ShelbyUSA 133 Posted October 1 I have a concern if the current Codemaster’s business model can bear out an incredible eSports opportunity. As the eSport Event is in full stride, I am afraid there is a disconnect what your game is promoting and what your game can do. Let’s stop with pretending, it’s not a platform to promote eSports for real people with real dreams. For instance, I am curious how Codemasters are combating the replay glitch, as there will be a flood of cheaters pushing down eSport hopefuls crushing their dream. As of today, you haven’t figured out a way to combat this or done anything to ban them. I am curious if you will separate controller and wheel users, because we all know there are quite a bit advantages. I am also curious to see if the lack of long list of severe bug will have give everyone a fair chance. This is crazy. There is real money and real dreams. Level the playing field and fix it before executing. You have an amazing opportunity to get it right and you are failing. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
janbonator 300 Posted October 1 (edited) Sadly you have valid points. There is no system for cheaters, although for those who qualify CM can require to provide video proof of the run, but it doesn't seem to be what's required of everyone, at least last year. In the previous iteration I got through the heavy rain Japan qualification round but was not asked to provide video of the attempt - which was disappointing, since there was a blatant corner cutting glitch on the track in the last chicane that might have been exploited by many. I spent 35 hours driving that event during the week. Would have spared much frustration if I knew the drivers in front weren't cutting the chicane. Right now there's still the flashback glitch. What's worse, the whole event is bugged out. After your first attempt (after quitting the session), in your future attempts the fuel is locked to standard (fuel assist on). On a track like Monza, that's game over. Might be a good idea to test the event before launch in the future, testing it at least twice would be very nice and shouldn't take too much time. EDIT: In terms of controller vs. the wheel, at least last year the rules stipulated that one cannot qualify with a controller. Pad drivers are free to drive the event but it won't count as a qualification run. Would be very nice to have some information about who drives on the pad and who drives on the wheel, though. It's impossible to know one's "real" position on the leaderboards. Edited October 1 by janbonator 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyTheKidF1 4 Posted October 3 On 10/1/2020 at 11:56 AM, ShelbyUSA said: For instance, I am curious how Codemasters are combating the replay glitch, as there will be a flood of cheaters pushing down eSport hopefuls crushing their dream. As of today, you haven’t figured out a way to combat this or done anything to ban them This (cheating) has been a problem on all platforms for years. I recently was reading something on the Steam community forums, it was about an individual who knowingly cheats and is at the top of a lot of leaderboards, the person who brought this up in the discussion has been directly notifying CM of this the past 4 years with proof and nothing has been done. I think the current issue of having the fuel assist turned on after submitting your first score in the Esport Event is incredibly embarrassing for CM too. Did they even test it? It's probably the most important contest they offer and people cannot even switch to rich fuel lol, it's very telling of the quality of output from the company which is a shame because people love F1..... and working video games for that matter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
