Codies: F1 2010 "No AI" Claims are "Inaccurate"
Makes long, long defence of racing game
Codemasters "representative" 'Caldera' has responded - at length - to complaints not only of bugs in F1 2010 but that there is simply no AI in the game to speak of.
The post begins positively enough, "As you are aware work is on-going towards a patch for the game, and we will release details on this as we move through the patch creation process. Your constructive feedback has been invaluable in helping us both identify and work to resolve issues with the game, and we appreciate your detailed posts."
It then darkens a little, "Some of the identified issues have led (understandably) to people making assumptions about the game that are not accurate, so we felt that in order to reassure you and explain better the process which we are going through at the moment, we’d address a few common queries, in particular relating to AI."
Then it gets to the point, "The AI system implemented in F1 2010 is very complex, and is certainly not scripted in any way. Every AI driver is trained with a series of race behaviours such as overtaking, defending a position and slipstreaming etc. On top of these behaviours we have a unique set of characteristics.
"These characteristics are defined per driver so you’ll notice some subtle differences. Some drivers are better at race starts or are better at overtaking (they look for narrower gaps), or are better in the rain, or are more aggressive, or are better around certain race tracks. We also have a system which can make certain drivers have a particularly good or bad race depending on a number of factors. All of this driver variance is of course combined with the cars themselves also having varying levels of performance."
Read the entire post here.
The post begins positively enough, "As you are aware work is on-going towards a patch for the game, and we will release details on this as we move through the patch creation process. Your constructive feedback has been invaluable in helping us both identify and work to resolve issues with the game, and we appreciate your detailed posts."
It then darkens a little, "Some of the identified issues have led (understandably) to people making assumptions about the game that are not accurate, so we felt that in order to reassure you and explain better the process which we are going through at the moment, we’d address a few common queries, in particular relating to AI."
Then it gets to the point, "The AI system implemented in F1 2010 is very complex, and is certainly not scripted in any way. Every AI driver is trained with a series of race behaviours such as overtaking, defending a position and slipstreaming etc. On top of these behaviours we have a unique set of characteristics.
"These characteristics are defined per driver so you’ll notice some subtle differences. Some drivers are better at race starts or are better at overtaking (they look for narrower gaps), or are better in the rain, or are more aggressive, or are better around certain race tracks. We also have a system which can make certain drivers have a particularly good or bad race depending on a number of factors. All of this driver variance is of course combined with the cars themselves also having varying levels of performance."
Read the entire post here.
Comments
junaid 1 Oct 2010 16:01
1/2
i'm not willing to buy this game anymore with such big list of bugs .that really amazises me that codemaster testing team could't do its job, a real shame .i beleieve "first impression is the last impression"codemasters failed to do so
Smorgasboard 10 Oct 2010 06:14
2/2
Kind of sick of people accusing testing teams of not doing their job. All we do is point out bugs, not fix them. You'd be amazed how many are pointed out and told 'nah it's fine'.