Pink Slip racing requires "Ghosting"

[Kracus]

 

 

 

OP, ghosting is too unrealistic for my taste, but I'm partial to kracus' suggestion, even an insignificant bump to another racer triggers disqualification.

 

That wouldn't work because a game cannot detect intentional bumping.

 

 

That's the point, any bumping disqualifies a pink slip race. Intentional or not.

 

 

So if we both take a turn, and I touch you by accident the whole race cancels?

 

Screw that :l

 

 

It's either that or lose to some skilless twat who decided to go into a corner at 100mph and rear ends you into oblivion. Pick your poison...

[Vooodu]

 

 

OP, ghosting is too unrealistic for my taste, but I'm partial to kracus' suggestion, even an insignificant bump to another racer triggers disqualification.

 

That wouldn't work because a game cannot detect intentional bumping.

 

 

That's the point, any bumping disqualifies a pink slip race. Intentional or not.

 

 

 

But... Bumping and grinding just happens. Even in clean races. Especially with lag and slip stream its even harder to avoid 100% contact.

 

 

 

I mean, i guess in simple straight races its easier to play with. But most races with turns, trading paint will just happen.

[Biohazard Abyss]

It's either that or lose to some skilless twat who decided to go into a corner at 100mph and rear ends you into oblivion. Pick your poison...

 

 

Also if you're about to win, and I ram you, then nobody wins

[coach_wargo]

Pink slip racing would always be empty. Why would anyone risk their fully modded car to win something they can only sell for $10K?

[Vooodu]

Pink slip racing would always be empty. Why would anyone risk their fully modded car to win something they can only sell for $10 or waaaay more.

 

 

I had to fix that... but seriously.

 

Because we can... Thats why.

 

It won't be for broke asses or for people that that have money problems. It would be for fun.

[Zwenkwiel]

 

 

I race without ramming and I do fine, in fact I win 1 out of 3 races.

 

I'm not saying you should ram every1 in order to win races

most idiots that do that never win a race

I'm saying ramming is a part of gta racing and it will happen and you just have to deal with it.

wouldn't you agree?

 

 

I agree with that but I wouldn't agree with racing for pink slips with some random scrub if those are the rules we're playing by.

 

 

racing pink slips with randoms seems like a risky proposition anyway if you ask me

even if it would ghost racing it only takes one guy with Nos to cheat your car away from you

they'll probably fix Nos but hackers will be hackers

 

the way this game works I doubt pink slip races are a good idea anyway

I mean what's to keep players from disconnecting if they're losing?

it works to beat bad sports or any event you don't want to be saved really.

 

maybe they could save the game when you agree to start one and if you disconnect you'll lose by default or something like that

but considering the track record of this game and hackers i wouldn't be too confident they'd get it working as intended.

[SilkySkillz85]

I find its pretty easy to know at the very start of a race if the guys you are racing with are clean drivers or rammers,

if they keep it clean i do also, if they ram, i ram them back.

my approach to pink slip racing would be the same,

 

i wont be racing with expensive cars however, only with unmodified ruiner's and gauntlet's.

will have to find another space somewhere in my garage for pink slip racing cars.

[Cuz05]

Lets be honest here, you'll never lose to a skilless twat who goes into a corner at 100mph if you know how to drive. Most people I race with in our crew have no problem winning races against lobbies of random rammers. I'm not even a great driver compared to a lot of them and I was winning nearly 1 in 2 before joining up.

I hate being rammed off as much as anyone but I'd never stoop to using it as a race tactic myself. It's just not necessary if you're a good racer, unskilled drivers are at least half a lap behind into the 2nd lap and no threat whatsoever, even with catch up on.

 

Ghost racing would suck hard imo, I guess if you only want it for pink slips then I'd understand but in genuine racing it would be terribly boring. Everyone on the same race line, 6 ghosts overlapping, it'd be ridiculous. Contact adds so much more interest to a race when you're on a level playing field. Not only that, at least half the people that join races would give up, some because it was dull, some because they can't ram. I enjoy racing both types, one for the competition, the other for the satisfaction that comes from putting people in their place.

