Fast start, slow race. Always.

[Nightbusker]

Am I the only one who have this issue? No matter if I'm high on the grid or low, I pass 6-10 cars on the first two turns and then I struggle for my position. The car ahead slowly vanishes behind horizon and I feel like a safety car: everyone seem to be faster than me and often I lose 2-3 positions.

I play on a standard difficulty, braking assist lowest or none, 15% distance, short qualifying.

[rizzee]

get better on this game u shouldnt need any assists

[Mounss ★★★]

nice game

[SilentHorizon]

are you using a wheel, gamecontroler or keyboard?

[Nightbusker]

Początkowo opublikowane przez HBZK100:

are you using a wheel, gamecontroler or keyboard?

Keyboard.

[Johners]

that explains why then. The controls on a keyboard and clunky at best so your performance will suffer. If you need something cheap then buy a controller.

[SilentHorizon]

Yeah, don't use a keyboard. Use at least a game controller. Best would be a wheel, even a $50 genius f1 wheel.

I tried the keyboard just to see how it felt, and boy it was really bad compared to my wheel.

[Erik_22]

I use a g27 to play and I get the same thing happening to me. I just started Malaysia in 10th moved up to 3rd by lap 2 and stayed there till my first pitstop on lap 11 then when i come out of the pits i am 10th and stay there the rest of the race. idk what i did but i lost like 7 spots for nothing didnt screw up or anything. Idk if it just me not managing my tires but after like 2-3 laps into a run i loose a lot of speed.

[SilentHorizon]

Początkowo opublikowane przez erikscherer22:

I use a g27 to play and I get the same thing happening to me. I just started Malaysia in 10th moved up to 3rd by lap 2 and stayed there till my first pitstop on lap 11 then when i come out of the pits i am 10th and stay there the rest of the race. idk what i did but i lost like 7 spots for nothing didnt screw up or anything. Idk if it just me not managing my tires but after like 2-3 laps into a run i loose a lot of speed.

Loosing positions is normal, since the ai cars havn't gone into the pits yet. But loosing speed in just two laps isn't normal.

[Nightbusker]

I'll try to get back to controller which I put away after 2 hours of gameplay - I was faster with the keyboard. :) Maybe now when I'm better on the game, it will change something.

[SilentHorizon]

You never know. I think the reason why keyboard is bad is because you don't have a variable throttle, brake and steering.

[Nightbusker]

Well, but I can steer more precisely with keyboard. It's easier to fit the race line.

[Hercules]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Nightbusker:

Am I the only one who have this issue? No matter if I'm high on the grid or low, I pass 6-10 cars on the first two turns and then I struggle for my position. The car ahead slowly vanishes behind horizon and I feel like a safety car: everyone seem to be faster than me and often I lose 2-3 positions.

I play on a standard difficulty, braking assist lowest or none, 15% distance, short qualifying.

How did you get 15% distance? Are you doing career. I have no assists braking assists have traction control on and 3D line, but play on amateur.
I find myself; I'm in the redbull, and lets say ill be 12th on the grid cause I suck. When lights go out Ill be past be malrussia, caterhams, force indas, and rossos. Even on rich mix, and full kers. However, then by braking late, and "friendly using their cars as bumpers" Ill get like 5th. But then by keep on braking late Ill pass them.
I use a keyboard aswell. but Mines mechanical, so its either Im turning or I'm not. So In some corners I do tangent lines to the curve, meaning its not one continous turn its a acelerate stop turn, repeat.

[Nightbusker]

Początkowo opublikowane przez ڪے Tesseract ڪے:

How did you get 15% distance? Are you doing career. I have no assists braking assists have traction control on and 3D line, but play on amateur.
I find myself; I'm in the redbull, and lets say ill be 12th on the grid cause I suck. When lights go out Ill be past be malrussia, caterhams, force indas, and rossos. Even on rich mix, and full kers. However, then by braking late, and "friendly using their cars as bumpers" Ill get like 5th. But then by keep on braking late Ill pass them.
I use a keyboard aswell. but Mines mechanical, so its either Im turning or I'm not. So In some corners I do tangent lines to the curve, meaning its not one continous turn its a acelerate stop turn, repeat.

It's 25% distance - typo. Career. Normal difficulty, full damage. Short weekend - short qualifications. I realized that during the race I can also overtake drivers on slow turns by braking later then they. However, I have very little acceleration after these turns and that's why other drivers escape me. That's why after 1 lap I have no opportunities to overtake. Maybe I should change setup before race?

I'm looking for some "artificial reality" - when I'm generally faster than Hulkenberg and slower than Grosjean, I'd like to land somewhere between them on the grid and to have a chance to fight them during the race. The outcome is: I'm next to Hulkenberg at start, getting passed by him and 5 others, then overtake 10 cars. Struggling to block Grosjean and slowing down him and guys behind him while having 15-25 gap (growing about 1 sec./lap) to the next driver. It's like this almost every race.

Keyboard is better than pad for me. I feel more control. It's the way better than in F1 2010. Once upon a time I've been playing Grand Prix 2, 3 and 4 for long years on keyboard, so I have an experience. :) I've never liked messing with all these setup factors, that's why I pick short weekend and only normal difficulty.

[Nova]

Setups wont do much of a difference. Your race pace depends greatly on what car are you driving, if you are driving a Toro Rosso and get up to the top 10 on the first lap because of the slow AI then you'll be up for a really hard race, defending every turn mostly. Try out the True to Life AI mod, it helps a little with this problem.

[Nightbusker]

Thanks for this suggestion, I'll try that mod!