Hey guys,
I'll get shot down by the mass of people on this board for being a n00b, a bad gamer (particularly racinggames) or lazy, but still I'm gonna try my luck.
I've bought F1 2016 at the midnight it got released and I've been playing the **** out of it. That's all good. A lot of complaining on these forums, but I love the game, it's the closest thing to (what I can imagine) being an F1 driver (I really don't care about cutscenes as long as the driving is 'realistic'). It's the first F1 game I've bought and played since Grand Prix 2 by Microprose. I've been an F1 lover all my life, but since the ending of the v10 era, and the absence of someone to root for (I'm Dutch), the tradition of watching each race from start to finish changed to me just watching some replays here and there.
So yeah, I'm a guy that's back into watching F1 because of Max. Pretty cliche fanboy-ish, right? Now, because Max is doing well for himself, I'm trying to do the same in the game. I started on the lowest difficulty, which was far too easy, and now I'm on Expert (100% raceweekends) which means I won't win every race, but I can still be competetive. All good right?
Now, last night I decided to take the plunge and take my newfound skills online to try and have some fierce battles against actual human beings, and what boggled my mind? I'm utter ****! I managed to win 2 races because other people drove themselves off, but I am a backmarker at the most races. Now, that's all fine. I'm probably just not good enough, but then I started thinking: "so, of all these online racers, there's actually no one worse than me? hmmm!"
I'm trying to expand my driving by toning down the assist little by little all the time. I'm currently driving without ABS, just started gearing manually, and traction control on full. Now I know people around here will say that's the main reason for me finishing every race last or almost last, but I have the feeling that's not the only thing. At time trials, I see people setting top 10 laptimes on the leaderboards with all assists on. I'm no expert on setting up my car, but took some presets from this forum for most laps and I'm using those aswell at online races. Still, whilst not in DRS, every race in multiplayer, I see the guys behind me come closer on the straights.
Now, I think it might be me losing time on the exits or the way I handle the corners. I tend to brake when my dynamic racing line tells me to, then I lift and coast through the part where it turns yellow and push the pedal at the time it turns green. There's gotta be something I'm doing wrong and I need YOUR help to tell me what it is![:)]( ":)")
. I'm hitting the apex and all, just seem to lose a lot of speed in the corners. How do you guys do this?
Oh, and before leaving, I want to add this; no, I do not own a wheel, and I'm not planning on buying one. My track knowledge is pretty good after multiple career finishes, I follow the racing line most of the time. I've been talking to some people while racing online and the most dont own a wheel. So please, help a sad panda out here![:)]( ":)")
Cheers
I'll get shot down by the mass of people on this board for being a n00b, a bad gamer (particularly racinggames) or lazy, but still I'm gonna try my luck.
I've bought F1 2016 at the midnight it got released and I've been playing the **** out of it. That's all good. A lot of complaining on these forums, but I love the game, it's the closest thing to (what I can imagine) being an F1 driver (I really don't care about cutscenes as long as the driving is 'realistic'). It's the first F1 game I've bought and played since Grand Prix 2 by Microprose. I've been an F1 lover all my life, but since the ending of the v10 era, and the absence of someone to root for (I'm Dutch), the tradition of watching each race from start to finish changed to me just watching some replays here and there.
So yeah, I'm a guy that's back into watching F1 because of Max. Pretty cliche fanboy-ish, right? Now, because Max is doing well for himself, I'm trying to do the same in the game. I started on the lowest difficulty, which was far too easy, and now I'm on Expert (100% raceweekends) which means I won't win every race, but I can still be competetive. All good right?
Now, last night I decided to take the plunge and take my newfound skills online to try and have some fierce battles against actual human beings, and what boggled my mind? I'm utter ****! I managed to win 2 races because other people drove themselves off, but I am a backmarker at the most races. Now, that's all fine. I'm probably just not good enough, but then I started thinking: "so, of all these online racers, there's actually no one worse than me? hmmm!"
I'm trying to expand my driving by toning down the assist little by little all the time. I'm currently driving without ABS, just started gearing manually, and traction control on full. Now I know people around here will say that's the main reason for me finishing every race last or almost last, but I have the feeling that's not the only thing. At time trials, I see people setting top 10 laptimes on the leaderboards with all assists on. I'm no expert on setting up my car, but took some presets from this forum for most laps and I'm using those aswell at online races. Still, whilst not in DRS, every race in multiplayer, I see the guys behind me come closer on the straights.
Now, I think it might be me losing time on the exits or the way I handle the corners. I tend to brake when my dynamic racing line tells me to, then I lift and coast through the part where it turns yellow and push the pedal at the time it turns green. There's gotta be something I'm doing wrong and I need YOUR help to tell me what it is
. I'm hitting the apex and all, just seem to lose a lot of speed in the corners. How do you guys do this?Oh, and before leaving, I want to add this; no, I do not own a wheel, and I'm not planning on buying one. My track knowledge is pretty good after multiple career finishes, I follow the racing line most of the time. I've been talking to some people while racing online and the most dont own a wheel. So please, help a sad panda out here
Cheers