Premium Races

[-LN-]

 

 

So I've seen some weird things with the latest premium race. Aside from the "host" races. When u respawn, near the tricky jump where most fail, u end up in some sort of a limbo where u can't rejoin the race. The weirdest, a guy actually bumped me out of the race in the last corner, as in contact, something similar happened with the over the bridge track, but then u didn't heard me complaining.

 

It is definitely broken this week, see my post here for more details: http://gtaforums.com/topic/873939-kill-quota-gtao-mode-youga-classic-special-thanksgiving-bonuses/?p=1069225621

 

This will happen no matter where you re-spawn or die though.

 

I saw the other post, I was just wondering if this only happens with the Shotaro or with other bikes too? I imagine you've tested it with other bikes but since your vid/gif shows a Shotaro I just wanted to confirm.

 

 

I tested it with the Hakuchou Drag as well; same result. I think V4S used something different as well, and yeah, all other bikes during the race that crashed ended up dropping out or going idle on my screen.

 

I tried it earlier with the Shotaro (and didn't crash), and first place somehow managed to finish nearly 20 seconds ahead of me in the Drag. After the race, I could not move my character at all and had to close and exit the game. I have absolutely no idea how that person managed such a time given that I did not make any mistakes, but the fact that the race froze my character is even more suspect. I just have a strange feeling that the whole thing is broken more than we can imagine.

[Foppezão]

 

 

 

So I've seen some weird things with the latest premium race. Aside from the "host" races. When u respawn, near the tricky jump where most fail, u end up in some sort of a limbo where u can't rejoin the race. The weirdest, a guy actually bumped me out of the race in the last corner, as in contact, something similar happened with the over the bridge track, but then u didn't heard me complaining.

It is definitely broken this week, see my post here for more details: http://gtaforums.com/topic/873939-kill-quota-gtao-mode-youga-classic-special-thanksgiving-bonuses/?p=1069225621

 

This will happen no matter where you re-spawn or die though.

 

I saw the other post, I was just wondering if this only happens with the Shotaro or with other bikes too? I imagine you've tested it with other bikes but since your vid/gif shows a Shotaro I just wanted to confirm.

 

I tested it with the Hakuchou Drag as well; same result. I think V4S used something different as well, and yeah, all other bikes during the race that crashed ended up dropping out or going idle on my screen.

 

I tried it earlier with the Shotaro (and didn't crash), and first place somehow managed to finish nearly 20 seconds ahead of me in the Drag. After the race, I could not move my character at all and had to close and exit the game. I have absolutely no idea how that person managed such a time given that I did not make any mistakes, but the fact that the race froze my character is even more suspect. I just have a strange feeling that the whole thing is broken more than we can imagine.

What do u mean? U lost the first place? U also suspect catch-up or anything..

[-LN-]

 

I tested it with the Hakuchou Drag as well; same result. I think V4S used something different as well, and yeah, all other bikes during the race that crashed ended up dropping out or going idle on my screen.

 

I tried it earlier with the Shotaro (and didn't crash), and first place somehow managed to finish nearly 20 seconds ahead of me in the Drag. After the race, I could not move my character at all and had to close and exit the game. I have absolutely no idea how that person managed such a time given that I did not make any mistakes, but the fact that the race froze my character is even more suspect. I just have a strange feeling that the whole thing is broken more than we can imagine.

What do u mean? U lost the first place? U also suspect catch-up or anything..

 

 

Yeah, I came in second; the person who came in first kept pulling further and further ahead to a point that I cannot comprehend--especially since there were no one to slipstream from. It felt incredibly off; I've done over 7,000 races with others, and I had never seen someone pull further and further ahead so quickly--especially on a stunt race with non-contact. It just did not feel right at all, and I've raced against plenty of unbeatable racers in the past.

Edited November 24, 2016 by -LN-

[V4S]

What was their final time?

[WithoutorAgainst]

 

I tested it with the Hakuchou Drag as well; same result. I think V4S used something different as well, and yeah, all other bikes during the race that crashed ended up dropping out or going idle on my screen.

