Official General AI Comments & Discussion Topic

Version: V.1.2.0.2
Car: Formula V10 Gen.2 // Formula Ultimate
Track: Spielberg // Hockenheim GP
AI Strength: 96%
AI Aggression: 60%
Formula V10 Gen.2 at Spielberg: Ai cannot drive into pitlane. Just before the pitentry they abort and go back on track.
Formula Ultimate at Hockenheim GP: Ai crashes into pitentry.

 

I think it depends on the car. I can keep up with them in some of the cars. But there are definitely some, particularly those of the torque oversteer variety, where it's hard not to lose a few car lengths to the AI there, particularly because the AI all nail that exit perfectly every single lap, no matter how sensitive the car is on the throttle for the human.

In fact, the almost complete lack of errors (other than occasional outright crashes in certain classes) is pretty much my least favourite thing about the AI. Lap after lap, side by side, never missing a braking point, never losing the back end even slightly, never losing any time despite their constant jostling. I hope this is something that can be resolved further down the line. I'm seeing no indication so far that the expanded personalities has improved this aspect.

 

Earlier on in the piece you could dial up the aggression and be entertained by AI losing it here and there, but you are right, nowadays unforced AI errors are rarer than rockinghorse ****.

 

I've seen a few AI errors in the last couple of days, mostly last turn at Brands Indy where they just run a little wide and some get on the gravel and spin across the track.

AI do seem a little reluctant to cover the inside of most corners of the tracks which make overtaking on the inside a little too easy, last turn at Brands Indy is just too easy to pass two or three vehicles all the time for one.

An other issue is that if you get side by side with them they do that annoying swerve away from you rather than a more controlled manouver.
They also still seem to back off too much after you pass them.

I did have a real blast at Daytona in the rain with the Trucks, best AI race for years.

 

The 'annoying swerve away' you speak of is very annoying. It's such an eye soar and seems so robotic. I really hope there are plans to refine this. I have been watching a handful of videos over the past few days and this type of reaction is really abrupt. I can see a DPI preparing to overtake a GT3 and rather than slowly transitioning to either the inside or outside, it will just perform that robotic swerve to another part of the track and then overtake.

 

Have done a couple of races now since latest update and the AI still behaves the same as before. They drive in groups and go side by side for ages, blocking the street.
To avoid that maybe the devs should start giving different names to all the drivers of the different classes, each with with his own ability, in which some are really fast and others extremely slow.

Edit: My last race was with Formula V_12 in Spa 93, 20 laps. 25 AI (complete driver field) at 95%.
Later on, I watched the replay and saw that the field was divided in groups up to 6 cars till the end, doing their typical going side by side thing, also in corners, without any effectful overtaking (so, none of them ever got away from his group).

 

Car / Track used: Laguna Seca 2020 gte
AI Strength setting: 105
AI Opponent Number: 19
AI Opponent Field Type: gte
Corner (if issue is corner specific): last corner
AI Aggression setting: 85
Session Distance: 25
Weather when the issue was observed: all
Player Tyre: Default
AI Tyre (if known to be different from player): Default
Type of session when the issue was observed : Race
Start type: ROLLING
rolling starts on laguna ar broken, the ai clips the sausage kerb on last coenr, crash into eachother and bunch up

 

Version: V.1.2.0.2
Car: Brazilian Stock Cars (2019-21)
Track: All I've tried (various Brazilian such as Interlagos, Taruma, Londrina)
AI Strength: 100%
AI Aggression: 100%
Corner (if issue is corner specific):
Session Distance: 5 laps
Weather when the issue was observed: dry
Setup: default
Player Tyre: dry
AI Tyre: dry
Type of session when the issue was observed (practice / quali / race): race

Since the recent big update, the AI in these cars is now noticeably too slow. I'm easily faster than them now and I'm hopeless in these cars. The fact these cars are less sensitive on the throttle since the update is possibly why I'm finding I'm it much easier to keep up with the AI when accelerating out of corners but they also tend to brake too early going into most corners, so are easy pickings.

 

Version: 1.2.0.2
Car: Porsche 911 GT3 R
Track: Nordschleife
AI Strength: 100%
AI Aggression: 100%
AI Opponent Number: 20
AI Opponent Field Type: GT3
Session Distance: race weekend
Weather when the issue was observed: overcast
Setup: default
Player Tyre: automatic for weather
AI Tyre: NA
Type of session when the issue was observed (practice / quali / race): practice

The AI is constantly driving in groups of 3 or 4 cars blocking the way and refusing to commit overtaking. The only way to pass them is to get the wheels on the grass and force my way through.

 

Sorry to poke fun but I had a good laugh when I read that the grip defecated, lol.

 

Lol. Speaking about that. Took my little boy to Auskick tonight and a guy let his dog run around where the kids were playing footy and I said to the missus I bet the dog sh@$s where the kids are playing, almost on queue I was proven to be right, nice to be right sometimes

 

Version 1.2.0.5
Car/Track: McLaren GT4 @ modern Interlagos
AI Strength/Aggression: 100/80

This is the most hated AI behavior for me.

 

Version: V.1.2.0.5
Car: Various - Opala 86 / Mitsubishi Evo
Track: Kyalami
AI Strength: 100%
AI Aggression: various
Corner (if issue is corner specific): start line
Session Distance: 5 laps
Weather when the issue was observed: dry
Setup: default
Player Tyre: dry
AI Tyre: dry
Type of session when the issue was observed (practice / quali / race): race

With me starting from last, upon the green light, the AI car in 2nd last place always initially reverses to the start box behind it, before engaging 1st gear and moving forward.