I'd accept ghosting as an option that I would have to turn on if I wanted it but adding it as another auto-on option like catch up would just be irritating.

 

Can't see me ever wanting to do a pink slip race against someone I don't know well. Problem is, with the people I know well, I know what my chances of winning would be...

[tresshold]

content creator ruined the fun for me in racing, every race is full of stunt jumps and retarded laps.

[Juanfartez]

Yes, that would work.

 

What I'm curious as to these pink slip races is, will this only function on a 1v1 race or will there be multiple drivers, if so how will it work.

 

I can already see this as a method of rigged races as in, a rich friend giving a poorer friend a fancy car.

 

We also might get a new duplication glitch as in, even if you lose, you don't lose your car but the winner still got your duplicated one. Disconnecting the wire before it saves that you lost or something to do with the Playstation store.

 

If it will be 1v1 without ghosting then it will be a fair challenge (in a way)

 

Because be it 4 drivers, 3 of which are together, 1 focusing on winning while the other 2 focusing on bringing the other one down would be another feature on the ''Griefing Degenerates Pile''

 

Also, will the races be impromptu free roam ones or actual ones, even if there are actual ones and accessible to player created races, one could arrange a 1v1 race designed specifically for the host which he constructed traps and other faults only he knows how to go around.

 

Balance and glitch patching will be the challenge in this.

 

I propose it being a 2 player challenge. The only available pink slip races would be Rockstar Created ones. If you do not have an empty garage space you cannot enter pink slip races. That's it. Simplest solution.

 

 

 

 

 

P.S. I can already see the griefing threads: ''I won this noob's Tailgater/Buffalo, soon as we got to free roam I enjoyed destroying/chroming it infront of him and laughing at him.''

 

Seeing as half of this forum is full of lost souls.

Exactly. Pink slip will NEVER happen. Way too many variables to screw it up. Too many people duping cars. Just wait till the whiny cash card brats enter a race and lose their car mommy just spent 20 bucks on.

[FasterThanYou]

I wouldn´t ever use it. I´m part of the best clean racing crew so ramming is not longer a problem for me. Plus close and clean wheel to wheel racing is the best part of racing.

 

Having said that, yes, the option should be there. Most of you are racing randoms, and with such a big stake, this would help preventing dick moves deciding the fate of races instead of raw speed. The option would be handy for a lot of people, so yes, even if it doesn´t affect me, bring it on.

[statistic]

About to win. Other guy dashboards. you know that's how it would go down.

[Blingy]

About to win. Other guy dashboards. you know that's how it would go down.

He'd lose his car then, that's the point of a Pink Slip race...

[grand theft spaghetti]

how does racing for slips work with a full 10 car garage? you chose to replace one of your existing cars or do we finally get another garage? or does the game just eat the losers car?

i tried looking it up but i keep getting error messages when i click on topics.

Edited February 26, 2014 by ijustcameheretobeeotch

[fw3]

I have quit racing in this game because there is very few people that race fair and win with skill. Ghosting is needed in this game. Racing would take a big jump up in interest level if they added this feature.

Every night, whilst saying my prayers before bed, I say this exact quote - word for word. Seriously.

[Blingy]

how does racing for slips work with a full 10 car garage? you chose to replace one of your existing cars or do we finally get another garage? or does the game just eat the losers car?

i tried looking it up but i keep getting error messages when i click on topics.

Probably either choose to replace it, or the game just gets rid of it.

[jbarb78]

Yeah I don't know man, I'm not really a fan of potentially losing a vehicle because I was rammed off the road. Maybe if there's some built in game rule that nullifies the race if there's contact with the other persons vehicle? It's just too cheap. I can hit anyone going into a corner and I'm pretty much guaranteed they'll get the worst of it and that isn't exactly fair.

 

In real life, most pink slip races are drag races and racers are obviously not going to be hitting into each other and that's where real life and GTA differ.