 

I tried it earlier with the Shotaro (and didn't crash), and first place somehow managed to finish nearly 20 seconds ahead of me in the Drag. After the race, I could not move my character at all and had to close and exit the game. I have absolutely no idea how that person managed such a time given that I did not make any mistakes, but the fact that the race froze my character is even more suspect. I just have a strange feeling that the whole thing is broken more than we can imagine.

 

Thanks LN, and for the info. In addition to the bug it does seem something else is off. Bike stunt races have always been a bit iffy, I've missed checkpoints a few times and I remember once the first place racer getting stuck in the ground landing a jump just before the finish. I won it and felt really bad, & so I msg them an apology.

[Foppezão]

 

 

 

I tested it with the Hakuchou Drag as well; same result. I think V4S used something different as well, and yeah, all other bikes during the race that crashed ended up dropping out or going idle on my screen.

 

I tried it earlier with the Shotaro (and didn't crash), and first place somehow managed to finish nearly 20 seconds ahead of me in the Drag. After the race, I could not move my character at all and had to close and exit the game. I have absolutely no idea how that person managed such a time given that I did not make any mistakes, but the fact that the race froze my character is even more suspect. I just have a strange feeling that the whole thing is broken more than we can imagine.

What do u mean? U lost the first place? U also suspect catch-up or anything..

 

Yeah, I came in second; the person who came in first kept pulling further and further ahead to a point that I cannot comprehend--especially since there were no one to slipstream from. It felt incredibly off; I've done over 7,000 races with others, and I had never seen someone pull further and further ahead so quickly--especially on a stunt race with non-contact. It just did not feel right at all, and I've raced against plenty of unbeatable racers in the past.

I feel you, I know I take this race pretty cautious/save at some points, but I've seen the same thing. People also completely lagging in and out of the track, where they should be "respawning".

[-LN-]

What was their final time?

 

I forgot to take a snap of it. I think my blood pressure was too high from realising what had just happened and when I discovered that I couldn't move, I just panicked a bit and shut down--hoping that it wasn't my controller or game that was broken.

 

It was quite ridiculous though; the person was level 800+. It's not that I necessarily suspect something backhanded from their end or am trying to make it seem like that I could not have been beaten here, but the lapses in time differences seemed really hard to swallow.

Edited November 24, 2016 by -LN-

[V4S]

Hey now im lvl 12xx i wonder what you suspect of me! My only time i was able to complete the map with having to respawn once was around 6:04 and the WR was around 5:45 last i checked so im assuming the person you raced must be around that time?

[-LN-]

Hey now im lvl 12xx i wonder what you suspect of me! My only time i was able to complete the map with having to respawn once was around 6:04 and the WR was around 5:45 last i checked so im assuming the person you raced must be around that time?

 

No, no, I suspect nothing other than you're quite good at racing. I have an alternate 700+ character myself.

 

I wish I had looked, but I don't think there is any way for me to find out. I kept pressing down on the d-pad, and the amount of seconds they were gaining (even in areas where you would technically slow down) were just really off. So, I don't think the issue was with them, but the race itself as a whole seems just broken.

[V4S]

 

Hey now im lvl 12xx i wonder what you suspect of me! My only time i was able to complete the map with having to respawn once was around 6:04 and the WR was around 5:45 last i checked so im assuming the person you raced must be around that time?

 

No, no, I suspect nothing other than you're quite good at racing. I have an alternate 700+ character myself.

 

I wish I had looked, but I don't think there is any way for me to find out. I kept pressing down on the d-pad, and the amount of seconds they were gaining (even in areas where you would technically slow down) were just really off. So, I don't think the issue was with them, but the race itself as a whole seems just broken.

I knew you had a high ranked character some where, no one has 7000+ races under their belt and is 3xx The time apart difference can be really glitchy at times. Sometimes it'll say theyre 5s behind me and when i just about finish the race they were really 30s behind me. Another scenario I can think of is you just got paired with an unfortunate glitcher... y'no those mofos that mess up the top 5 times in the leaderboards!!

[-LN-]

 

 

Hey now im lvl 12xx i wonder what you suspect of me! My only time i was able to complete the map with having to respawn once was around 6:04 and the WR was around 5:45 last i checked so im assuming the person you raced must be around that time?

