Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-216.197.145.84-20160206154748/@comment-27489835-20160207061750

@Topcon

Sorry, I should have elaborated. I have the other cars in the related series with high enough PR to finish the final races. The 911 RSR (2015) is the final piece for me and I won't need to upgrade it to get the 100%s as a result.

@UGO2SLO

I agree that the bots can be diabolical and have raised my hands in frustration vexed by their nasty tricks, especially in very close races. As for criteria like broken steering, worn brakes and tires, these are real scenarios faced by professional drivers all the time and are the situations where their real talent shines, like the time Aryton Senna won the Brazilian GP after all but 6th gear failed in his gearbox. He was so spent that collapsed from exertion.

It might be worthwhile to watch the "Aryton Senna: Why?" series in Off Topic made by veteran F1 journalist Peter Windsor. It examines less known facts surrounding Senna's death that reveal just how committed Senna had to be to try to beat Schumacher's superior seat.

As a motorsports fan, have you seen many NASCAR post race interviews? I've seen enough to know that though driving looks tame, in the midst of the pack that the other drivers are bumping, scraping and unsettling their opponents even purposefully causing the iconic pile ups associated with the sport. That's Real Racing.

FM have consistently worked to improve their simulation of the different aspects of true racing they have tried to incorporate. Take tire warming. Do you remember the difference between what you had to do in MOTORFIESTA 1 and the Pursuit of Victory? In the first you had to put the car into an uncontrolled slide and the latter allowed you to weave or drift. The MOTORFIESTA was crazy unrealistic but PoV much closer to the real thing.

I've learned in Real Racing that the biggest limiting factor is my skill not its short comings. I haven't gotten very far in this event, just challenge 24, a boss battle at Hockenheim using one R$ upgrade, from the start I could see it was possible it just required my persistence to get it right. Even when I did get it, I could tell there were probably several more seconds that could have been shaved off.

What are your thoughts?