Irl if you ram the other car to win the race, now you're stuck with a f*cked up car. If damage from racing was permanent until you pay to have it fixed, and not just a couple hundred bucks, realistically you're talking thousands, then people might be more selective on contact with other racers. But since it isn't primarily a racing game, that won't work. Maybe is the mechanic's fee reflected the amount of damaged vehicles returned to the garage, again, won't ever happen. I just won't be doing pink slip races, don't really need anyone's ugly-ass chrome adders anyway, I have all the cars I want.

[Blingy]

 

Yeah I don't know man, I'm not really a fan of potentially losing a vehicle because I was rammed off the road. Maybe if there's some built in game rule that nullifies the race if there's contact with the other persons vehicle? It's just too cheap. I can hit anyone going into a corner and I'm pretty much guaranteed they'll get the worst of it and that isn't exactly fair.

 

In real life, most pink slip races are drag races and racers are obviously not going to be hitting into each other and that's where real life and GTA differ.

Irl if you ram the other car to win the race, now you're stuck with a f*cked up car. If damage from racing was permanent until you pay to have it fixed, and not just a couple hundred bucks, realistically you're talking thousands, then people might be more selective on contact with other racers. But since it isn't primarily a racing game, that won't work. Maybe is the mechanic's fee reflected the amount of damaged vehicles returned to the garage, again, won't ever happen. I just won't be doing pink slip races, don't really need anyone's ugly-ass chrome adders anyway, I have all the cars I want.

 

You can't look at it like that, you have to look at it like as a trophy. You fought for that car, and you slammed that guy, so you got his car in return. Even if you don't drive it, use it as a conversation piece.

[Kracus]

 

It's either that or lose to some skilless twat who decided to go into a corner at 100mph and rear ends you into oblivion. Pick your poison...

 

 

Also if you're about to win, and I ram you, then nobody wins

 

 

That's occurred to me but you're not always in a position to ram another player before the finish line.

[jbarb78]

 

 

 

Yeah I don't know man, I'm not really a fan of potentially losing a vehicle because I was rammed off the road. Maybe if there's some built in game rule that nullifies the race if there's contact with the other persons vehicle? It's just too cheap. I can hit anyone going into a corner and I'm pretty much guaranteed they'll get the worst of it and that isn't exactly fair.

 

In real life, most pink slip races are drag races and racers are obviously not going to be hitting into each other and that's where real life and GTA differ.

Irl if you ram the other car to win the race, now you're stuck with a f*cked up car. If damage from racing was permanent until you pay to have it fixed, and not just a couple hundred bucks, realistically you're talking thousands, then people might be more selective on contact with other racers. But since it isn't primarily a racing game, that won't work. Maybe is the mechanic's fee reflected the amount of damaged vehicles returned to the garage, again, won't ever happen. I just won't be doing pink slip races, don't really need anyone's ugly-ass chrome adders anyway, I have all the cars I want.

 

You can't look at it like that, you have to look at it like as a trophy. You fought for that car, and you slammed that guy, so you got his car in return. Even if you don't drive it, use it as a conversation piece.

Meh, doesn't appeal to me really, and if was looking for bragging rights I value driving skill over taking someone out of the race. To each his own, I equate bragging about ramming someone off course to a boxer who hits below the belt, rather than delivering a solid blow that really rings the other guy's bell.

[S0lo]

i can see the Japs loving this mode, especially if the pink slips we win are already used

 

[Blingy]

 

 

 

Yeah I don't know man, I'm not really a fan of potentially losing a vehicle because I was rammed off the road. Maybe if there's some built in game rule that nullifies the race if there's contact with the other persons vehicle? It's just too cheap. I can hit anyone going into a corner and I'm pretty much guaranteed they'll get the worst of it and that isn't exactly fair.

 

In real life, most pink slip races are drag races and racers are obviously not going to be hitting into each other and that's where real life and GTA differ.

