Is it just me or is the racing mission insanly difficult

[Blax]

one of the main reason why i keep failing is cause every one elses cars are stuck to the ground and mine slides all over like im driving on ice its makes it impossible to beat

[Torkild]

My issue with the race is how ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid the AI is. I had no issues with the original race and won fairly easy on hard difficulty, but in Definitive Edition I had to restart 4-5 times because of stupid mistakes made by the AI. Finally managed to get through the first two rounds during my 5th or 6th try without too many problems and managed to win.

I'm not very impressed by this game at this point. The original has its obvious flaws, but where the original game can be annoying because it's an outdated game with its obvious limitations, Definitive Edition is really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoying because of all the wrong choices the devs made.
It's not a bad game, but anyone who has played the original game will hate the devs for slaughtering such a classic and iconic game.

[FEGISEN🐔]

Took me four tries on classic difficulty

[Obliterate]

it honestly is, lol...
It took me a few tries because of the mechanics, and going flying out of nowhere!

[GoreTiger]

I honestly don't understand why people think this mission is hard. I played it on hard, with simulation on and It was insanely..easy. Halfway through the first lap I had such a large gap on the pack that I ended up crashing twice later on, lost the lead, and was still able to take it back and get a nice gap before winning.
It actually made me wish there was more racing in this game. Would of been a nice little side mission/racket.

[Sólyom]

Escrito originalmente por GoreTiger:

It actually made me wish there was more racing in this game. Would of been a nice little side mission/racket.

Like GTA, but 1930s era. That'd be nice, imo.

[RiN1KuLuS]

Most certainly isn't you bc they really aren't very forgiving with user error. I always get to the first 3 positions then the accidently press Ram and bc my steering it'll jarr to the left of right n I'll crash into a wall or spin out also it seems like everyone has a turbo boss but us. Especially the last stretch on lap 3. But then againI'm sure we'd or someone would still be ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ if it was too easy as well lol

[Hopper-King]

Escrito originalmente por RiN1KuLuS:

Most certainly isn't you bc they really aren't very forgiving with user error. I always get to the first 3 positions then the accidently press Ram and bc my steering it'll jarr to the left of right n I'll crash into a wall or spin out also it seems like everyone has a turbo boss but us. Especially the last stretch on lap 3. But then againI'm sure we'd or someone would still be ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ if it was too easy as well lol

those two things; accidental side-ramming, and other racers' supposed boosts;
are probably related.
unlike with most street cars, where there's diminishing returns after the initial acceleration,
racecars can continuously use neutral-ramming to boost forward like it's chariot-racing.
you can also neutral-ram to get out of sliding sideways.

the way the ai works in this race, you shouldn't really worry about the cars behind you,
you pretty much control their pace.
literally couldn't stop them from piling up every time i broke hard before a turn.

as long as you only risk moving up by cutting through the two grass patches on the right side, right after the initial 180 degree turn, you should be alright.

[Phate]

Hello. Just a little advice. Try to keep up and go flawless in the first round.
First round is the worst and first 3 turns are really pain in the a.., because of the other vehicles and unpredictable NPCs.
BUT... there are slight chances that 2-3 from the first 4 cars will crash in the second or third round (usually on the "S" type turn in the half of the race).
So if you just keep up the leading 3, you have quite huge chance of winning.

[Civanfan]

There's a mod over on Nexusmods for fixing the race. It's cheating, but so is Rubberband AI.