Career mode starting position?

[Jenkai]

Career mode is kind of pissing me off. Why does it make me start damn near last all the time? It's especially annoying in the 4 race series where I start in last or almost last and the person in first place in the series is always starting in first. It's hard to catch up and get first in those 3 lap races, I have to race PERFECT to get first, no spin outs, can't even slightly mess up a turn. Then I finally came in second at the end of a 4 race series after restarting multiple races and only got 255/400 points. (I'm on amatuer difficulty btw)

[GittyRivers]

Well its training really, and your going to be starting end of the gird alot. I think because a rookie starts there in game of career. Get your car to be fast as you can for its class of that race with the money you can afford. Kick back and relax paint it and get it ready. Now you have to get up front the first turn, means defense driving and you have to look for your IN to the front, theres a big crash pilling up so look your way around it through it and drive like hell, once your in front you have to stay there. The AI's follow a racing line you don't have to. Your car can take alot of damage there is not perfect in this because alot of thing can and will happen. Starting over well yeah, look at it as practice. Try changing your settings put the AI's on novice, or yourself on hard and change things up as you come along. If you like driving racing games this game will test your skills. You can take the score you got if lets you move on other race etc. You can go back and redo that series later for a perfect score. You can also make your own races for a change of pace, there game menu.

[mr. z]

A little training and now driven everything thru with 100% points on Normal. Not even difficult on Normal, tried some on Extra hard and it needs some dedication but not impossible to win most races. Adjusting upgrades and armor is profitable.

[Doc Maccinakloutos]

and here comes the masochists.

i agree with you OP, placement makes no sense. lot of series have the faster cars run behind the slower ones, other have heat laps and time attacks to set the starting position.
it's especially punishing at the start of the game AND each time you 1up a car/car class. with the ai being random as ♥♥♥♥ mid pack, you often have to catch back 7+ seconds if you dont plow inside the first corner.

game would be a LOT more fun if it had the handling that made the previous bugbear games sell.
i'd love to, well have a more predictable handling and no ai driving nexus rs's being able to resist a pit manoever from a much heavier car...

[Jenkai]

So I switched to Novice for a bit and its much easier to win even starting in last. I realize you only get 5% less with novice and I still have the 20% bonus for turning off traction and steering control. But it's just not fun winning so easily. Now I don't mind coming in like 6th or 7th in a fair race that I actually have to try in, however, the career mode severely punishes you for not winning. As I stated earlier I only got 255/400 for getting SECOND in a four race series. You have to do good on almost every race and challenge to advance to the next series. They need to add more rewards for playing on a harder difficulty, not punish you for not coming in first every race when they make it really hard to do, especially starting in 24th on a 3 lap race.

[druiz996]

The problem with this game's grids is that it has no real formula... except for the multi-round events. Those make sense because if you place 1st on the quarterfinals, you start top2 in the semis. Wreckfest needs a set formula to make starting grids fair. I'd go for 1 of these models:
· Reverse championship positions --- If you lead the championship you start last
· Half reverse championship positions --- Leader starts 12th in a 24-car championship
· Random fairness --- Everyone starts everywhere. Grid spots are randomized but by the end of the championship everyone has had a 1-6th, 7-12th, 13-18th and 19-24th start at some point.