Irl if you ram the other car to win the race, now you're stuck with a f*cked up car. If damage from racing was permanent until you pay to have it fixed, and not just a couple hundred bucks, realistically you're talking thousands, then people might be more selective on contact with other racers. But since it isn't primarily a racing game, that won't work. Maybe is the mechanic's fee reflected the amount of damaged vehicles returned to the garage, again, won't ever happen. I just won't be doing pink slip races, don't really need anyone's ugly-ass chrome adders anyway, I have all the cars I want.

 

You can't look at it like that, you have to look at it like as a trophy. You fought for that car, and you slammed that guy, so you got his car in return. Even if you don't drive it, use it as a conversation piece.

Meh, doesn't appeal to me really, and if was looking for bragging rights I value driving skill over taking someone out of the race. To each his own, I equate bragging about ramming someone off course to a boxer who hits below the belt, rather than delivering a solid blow that really rings the other guy's bell.

 

can't help you then, don't use it

[Pixel S]

Normal racing should of had a ghosting option as it is.

Couldn't agree more with Pink Slips.

[Nenzo]

Everyone who's raced knows that other players tend to crash into you if they know you're getting the upper-hand. The developers need to sort that out when they FINALLY bring out a new DLC.

[jbarb78]

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah I don't know man, I'm not really a fan of potentially losing a vehicle because I was rammed off the road. Maybe if there's some built in game rule that nullifies the race if there's contact with the other persons vehicle? It's just too cheap. I can hit anyone going into a corner and I'm pretty much guaranteed they'll get the worst of it and that isn't exactly fair.

 

In real life, most pink slip races are drag races and racers are obviously not going to be hitting into each other and that's where real life and GTA differ.

Irl if you ram the other car to win the race, now you're stuck with a f*cked up car. If damage from racing was permanent until you pay to have it fixed, and not just a couple hundred bucks, realistically you're talking thousands, then people might be more selective on contact with other racers. But since it isn't primarily a racing game, that won't work. Maybe is the mechanic's fee reflected the amount of damaged vehicles returned to the garage, again, won't ever happen. I just won't be doing pink slip races, don't really need anyone's ugly-ass chrome adders anyway, I have all the cars I want.

 

You can't look at it like that, you have to look at it like as a trophy. You fought for that car, and you slammed that guy, so you got his car in return. Even if you don't drive it, use it as a conversation piece.

Meh, doesn't appeal to me really, and if was looking for bragging rights I value driving skill over taking someone out of the race. To each his own, I equate bragging about ramming someone off course to a boxer who hits below the belt, rather than delivering a solid blow that really rings the other guy's bell.

 

can't help you then, don't use it

No need, and I don't.

[RealHoosier07]

I agree that Pink Slips will NOT happen in this game. I just posted that if it did, ghosting is the only way any smart person would take that chance. I don't mean ghosting as in you race against a ghost of a previously raced driver. I just mean that they should make it to where you race at the same time, bumper to bumper, but they make it to where your cars go THROUGH each other.....hence no ramming, but still have that bumper to bumper feel in a race to the finish line. I would hate doing it like a time trial.

 

Having said that, I really don't see pink slips happening in this game

[BrownMattHall]

id be more than down for pinks. the thought of pawning off someones hard work and time is mouth watering

 

also i adopt the same thought process as someone earlier in the thread: you race clean i race clean, pit me and i smash your sorry ass off the road whenever i have the opportunity

[SLUGFly]

What if they just make impromptu races have user-chosen stakes? Each user put up whatever - cash, vehicles, apartment, combination, whatever. If both players agree (and regular checkpoints were added), you could race for anything. My 10 car garage and Vinewood Apt. vs your Chradder! Let's do it!

 

Of course, this also requires allowing us to own multiple properties. And perhaps a 24 hour in-game timer within which you must find homes for your orphaned or newly won cars.

Edited February 26, 2014 by SLUGFly

[Legion FBG]

how does racing for slips work with a full 10 car garage? you chose to replace one of your existing cars or do we finally get another garage?

By the time we get "pink slip" races hopefully parking garages will be available to purchase!

[GrandTheftBatman]

To be fair, will anyone pink slip race a random? If you're afraid of getting rammed then don't race randoms, there's plenty of legit racers around.