Water Splash Effect

I use nothing but the cockpit view and I love the rain effect on the windshield/windows, it looks great! However, the water being kicked up by the tires looks bad. It sticks to the car’s movement (it seems like the animation was tied directly to a set speed and the cloud does not expand proportionately with increasing/decreasing speed) which makes it look unnatural when moving. If the cloud of water dissipated smoothly, trailed out further behind the car, and stayed consistent with your current speed, it would look a lot better.

To be honest, the same thing happens with tire smoke. When drifting, you get a weird unnatural looking cloud following your car that dissipates immediately. Although, it’s not as bad as the effect of rain under your car.

My least favorite thing is the fact that there is no vibration when you hit a huge standing puddle. Anyone who has hit a puddle in an actual car faster than 5 MPH knows that you can feel the vibration and hydroplaning in the wheel. No vibration on the controller completely kills it for me.

I think the main problem with the weather racing isnt the gameplay but the drivers who think they should be able to stop and turn just as good as dry conditions. They wreck half the lobby continually, unless u get out front early it is mayham. The night racing is cool but again drivers over drive the conditions. My eyes strain in longer night races.