I dont get it. Ive spent all day to set up my Virgin for quali and race in Bahrain (100% and all helps off), and I though I was succesfull at that - I was 4 - 5 secs faster than my team mate (DiGrassi), done race simulation in practice which went well (2:03 - 2:04 with heavy fuel is ok in Virgin I think, especially that DiGrassi was doing 2:04 - 2:05 in quali!), done 2:00:something in quali which gave me 13th place, and then, suddenly, in race everyone around me was 1 secs faster, including my "slow" team mate, and my car was too understeery (the conditions were almost the same in all sessions). At the beggining I was running 12 and was able to hold back one of the Saubers, but got puncture on lap 3 or 4, which took me down to 24th, and as soon as all AI cars went off my viewing range I found I cant keep up with them, even when they pitted for primes they were 1 seconds per lap faster. At lap 30 I gave up, especially when Ive received second drive-through penalty for ignoring blue flags (I wasnt ignoring them, I get off the racing line on the straight, maintaining my speed, but the car behind was .. I dont know ... maybe he was trying to slipstream me, instead of just hold to the racing line and go past me?).
So after this fiasco of a race I think that
(1) the game is cheating with the AI - for example: at one point in the race I was lapped by Sutil, who was running 11th, but as soon as he was in front of me I was able to match his pace! There is definetly something wrong with the AI in race.
and (2) Im not sure if the game is loading custom setup for the race properly, because my car was totally different than in practice sessions when I was simulating running with heavy fuel).
I am frustrated and mad at the moment. I would give up on this game entirely, but I can see potential in it, I hope Codemasters will do something to make the experience better :/
So after this fiasco of a race I think that
(1) the game is cheating with the AI - for example: at one point in the race I was lapped by Sutil, who was running 11th, but as soon as he was in front of me I was able to match his pace! There is definetly something wrong with the AI in race.
and (2) Im not sure if the game is loading custom setup for the race properly, because my car was totally different than in practice sessions when I was simulating running with heavy fuel).
I am frustrated and mad at the moment. I would give up on this game entirely, but I can see potential in it, I hope Codemasters will do something to make the experience better :/