No, no, I suspect nothing other than you're quite good at racing. I have an alternate 700+ character myself.

 

I wish I had looked, but I don't think there is any way for me to find out. I kept pressing down on the d-pad, and the amount of seconds they were gaining (even in areas where you would technically slow down) were just really off. So, I don't think the issue was with them, but the race itself as a whole seems just broken.

I knew you had a high ranked character some where, no one has 7000+ races under their belt and is 3xx The time apart difference can be really glitchy at times. Sometimes it'll say theyre 5s behind me and when i just about finish the race they were really 30s behind me. Another scenario I can think of is you just got paired with an unfortunate glitcher... y'no those mofos that mess up the top 5 times in the leaderboards!!

 

 

Haha, definitely! I once had someone seriously question me about that at the end of a race a long time ago--when I were level 200 something, lol!

 

There was a point where I was checking the times over and over again--first it was 8 seconds, then 10 seconds, shortly thereafter it went to 12, then 13, and just kept escalating from there. I was "pavement" surfing and leaning forward whenever possible as well--I had never seen anything like it in a stunt race. I could be mistaken, but I often think the glitchy time differences seem worse on stunt races as a whole. I honestly cannot ever remember seeing anything like this on regular tracks--even when racing against APEX or NoDo members.

 

Hopefully it wasn't one of those glitched leaderboard people; that whole thing makes me very angry.

Edited November 24, 2016 by -LN-

[V4S]

You're right about stunt races being more buggy! Esp with the most recent hybrid premium races. This most recent premium race feels more like a survior series, if you fall off the track you're screwed basically. Use your slipstream to trick opponents into drafting you so you can send them flying off the map!

[555-We-Tip]

Which stunt tracks are left to be featured? I'm guessing a couple are still out there...

[V4S]

The wave and over & under; both motorcycle class.

Edited November 26, 2016 by V4S

[555-We-Tip]

Ah yes. Thanks!

[Halal Cyborg]

I've only ever seen motorcycle races in this and always stunt races...would love it if they added something that tested actual driving skill and in any four wheeled class 😡

[Zoop_Leroy]

Rockstar should issue another $250,000 bonus to anyone who participated in premium races this week. I did one race where the checkpoints lagged, so everyone was given the "wrong way" sign about 10 seconds into the race. When everyone respawned at the starting line, they were stuck in that horrible respawning loop without their bikes and had to quit. $160,000 in entry fees gone in 20 seconds lol. In another race, 6 of 8 racers had quit, and I finished in 5:38 (world record on ps4 is 5:36). Immediately after I finished, the countdown engaged for the other guy. He was on pace to finish in under 6 minutes and collect $30,000 by default, but he got a dnf and $0 instead.

 

Because of that respawning glitch, it's rare to see more than 4 people finish the current premium race. Crash and you're done, and the sad thing is that quitting through your phone gives you bad sport points. I learned the hard way last week on the Over the Bridge premium; after quitting a number of races, which I usually do when I'm out of contention for the top 3, I was thrown in bad sport for the first time lol.

Edited November 27, 2016 by Zoop_Leroy

[Mach1bud]

Last night I join a premium race. One player is the host. Yeah. He sets it to catch up and slipstream on, contact, destroy last place.

 

Yeah.

[V4S]

I get those once in a great while, never could get them to launch, just puts me back into the main world.

[Wtfdontlickme]

>Does a premium race

>Falls so I respawn

>Keeps respawning because I'm not on a vehicle.

GG Rockstar.

[Foppezão]

Urghh Turbine again? Now everyone makes these ridiculous wheelie jumps, bounce all over, compared to half year ago, what a mess. I want a premium street race. Or the Wave, why not that one?

Edited November 30, 2016 by Foppezão

[Foppezão]

Why is the premium race gone? They just advertised it? Are they afraid we're gonna win too much money with racing coming weeks?(double$)

[Darthfop]

So I noticed something weird in premium race. Normally the checkpoints on the road are cylinders, in tubes a circle so can't practically miss them. In premium races, the checkpoints in the tubes are these vague little cylinders, so u happen to miss them alot (like when u do a 'screw').Is this normal? Don't think so.

