Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-33870577-20180808011859/@comment-31526827-20180808062218

2405:204:B384:1FA2:1B7:6632:7CB7:B50 wrote: DrestinBlack wrote:

I do have one serious dislike. As I play OMP more than anything else, I welcome any improvements and fixes, but I don’t like one change: Eliminating contact between vehicles.

This means I cannot protect my position. Someone can slowly edge their way past as if I wasn’t even playing. If you improve your skills then you would be able to optimise your racing line and “defend” your position. Ramming your opponent when he/she overtakes you is not a plausible case for defence in any circumstance.

I would have preferred a +10sec penalty for contact though, similar to GT Sport. That makes sure that if you ram and gain positions & feel smug about it when you finish first,  you are pulled down on the race finish standings due to the penalty. OMP in GT Sport has become much more civilised since the penalty system was introduced. Improving your line is the same as doing so for TT. Without any interaction between players this is not multiplayer, it’s just TT with more ghosts. Watch some real races, without ramming or other inappropriate actions, some drivers can use their skills to prevent someone from passing them. That’s part of racing. Imagine Call of Duty except you can’t shoot other players just one target in the middle of the map. OMP without player interaction is just multighost time trials (and sometimes you don’t get pole position, sucks to be you). A penalty system would have been better, agreed.