Re: GP3 - Brain Dead AI?

In GP3 sometimes AI cars enter the pits and just sit there, they don't retire or go back out onto the track and the race won't finish because the game still thinks they are running! The only way to get out of the race in this situation is to abandon it. That is the problem the original poster is referring to I think. Chris -- Simbok Racing www.geocities.com/simbokza Todd Sorensen <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ZyYE5.16396$[email hidden]... > In real F1 races sometimes cars enter the pits .... and never leave. Happens > in NASCAR too, and CART, and... > >

What is wrong with the AI in this game? I was racing in Brazil - rain starts, Mika H goes into the pits <presumably for wets>. Everyone else goes in next lap. Ok, fine. Then, Mika is in *AGAIN* the following lap, and *AGAIN* 2 laps later. What is up with this? His car had no problems whatsoever. After the race, I check the 'lap' chart - sure enough, about 1/3 of the cars pitted between 3 and 4 times between laps 15 and 20!!!!!! Hopefully this will be addressed in a patch. Also, the '1 car shape fits all' shows that the designers were lazy with this one. Hopefully they will iron it out. We also need the ability to custom map our selection for up/down shifting on the keyboard.

I've seen it a similar happen once where Mika went into the pits at Suzuka and just got stuck there so the race couldn't finish. "JackyO" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ZzOE5.43584$[email hidden]... > What is wrong with the AI in this game? > > I was racing in Brazil - rain starts, Mika H goes into the pits<presumably > for wets>. Everyone else goes in next lap. > > Ok, fine. Then, Mika is in *AGAIN* the following lap, and *AGAIN* 2 laps > later. > > What is up with this? His car had no problems whatsoever. After the race,I > check the 'lap' chart - sure enough, about 1/3 of the cars pitted between3

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> and 4 times between laps 15 and 20!!!!!! > > Hopefully this will be addressed in a patch. Also, the '1 car shape fits > all' shows that the designers were lazy with this one. Hopefully they will > iron it out. We also need the ability to custom map our selection for > up/down shifting on the keyboard. > >

In real F1 races sometimes cars enter the pits .... and never leave. Happens in NASCAR too, and CART, and... "Adam Moore" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ztPE5.67918$[email hidden]...

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> I've seen it a similar happen once where Mika went into the pits at Suzuka > and just got stuck there so the race couldn't finish. > > "JackyO" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:ZzOE5.43584$[email hidden]... > > What is wrong with the AI in this game? > > > > I was racing in Brazil - rain starts, Mika H goes into the pits > <presumably > > for wets>. Everyone else goes in next lap. > > > > Ok, fine. Then, Mika is in *AGAIN* the following lap, and *AGAIN* 2 laps > > later. > > > > What is up with this? His car had no problems whatsoever. After the

race, > I > > check the 'lap' chart - sure enough, about 1/3 of the cars pittedbetween > 3 > > and 4 times between laps 15 and 20!!!!!! > > > > Hopefully this will be addressed in a patch. Also, the '1 car shape fits > > all' shows that the designers were lazy with this one. Hopefully theywill > > iron it out. We also need the ability to custom map our selection for > > up/down shifting on the keyboard. > > > > > >

In article <ZzOE5.43584$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

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> >What is wrong with the AI in this game? > >I was racing in Brazil - rain starts, Mika H goes into >the pits <presumablyfor wets>. Everyone else goes in next lap. > >Ok, fine. Then, Mika is in *AGAIN* the following lap, >and *AGAIN* 2 laps later.

Having seen this before, I think it's a problem with tyre choice. I get the impression that the AI absolutely *hate* to be on the track with the 'wrong' tyre choice, even if it means pitting with only a lap or two to go. Maybe in your case it started off a bit dry, then it got a bit wet with rain, then it either got even wetter or slightly drier. For the AI cars, this would require a few pit stops. Dumb, isnt it?

On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 00:34:01 GMT, "JackyO" <[email hidden]> wrote: I used to watch this happen in GP2 also (minus rain of course). Crash out of the race, watch the other cars, lots of funny things happen in the pits.

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>What is wrong with the AI in this game? > >I was racing in Brazil - rain starts, Mika H goes into the pits <presumably >for wets>. Everyone else goes in next lap. > >Ok, fine. Then, Mika is in *AGAIN* the following lap, and *AGAIN* 2 laps >later. > >What is up with this? His car had no problems whatsoever. After the race, I >check the 'lap' chart - sure enough, about 1/3 of the cars pitted between 3 >and 4 times between laps 15 and 20!!!!!! > >Hopefully this will be addressed in a patch. Also, the '1 car shape fits >all' shows that the designers were lazy with this one. Hopefully they will >iron it out. We also need the ability to custom map our selection for >up/down shifting on the keyboard. >