Just wondered if anyone else is finding this same issue with the new game. On f1 2012 I could play on legend mode using the default quick dry setup and all I needed to do was move brake bias back a bit and sometimes add some wing/lower gearbox for weather and that was it. Now Im finding I just cant compete using the default setup. To be fair it is just melbourne at the moment and having looked around the forum many ppl seem to be saying the AI are a bit over powered round melbourne but its still bloody annoying. Im driving lotus in career and if I run a 50% race at melbourne I find the top AI, particularly Hamilton, are lapping nearly a second a lap faster than me on the same tyre AND my options at the start which I got Pole position with using the default setup are dead by the end of lap 4 where as lewis then proceeds to drive an extra 2 full laps on his options AND sets the fastest laptime on the last lap. Surely a lotus following a merc at slightly slower lap times should not burn its tyres off BEFORE a Merc?
After this happened twice I tried a quick grande prix using the 1 shot quali and wouldnt you know my car is now able to fully compete with the AI AND the AI are doing the same lap times as they are in the career race. This seems a massive error to me as codemasters say the AI cars are meant to be completely different in career than in grande prix where they are always fully evolved. In career I kept thinking "these guys are braking so stupidly late without locking and have mad traction" then in a quick race suddenly my braking and traction are on par. The last corner is the biggest give away to me as in career I find the rears just want to spin with barely any throttle yet the AI come round it full throttle no prob. Seb even drove clear round the outside of me in that corner lol. I tried it with the T/C turned on and i can then go flat round the whole corner and funnily enough the AI do exactly the same thing and follow me exactly. Im using an xbox controller and am fully aware that given a good wheel (g27) i could be noticeably faster and perhaps this wouldnt be as big an issue but I hate the idea that legend career is now a difficulty (on some tracks anyway) that is now reserved for those with wheels and super custom setups. Lets be honest I bet most the guys here who do there own setups could easily knock a second a lap off their race pace using a personal setup compared to the default quick car setup.
Im kinda depressed at the thought of having to play on expert where I win by MILES. Someone has suggested that if I use the short weekend 1 shot quali option for my career then the AI cars are restricted to the default setups and go slower where as in a full weekend they are supposedly using there own faster setups. Im about to test this theory now
After this happened twice I tried a quick grande prix using the 1 shot quali and wouldnt you know my car is now able to fully compete with the AI AND the AI are doing the same lap times as they are in the career race. This seems a massive error to me as codemasters say the AI cars are meant to be completely different in career than in grande prix where they are always fully evolved. In career I kept thinking "these guys are braking so stupidly late without locking and have mad traction" then in a quick race suddenly my braking and traction are on par. The last corner is the biggest give away to me as in career I find the rears just want to spin with barely any throttle yet the AI come round it full throttle no prob. Seb even drove clear round the outside of me in that corner lol. I tried it with the T/C turned on and i can then go flat round the whole corner and funnily enough the AI do exactly the same thing and follow me exactly. Im using an xbox controller and am fully aware that given a good wheel (g27) i could be noticeably faster and perhaps this wouldnt be as big an issue but I hate the idea that legend career is now a difficulty (on some tracks anyway) that is now reserved for those with wheels and super custom setups. Lets be honest I bet most the guys here who do there own setups could easily knock a second a lap off their race pace using a personal setup compared to the default quick car setup.
Im kinda depressed at the thought of having to play on expert where I win by MILES. Someone has suggested that if I use the short weekend 1 shot quali option for my career then the AI cars are restricted to the default setups and go slower where as in a full weekend they are supposedly using there own faster setups. Im about to test this theory now