hi all. I recently did an edit of all the tracks I am using for my 2 seasons I'm currently running. Cup and Xfinity.
I edited so I can run AI @ 100% and still be competitive. I spent about a month on this project and the results so far show my edits were successful in so far as it is very competitive and our lap times / speeds are (for the most part) close to "real life" My car can run within the top 10 competitors in both series and neither I or the AI are dominant. So good close competition. And highly satisfying if / when I actually win. After 5 races in each series, I have 1 win in each.
The only issue I have; and this has been from my perspective an issue since the start of Nascar Racing, is the start of a race.
My car has "cold tires" and typically runs best after 5-10 laps. ok. But the AI do not seem to have the same issue. I have so far had some decent starting positions based on qualifying efforts but when the race begins, the AI most definitely have an advantage and I often lose about 10 spots. I then have to work my way back to where I started before I can hope to move towards the front. In the race I ran yesterday (84 laps at Texas) I qualified 4th; fell back to 13th and it took me almost 40 laps to get back to 4th; and then had to pit a few laps later for the 2nd half of the race.
Wondering if anyone has any suggestions to put us more on an even base here. Or is it something I just have to live with?
maybe @J.R. Franklin might have a suggestion for me?
Thanks in advance.
If anyone is interested, I could post my track edits / test results which I have saved in an excel format.
Points being tracked using the online points system found here
I edited so I can run AI @ 100% and still be competitive. I spent about a month on this project and the results so far show my edits were successful in so far as it is very competitive and our lap times / speeds are (for the most part) close to "real life" My car can run within the top 10 competitors in both series and neither I or the AI are dominant. So good close competition. And highly satisfying if / when I actually win. After 5 races in each series, I have 1 win in each.
The only issue I have; and this has been from my perspective an issue since the start of Nascar Racing, is the start of a race.
My car has "cold tires" and typically runs best after 5-10 laps. ok. But the AI do not seem to have the same issue. I have so far had some decent starting positions based on qualifying efforts but when the race begins, the AI most definitely have an advantage and I often lose about 10 spots. I then have to work my way back to where I started before I can hope to move towards the front. In the race I ran yesterday (84 laps at Texas) I qualified 4th; fell back to 13th and it took me almost 40 laps to get back to 4th; and then had to pit a few laps later for the 2nd half of the race.
Wondering if anyone has any suggestions to put us more on an even base here. Or is it something I just have to live with?
maybe @J.R. Franklin might have a suggestion for me?
Thanks in advance.
If anyone is interested, I could post my track edits / test results which I have saved in an excel format.
Points being tracked using the online points system found here
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