[Added]Ghost Mode in Races

[Ege]

Title pretty much says it all. I myself admit that sometimes ramming each others makes races entertaining, but especially while racing with players who has +200 ping, on purpose or not, there are lots of crashes that ruins the race. And i don't want races to turn into damn demolition derbies so can we just have ghost cars in races?

[WuZi]

I know what you mean, but I don't know if it's possible to script "ghost cars", where there is no collision with others. What I do know is, that we can let every racer has his own world. All participants are alone and once the time ran out or 3 racers finished, the race will be over. This would be easy to script in my opinion.

[Ege]

I'm not into this scripting stuff so I don't suggest things I don't know if it's possible or not. I usually make a suggestion if i already see it somewhere else, like this one. I know that some servers have this feature. I also know what you're talking about, i was about to suggest either one of these 2 but I personally think racing in different virtual world doesn't feel challenging so i'd rather have ghost cars.

[Miau]

It is possible since 0.3.7, which is the version Plan B is currently using.
I'm unsure about the suggestion, after all dodging other cars is part of the racing experience, but it also gives laggers an advantage. It could be positive, I don't know

[Ege]

It is possible since 0.3.7, which is the version Plan B is currently using.
I'm unsure about the suggestion, after all dodging other cars is part of the racing experience, but it also gives laggers an advantage. It could be positive, I don't know

As i mentioned above i admit it's funny to ram each other sometimes, and yeah it's a part of it that you should avoid them. But there's not much you can do when you're riding side to side with a lagger and he just teleports right into your car causing you crash&explode, and he gets away with it like nothing happened

[Quido]

I don't think it's needed, it is frustrating when get hit by another player because of lag but trust me, racing against ghost cars gets boring very quickly. It just turns into a time trial instead of racing, part of the excitement of racing comes from trying to avoid collision. Ege, if you recall the our most recent Infernus race where you were ahead, I had to stay behind so I didn't crash into you which allowed you to win whereas you were a ghost car I could have driven straight through you and taken your place. Also, crashing is part of racing, if you watch any type of racing at a professional level crashes happen every race even without lag. Now link it back to the game where the racing is done with a keyboard, not as accurate as a wheel, and the fact that everyone isn't a professional. With or without lag crashing is bound to happen.

[Ege]

I don't think it's needed, it is frustrating when get hit by another player because of lag but trust me, racing against ghost cars gets boring very quickly. It just turns into a time trial instead of racing, part of the excitement of racing comes from trying to avoid collision. Ege, if you recall the our most recent Infernus race where you were ahead, I had to stay behind so I didn't crash into you which allowed you to win whereas you were a ghost car I could have driven straight through you and taken your place. Also, crashing is part of racing, if you watch any type of racing at a professional level crashes happen every race even without lag. Now link it back to the game where the racing is done with a keyboard, not as accurate as a wheel, and the fact that everyone isn't a professional. With or without lag crashing is bound to happen.

At that moment you were talking about i could have changed my line right in front of yours before you got the chance to pass me, so that would make you crash too. I'm not against racing 'dirty' or ramming each others. For example I've won/lost so many Los Santos races by ramming&crashing people who were driving back from The Pier. This might be fun (it's still a personal opinion though). But when you are driving straight ahead with full speed, head to head with other players and their car appears inside yours outta nowhere and makes you crash, I don't see any fun in it.  And i know what you're talking about, I myself as a Formula 1 fan, which is aiming to more speed, less damage there are still crashes so that's the part of that sport. Also believe me, if there wouldn't be lag and game would be fully sync'ed, i would never suggest something like this just because i'm getting rammed by other players.

[YoMama]

I don't see why it can't be an option, like choosing which vehilce to race in. For air races though, it's basically a requirement.

[Altus_Demens]

I don't see why it can't be an option, like choosing which vehilce to race in. For air races though, it's basically a requirement.

Agreed.
It should be an option. +1.

[Satvik]

I don't see why it can't be an option, like choosing which vehilce to race in. For air races though, it's basically a requirement.

+1 for adding this in air races

[COBRA]

I don't see why it can't be an option, like choosing which vehilce to race in. For air races though, it's basically a requirement.

Yeah nice idea! +1

[SoLoD]

I can give you an alternative - use pursuit mode. Next racer starts his race after previous racer +2-4 seconds.
You are not in ghost mode and you are not starting from a big mess in the beginning.
Especially good for 'circle' races.

[Jonne]

I'll add it as an option in the future.