Racing Game Curse

[deceptionfalls]

One thing I have observed after playing many many racing games is that I am afflicted with a curse that makes it so I drive perfectly through all the laps in a race, literally flawless, I be taking corners and using the proper racing lines, 1st place from start to finish, but then when I get to the final lap and I'm close to the finishing line -- I make one or two small mistakes, and another car overtakes me, and I lose the entire damn race in the final stretch.

Happens mostly with NFS games for some reason, happened once on Gran Turismo in a long, long 100-lap endurance race, lost at the very end .

Does this happen with you guys too? Am I just really really bad at racing games? Or is the dreaded racing game curse real? Spooky.

 

[MajesticSiN]

Nope, never not even once. What can I say, I'm just blessed by the god of driving. (which is also me)

 

[Frickinfrik]

Here’s another Racing game curse: Rubberbanding A.I.


A method of cheap and unfair artificial difficulty. The bane of all racing games. I hated it in Mario Kart, I hated it in Burnout, and I hated it in Sonic and All Stars Racing. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve had to restart a race because of cheating A.I.

 

[moonbits]

Racing games are so brutal with that, one mistake is all over. They require so much discipline when the other racers do pose a challenge. You are alright, it happens to everyone.

 

[Cu1tur3D_Gam3R]

One thing I have observed after playing many many racing games is that I am afflicted with a curse that makes it so I drive perfectly through all the laps in a race, literally flawless, I be taking corners and using the proper racing lines, 1st place from start to finish, but then when I get to the final lap and I'm close to the finishing line -- I make one or two small mistakes, and another car overtakes me, and I lose the entire damn race in the final stretch.

Happens mostly with NFS games for some reason, happened once on Gran Turismo in a long, long 100-lap endurance race, lost at the very end .

Does this happen with you guys too? Am I just really really bad at racing games? Or is the dreaded racing game curse real? Spooky.

When I be playing Burnout 3/Revenge, having a perfect drive, but as soon as I enter the final lap, a couple of ill-fated crashes ruin my flow & I have to restart the race. So you're not the only one that has this curse.

 

[jon2]

Choking in the Clutch Time

 

[Varyag]

One thing I have observed after playing many many racing games is that I am afflicted with a curse that makes it so I drive perfectly through all the laps in a race, literally flawless, I be taking corners and using the proper racing lines, 1st place from start to finish, but then when I get to the final lap and I'm close to the finishing line -- I make one or two small mistakes, and another car overtakes me, and I lose the entire damn race in the final stretch.

Happens mostly with NFS games for some reason, happened once on Gran Turismo in a long, long 100-lap endurance race, lost at the very end .

Does this happen with you guys too? Am I just really really bad at racing games? Or is the dreaded racing game curse real? Spooky.

That's nerves, you get nervous and commit a mistake in the most crucial moment. It's quite well known among simracers.

the other half is good old rubberbanding AI.

 

[deceptionfalls]

So the real curse was the human mind all along...