Catchup is such BS*!

[Remmer]

I'm sick of losing first place by being slowed down through catchup all for the guy in second to pit me because im going so slow!! whoever thought of catchup is a retard, don't even care how they try to justify it..it isn't fair.

[JohnGazman]

Indeed.

[A Parked Car]

Plot twist: OP is never in first place

[Fail_At_GTA]

Turn catch up off if you don't like it.

 

/thread

[numpy]

I don't want to be challenged by the guy who crashed a mile ago.

[GTA-Freak-Vi]

Do races with crews/friends then you won't have these problems since you can turn it off

Edited April 7, 2014 by Gta-freak-VI

[Coin]

Actually, catch up is the very definition of a fair feature. It levels the playing field.

 

That being said, first thing I do when hosting a race is turn catch up off.

[BSEANO]

Host your own races and turn it off then!

Seriously though I think you should only be able to have catch up on in GTA races, nothing else.

[JohnGazman]

That being said, first thing I do when hosting a race is turn catch up off.

 

How many players quit as soon as you do? I usually end up with an empty lobby, or failing that, spun out by an Adder the moment we set off.

 

Ghost racing cannot come soon enough.

[Pardew's Prostate]

Long Haul 2? The Commute? Not surprised, if its a proper race with more than 2 corners it doesn't matter too much.

[Remmer]

I dont see how it is though? How is being far out in front by avoiding everyone crashing, just to lose at the end because some douche who pitted everyone at the beginning of the race is halfway across the map and gains on you within half a lap?! it's ridiculous!

[o0eVe0o]

every time i turned catch up off when hosting races and using no modded cars i considered that a fair option either way when i did that i won every race by over 40 seconds majority of the time sometimes i wonder wtf people are doing its not that hard to drive in gta lol. But yes i hate catch up leading many races and then getting spun out by spastics just sux all my friends are waiting on heists an playing other games i have none to race with soo i have to put up with garbage.

[LeAristocrat]

It is. You should just run races that have it off.

Edited April 7, 2014 by LeAristocrat

[Coin]

 

How many players quit as soon as you do? I usually end up with an empty lobby, or failing that, spun out by an Adder the moment we set off.

 

Ghost racing cannot come soon enough.

 

 

If I'm hosting it's one of my created tracks, so you tend to get people leaving straight away anyway. I find it best to start hosting when you are in a full/near full lobby, then use the closed/open matchmaking trick to extend the timer until you have enough racers. Doesn't always yield results, but works often enough.

[Con9mm]

I THINK CATCHUP SHOULD ONLY BE AVAILABLE IF YOU GET PITTED OR ARE FORCED TO CRASH.

 

Kind of like the Deathmatch "losing streak assistance".

 

and yes, I'm yelling it. lol

[Robaldinio]

I've never really understood how the idea of 'Catchup' ever came about. They already had slipstreaming, which is a sensible, realistic and potentially expected element of motor racing. I just don't see why anyone would feel that a weird, unrealistic game mechanic would also be necessary. I mean, nobody has ever played a racing game that had rubber-banding and said, "I really enjoy it when I'm half a lap ahead of the AI and they just suddenly appear in my mirrors".

[Vooodu]

I've never really understood how the idea of 'Catchup' ever came about.

 

 

R* game devs suck at their own game...

 

[Synophrys]

Complaining here is certainly going to get you first place OP. Find some friends and race without catchup on.

[XxX19Dude95XxX]

well that is your problem op your getting catsup not ketchup so no wonder its bs catsup is just a rip off

see here you want the one on the left

Edited April 7, 2014 by bikerman3

[LuapYllier]

I raced in a few random races the other night and they had all the crutches on as usual. Twice I was wrecked out at the beggining and caught back up to take first and second. Once I was leading and took a 5th place finish after being wrecked 2 blocks from the finish. People were generally silent during all the races. Then I asked quite nicely if the host would turn off catchup. Six mics suddenly came alive and I became the target of more abuse than I have ever experienced in one session. I was a cheater, hacker based on level, a complete f*cktard based on my aparently horrid name, my crew was flamed for being a bunch of fags and toolbags, my life was threatened, my moms face was assaulted and any number of inflamatory names were thrown about.

 

It would seem that based on that limited test group players in general very much like the crutches.

 

We who do not are quite the minority.