How does this game have car races?

[Catvrix]

Like, for real? How do they justify car races with car handling THIS bad?

[Rhapsody]

Well at least in the older versions, the car you use for racing handles... tolerably, during the races.

[Paulie]

its actually not that bad once you get a car you're comfortable with. even learned how to drift with motorbikes in this game. Got some Akira moments ngl

[Skere Kaan]

dunno about controller, but with keyboard/mouse any races or chase is unplayable.

[Mr_Blank]

Skill issue tbh

[Glenmoryl]

I press the spacebar so i can drift in each corner it's pretty fun once you get the hang of it. And if you managed to find the hoonigan car you can drift even more

[Drahknon]

The race missions are optional, so skip them if you want.

If you're having trouble with them, invest in the Caliburn, the car that handles well, and it won't be a problem.

[Kazoh]

it depends on the vehicle and your skills

the best car for speed and maneuverability is caliburn, get one, get used to the mechanics and you won't have any problem whatsoever

and everytime claire gives you the option to pick which car you'll ride, pick yours cuz her truck sucks

[zpc]

@OP Driving is awesome - just pick the car which suits your style best and practise. Every car handles differently. Try e.g. a Caliburn in the badlands / offroad and do the same with a Javeline in comparison.

Originally posted by Drahknon:

If you're having trouble with them, invest in the Caliburn, the car that handles well, and it won't be a problem.

Or get it for free. It's a nice & fast car indeed.

[Sentient_Toaster]

Irritating bit that despite the devs bothering to make armed versions of vehicles and also add support for things like shooting out tires, the other race cars appear to still be completely immune to weapons fire.

Like, OK, they don't want you to *kill* a certain racer before that choice is supposed to come up, but they at least could let you damage a vehicle to the point where it drops out of the race.

[Porkhammer]

I actually feel like they improved the races quite a lot since 2.0. The enemy AI no longer teleports every 0.2 seconds to keep up with the player. They're actually driving.

That's a win in my book. I haven't had any problems winning myself with keyboard or controller (I invested in an Xbox controller just for the driving portions of the game, but I still am too dumb to figure out car combat with it so I switch around quite a lot - aiming with a controller will never feel right to me.).

I am very used to the handling after 1200+ hours so I guess that helps. I would definitely prefer the cars not to have that weird rotation around a center point. Reminds me of Colin McRae Rally. If they aimed for a bit more realism to make driving feel more intuitive it would go a long way.

I know there are mods out there that alters the handling, but I haven't tried any yet. I just doubt that any mod can fully cure the weird rotating thing.

[itsNinjaToast]

Originally posted by Catvrix:

Like, for real? How do they justify car races with car handling THIS bad?

There is a secret vehicle in a factory, it comes with guns, and is very fast, but drifts alot tho.

[Zak]

Originally posted by Mr_Blank:

Skill issue tbh

No. Driving is really bad in this game. I ride bikes most of the time, they're tolerable.

[kripcision]

drivings easy man, also the races are really easy when you use your own car such as a caliburn.

[Atomsk]

The car races makes no sense.... first, the cars are scripted and constantly teleporting, 2nd Claire is literally hanging out the car "shooting" and "helping" its ridiculous territory.

[Shirohige]

HaHa they actually made it better in the recent updates , also the racers used to spawn behind you if you were in the lead , so really no complaints here now