Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-31526827-20170630182252

I've been very frustrated with OMP and have outburst about it here, probably annoying a few people. Yes, one definition of insanity is Doug the same thing over and over expecting different results. If I know OMP is packed end to end with cheats and cheating, I shouldn't complain when it is and remains so (and I refuse to engage in cheating).

I'd like to explain and maybe others feel this way. If this is a waste of a thread then my apologies.

I LOVE THIS GAME!

I've got most of the cars, upgraded them and painted them and even did useless height adjustments. I've done most of the races and series. I'm working through the exkusives now. I engage in all the specials and, of course, play the WTTT.

I LOVE THIS GAME :)

I play daily, even though I'm on AppleTV and get no free ads or free GC of any kind. No vinyls, no photo mode and who knows what else I'm missing, but I don't care. It doesn't crash and plays smooth and I find the controller separate from the display (65" TV) with large sound system a joy. I pay for things, yes, I buy GC and pay because I'm impatient and find farming down right brain rotting. But I'll still run a ten lapper when it's +% days.

But now I've got to the poont where I can beat any bot on any track in any event even in a car that isn't FU or needs service. I know their predictable moves and lines and just slaughter them.

I get sick of special events that have silly and unreal requirements; stay in 13th place with your Ferrari even as the pack of 21 other cars are all trying to crash you as you make turns at 12 mph or accidentally out of sheer boredom go off track on the last lap because you're going 45 mph in a 200 mph car.

I love the purity of the WTTT even if there is still cheating there because I know I'm a bottom-A racer, I will likely never be a top-A racer so not winning is OK because I'll get 100-200 Gac outta what I do do.

TSM is ok, but it's flawed. The TSM bot always plays the same lines, never goes off track or makes a mistake. It doesn't get tired or bored or distracted or just have a random screw up. Feels like just another bot...

So, what's left what SHOULD be the best part; playing love against other players. And using cars which are picked to be pretty similar. And, where else can you race, say, a Regera, One:1, FXX K, P1 GTR all side by side ? Awesome!!

Real players can make mistakes. They can also have sudden bursts of great performance. They can respond to pressure by going even harder or blowing out. Longer races can reward patience, or you can tire and fault due to your own exhaustion or distraction. One on one racing IS what racing is ALL about. It's what we watch in TV or live, it's what the entire sport was built for. It's the ultimate challenge.

So, it's what draws my attention over and over.

But we got cheaters, hard core jerks who can't play fair. It does really really sour the game play. They can go faster, brake harder, hood impossible lines PLUS they can damage your car with none to themselves or they can PIT you into outer space and taking you from 1st to 8th seemingly effortlessly. The stats hacking can EASILY be stopped by FM/EA but they don't seem to care.

So, why be insane and keep trying?

Because now I take it as a challenge to beat these bastsrds even when they cheat and I don't. I cannot tell you how much joy I get when one of them lines up then does the instant stop brake slam... but I dodge it at the last moment and they suddenly find themselves in third while I'm suddenly in first. I can't beat all their tricks but I try and it's like I have to play with training wheels on and they have rocket boosters but I keep on pedaling and sometimes they crash themselves. Or two cheaters in 1st and 2nd will duke it out and I'll slip past their cutting corner result and take the win. Pure joy. Especially when they are 1000+ and I've been beaten down to a 500 working back up.

I play OMP now at a steady GC loss because I instant repair cars to keep playing for hours just because it's the most intense training for everything else. My race skills have improved since playing OMP and dodging cheaters.

Do you feel similar? 