[Mach1bud]

So I noticed something weird in premium race. Normally the checkpoints on the road are cylinders, in tubes a circle so can't practically miss them. In premium races, the checkpoints in the tubes are these vague little cylinders, so u happen to miss them alot (like when u do a 'screw').Is this normal? Don't think so.

You may want to try taking a pic, I have never seen a missable checkpoint in a tube.

[wut]

 

So I noticed something weird in premium race. Normally the checkpoints on the road are cylinders, in tubes a circle so can't practically miss them. In premium races, the checkpoints in the tubes are these vague little cylinders, so u happen to miss them alot (like when u do a 'screw').Is this normal? Don't think so.

You may want to try taking a pic, I have never seen a missable checkpoint in a tube.

 

 

I know what he's talking about.

In the premium race today the checkpoint's are like half the size that they normally are, like not even the width of your car

Only in the tubes though.

[Mach1bud]

 

 

So I noticed something weird in premium race. Normally the checkpoints on the road are cylinders, in tubes a circle so can't practically miss them. In premium races, the checkpoints in the tubes are these vague little cylinders, so u happen to miss them alot (like when u do a 'screw').Is this normal? Don't think so.

You may want to try taking a pic, I have never seen a missable checkpoint in a tube.

 

I know what he's talking about.

In the premium race today the checkpoint's are like half the size that they normally are, like not even the width of your car

Only in the tubes though.

The size doesn't actually matter. You can drive near them and still get it. It is just because of their placement. Sometimes the corona will appear smaller because the game thinks it is underneath something. The actual radius that it catches the player is the same though.

 

Idk I've done this weeks Premium Race a bunch of times and never missed a checkpoint. I'd just like to know if there is one I should look out for.

Edited March 4, 2017 by Mach1bud

[Darthfop]

 

 

 

So I noticed something weird in premium race. Normally the checkpoints on the road are cylinders, in tubes a circle so can't practically miss them. In premium races, the checkpoints in the tubes are these vague little cylinders, so u happen to miss them alot (like when u do a 'screw').Is this normal? Don't think so.

You may want to try taking a pic, I have never seen a missable checkpoint in a tube.

 

I know what he's talking about.

In the premium race today the checkpoint's are like half the size that they normally are, like not even the width of your car

Only in the tubes though.

The size doesn't actually matter. You can drive near them and still get it. It is just because of their placement. Sometimes the corona will appear smaller because the game thinks it is underneath something. The actual radius that it catches the player is the same though.

 

Idk I've done this weeks Premium Race a bunch of times and never missed a checkpoint. I'd just like to know if there is one I should look out for.

Try and do it right now, the checkpoints in the tubes are totally different than like yesterday. Yes you can still get them, but it's broke. Same with the slipstream and non-contact, doesn't really get along very well, had a couple of times in slipstream where people became more visible/less transparent and pumped into each other.

 

It's especially noticeable in the second long tube where you go right at the end, I just took someone's first place who also got screwed by this.

Edited March 4, 2017 by Darthfop

[wut]

The size does matter, I'v taken the same line through there all week, today I had to change to make sure I hit right on them.

also the first checkpoint in the tunnel was moving itself right under the ramp, so you had to slow right down before the ramp for it to register.

 

all you can do is just wait it out darthfop , and don't do the race until it's fixed

[Darthfop]

The size does matter, I'v taken the same line through there all week, today I had to change to make sure I hit right on them.

also the first checkpoint in the tunnel was moving itself right under the ramp, so you had to slow right down before the ramp for it to register.

 

all you can do is just wait it out darthfop , and don't do the race until it's fixed

Or you can take advantage of it. I see a lot people in premiums doing these screwdrivers, most are pretty decent racers. They literally screw themselves over. Just lower the pace, it pays out Edited March 4, 2017 by Darthfop

[joel15cat]

I haven't take (and I'm not the only) circular points inside tubes for spinning in the Spinner Stunt race. One of the first tubes of that race I see feasible to make the complete turn. But what happened? That suddenly I didn't go first. I recorded it, and indeed, when I turned the tube, I didn't take the circular checkpoint. I don't know about you but I see these races are badly done. In many of them, the starting positions are not on the road lines, you can skip points like this and also, the goal of Plummet II is very bland.