment-25540986-20141031200747

I think the live competition software may need a little more work yet. ..

Currently I play them only for the amusement (and certainly not the income) they usually generate. For instance, I've sat on a grid in pole position, the lights have suddenly gone to green without any countdown or warning & I've immediately jumped 20ft to my left & am sat on the grass, apparently now in 5th place, althought I've not actually seen anybody go past me. Nor did I see any other vehicle throughout the race, but I did finish second, despite the heads-up predicting fourth!

I've also seen competitors apparently parked on the verge ahead of me, passed them and then seen them fly through the air to park up a bit further down the track! Even though they have time for a picnic or two, they do still seem able to beat me, hmmm.

I also do find it quite difficult to decide which overtaking line to take when faced with a Bentley going sideways up the middle of a narrow section of track, such as the esses at Suzuka.

Presently the whole thing reminds me of the home-made Donkey Derby games we made as kids (that's just before the last King died for any whipper-snappers reading this), with cardboard cut out entrants pulled in jerks down a (straightened-out wire coat hanger) course by a piece of string frantically wound onto a cotton reel with a cocktail stick axle.

But I do live in hope & expect it will be first class once they've ironed out the bugs.