I haven’t seen a post about this issue so I’m starting one.
I play on PC and I use Shadowplay. In case you don’t know what it is, it’s basically a GPU feature that constantly records the last X minutes. With a press of a button, it dumps that X minute into a video file. I set mine to 1 minute. I use this feature in case I happen to come across a fellow respectful driver or I use it to record rammers to report them. I even bothered to report one person but haven’t got a reply in 11 days (nice!). That’s a post for another day though.
Let’s focus on this major issue right now. I’m gonna show some examples and walk you through them.
Invisible 1st Place
This one is pretty straightforward. I started at the back of the grid and made my way up to 2nd place. I was trying to catch the guy in 1st place but I didn’t have enough time. We finished the race and suddenly, this Jacob guy appeared on top of the leaderboard. I was confused so I messaged CED and asked if he saw him. He was as surprised as me and said no but it was clear that we both couldn’t see him during the race.
I’m Invisible
I have two clips for this race but let me explain this one first. There were at least three people who couldn’t see me during this race. vulCAINoe, LonerHC and Discovery VII.
At 0:28, LonerHC takes the racing line as if my car wasn’t there and pushes me off the track. At first, I thought to myself “okay. some people are blind. whatever”.
At 0:49 though, something weird happens. vulCAINoe takes the racing line as if I’m not there. As you can see, he’s bashing my car off the track while turning into me and he drives off unaffected. Side note, that’s not how physics works.
You can see how angry I am “thanking” him repeatedly. At first, I thought it was netcode because the idea of being invisible to other drivers didn’t even cross my mind at that time. But this was the moment I started to get suspicious. Something wasn’t right.
Invisible Again
This is the second clip from the same race. This time LonerHC takes the racing line through the final corner as if I’m not right next to him. I got bashed and lost speed but as you can see, nothing happened to his car. On the first corner, Discovery dive bombs into me and drives off unaffected. Then LonerHC sees the gap (even though my car is there), pushes me off to the grass, and a moment later, pit maneuvers me into the wall.
Now believe it or not, I finished this race in P1. Then I messaged LonerHC to gloat. Not my proudest moment but I couldn’t help myself. I said, “despite your pit maneuver, my P1 goes to you”. The guy replies, “what are you on about? I didn’t even see you”. That was the moment my suspicions were confirmed. Some people can’t see each other.
Now He’s Invisible
On this one, I’m in a group with some people. There’s Bloody Lipp, Kryptonian and a couple more people at the back. My voice wasn’t recorded because I forgot to set it up before the race but it’s not important.
As I recall, Bloody Lipp qualified in 1st place and Kryptonian was 2nd. But when the race started, I couldn’t see Lipp so I asked if he got disconnected. As you can hear, he said he was there but he definitely was not on my screen. I told him to stay the f away from me since I didn’t wanna ruin his race. If you look at the leaderboard on the top left, you can clearly see his name in P1 at the beginning. Then he drops off according to the leaderboard.
That’s about it.
Look, I’m not blaming any of the drivers shown in these videos. It’s not their fault.
And I enjoy the game. If I didn’t I wouldn’t bother spending half an hour writing all this. When the game works, it’s amazing. Starting from the back of the grid and making my way up to top 5 while driving as cleanly as possible is such a joy to me. But then again, it’s equally worse when I visit shadow realm due to the fact that some people around me simply can’t see me.
I don’t blame the player anymore. I blame the game.
Please fix your game.
