did r* do something to the npc driver ai??

[hugh750]

does it seem like the npc drivers are much worse then they used to be?

for me lately it seems like when i'm delivering or selling a car, every npc driver on the road crashes into me.

[Nj12Pro]

That's how Rockstar has always coded the AI. During freemode missions, AI drivers will be more aggressive towards the player and will drive more erratic. 

[ambi3nt]

in missions you usually get attacked by npcs, who are shooting weapons. and that "scares" the ai. also reckless driving, speeding, driving against traffic etc affects them. things worked like that all the time. it's just that when you do something like i/e you see the damage numbers, which make people make whole stories about these homing npc cars..

Edited July 17, 2020 by ambi3nt

[Halal Cyborg]

I swear this has been discussed at length for at least 3 years now 

[DEADMEAT2016]

It may not be a solution but ..

If we could toss the NPC over our Shoulder like in RDR2 and had Sharks in the game. We could feed the worst NPC Drivers to the Sharks.

Not a fix, but might be amusing.

[SummerFreeze]

1 hour ago, Nj12Pro said:

That's how Rockstar has always coded the AI. During freemode missions, AI drivers will be more aggressive towards the player and will drive more erratic. 

There isn't any evidence for that though is there?

 

I've seen more NPC traffic shenanigans outside of missions than during them, including for example an NPC driving her car into a wall until it started to burn.

 

It's probably just confirmation bias when you got a timer or damage counter on the screen.

 

Also GTA Online has problems syncing traffic, because cars only spawn in the proximity of players, instead of for example being tracked on a common grid.

Edited July 17, 2020 by SummerFreeze

[HamwithCheese]

I mean, if we had hard evidence, wouldn't we he talking about it?

[Arrows to Athens]

They've always been consistent...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

consistently garbage.

 

By the way, this thread seems so 2014.

Edited July 17, 2020 by Arrows to Athens

[MostlyPonies]

20 minutes ago, Arrows to Athens said:

By the way, this thread seems so 2014.

Better than necromancy.

[Arrows to Athens]

2 minutes ago, MostlyPonies said:

Better than necromancy.

It doesn't really need to be discussed. We all know AI traffic is on some serious sh*t and is programmed to f*ck you over at the worst times. We've had several of these "Did R* make a change to the NPC traffic?..." topics already over the past 6-7 years.

 

This should have been posted in the B&M thread, if anything.

Edited July 17, 2020 by Arrows to Athens

[MostlyPonies]

3 hours ago, Arrows to Athens said:

It doesn't really need to be discussed. We all know AI traffic is on some serious sh*t and is programmed to f*ck you over at the worst times. We've had several of these "Did R* make a change to the NPC traffic?..." topics already over the past 6-7 years.

 

This should have been posted in the B&M thread, if anything.

It doesn't need to be asked but of course people are going to. Several posts over several years is great compared to Reddit where new threads are made every day asking the same questions.