Non contact race becomes contact race

[pie4july]

Well this is a first for me. I was just doing a stunt race. The host had non contact on, but midway through the race, contact became enabled. Luckily I didn't get dumped or anything, but I did lose one position when a car turned me sideways. As you can imagine, it totally caught me off guard.

 

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Notes:

 

The entire first lap is fast forwarded because I didn't want to cut anything out.

 

@ 1:00 the video is not fast forwarded and you can clearly see the race is still non-contact.

 

@ 2:01 you can clearly see contact is on as I lose a position to getting turned sideways.

 

Weird glitch. Definitely the first time I've seen or heard of it. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?

Edited January 12, 2017 by pie4july

[Mach1bud]

Sometimes when a player leaves a race their car will remain and drive around as a solid vehicle.

 

That doesn't appear to be the case here though. Weird glitch.

[MiroAWhite]

Happens when the host of the race leaves halfway through. Also happens when overtaking backmarkers.

[SilverRST]

So that's why there is bad sport? Lol. And yes, I had this multiple times the non-contact races became contact races.

Really annoying though and the most f*cked sh*t is the slipstream and catchup is turned on too.

[Zader]

I've had it happen a few times, typically during races that have a lot of laps. I've only ever had it happen the other way around, however, once.

If necessary, I can go sort through all my damned clips to find examples.

[pie4july]

Sometimes when a player leaves a race their car will remain and drive around as a solid vehicle.

 

That doesn't appear to be the case here though. Weird glitch.

Yeah, I thought I was stupid for a second. I just kept thinking to myself "Am I dumb? Was this a contact race the whole time and I forgot?".

Happens when the host of the race leaves halfway through. Also happens when overtaking backmarkers.

The host was very fast and he and I battled for several wins. So I remembered his name and I noticed he did not leave. The pink car that made contact with me was for position.

 

So neither of the factors you mentioned were in play. A weird, weird glitch.

[Tomdon]

Happened to me the other day. All cars behind me were able to contact but ones in front of me were still non contact. Started on lap 2/5. Was really weird. Host never left so idk.

[pie4july]

I've had it happen a few times, typically during races that have a lot of laps. I've only ever had it happen the other way around, however, once.

If necessary, I can go sort through all my damned clips to find examples.

Not necessary, but feel free if you want!

[V4S]

I've only had this happen to me in a premium race, definitely a weird glitch that can occur once in a great while it seems. Was catch up and slipstream still turned off once the non-contact factor went away?

Edited January 12, 2017 by V4S

[dieseltech20]

Racing with friends last night. Set up the race for four laps, non contact. Race loads, 2 laps, contact on and all the crap options that brings as well. Needless to say the few trolls with us had a blast.