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Originally Posted by eLhabib

8O so what exactly don't you like about the technical, atmospheric beauty that is Sinucit?

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You want the full, no holds barred response?

At the risk of threadjacking this topic entirely?

Well, here goes... Sinucit might well improve at Phantom, but for the first three speed classes it's a big bland boring snoozefest for me. It just goes on and on and on and on and "oh, here's an arsey off-camber corner - why don't you race off AI craft, while I slide wide and hit the wall."

Then it's on and on and on and "oh, here's a tricky chicane before a jump so I can slingshot my ship into the crowd so I can be reset a mile back."

Then it's another lap of it going on and on and on before "Ah, I see you've lost interest, Mr AI contender, and slowed down to let me catch up. Excuse me while I slip past your ship on this long boring straight, despite your Puma out classing my AG Systems for top end speed."

For me Sinucit is just the right length to showcase how primitive the catch up AI in Pure is, which reminds me that Wipeout hasn't moved forward in a decade, other than the graphics getting better. The longer the track, the more contrived the "racing" is when the AI is blatantly sand bagging to let you win. :roll:

I'd agree that it's among the best looking default tracks, though. :)

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Originally Posted by infoxicated

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Originally Posted by eLhabib

8O so what exactly don't you like about the technical, atmospheric beauty that is Sinucit?

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Then it's on and on and on and "oh, here's a tricky chicane before a jump so I can slingshot my ship into the crowd so I can be reset a mile back."

Then it's another lap of it going on and on and on before "Ah, I see you've lost interest, Mr AI contender, and slowed down to let me catch up. Excuse me while I slip past your ship on this long boring straight, despite your Puma out classing my AG Systems for top end speed."

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Once wen I was doing a TT on Sinucit with Piranha, a hit my turbo on that chicane on the final lap. I flew on the outer edge of the sidewall, a milimeter away from the crowds and came to a dead stop at the very end to wave at the cheering people. Then, with 9 seconds left for gold, I jumped off the sidewall, crossed the finish line, took the gold, and went to see the gallery art ive unlocked. :lol:

Oh yeah, and in Phantom, after the first lap is over, the AI go at Flash or Venom speed. But still, Citta is worse.

So far my Auricom-only has reached 93 only. :)

point taken, Rob. since I only play multiplayer for the last 4 months or so, I don't know these AI issues, though. For multiplayer, this track is sweet because it is highly technical, but still offers some highspeed straights.
and yes, the last chicane is a bitch. 8)

The way the AI is adjusted, they get unlimited turbos for the first lap to try and build a solid lead on you (emphasis on 'tries') and then pretty much goes on cruise control for the rest of the race. The only problem you could run into is if they go ultra aggressive on your ass and fire weapons left and right.

Ultra-aggresive AIs r rare to find. On the last lap of Phantom/Citta, after I had overtaken all the slow-moving enemies, Triakis, AG-5y5, Auricom and Qirex went ultra-aggresive, resulting in some eliminations, and eventually, me winning.

Ultra-aggresive AI on Phantom/Citta & Sebenco Climb i found to be common place, also think Sebenco Climb is one of the harder tracks to win when coming from behind :evil:

the AI is really bad. I find my harimau out stripping the parana too often and am i the only one who is buged by the rubber band catch up after being miles behind at the begining thing?

The AI racers get free turbos during the first lap, so keeping the lead you get at the starting grid is a real challenge. If you DO finish the first lap in the lead position though, you've got it made as long as you don't screw up along the way.

0_o wahaaa?!

why do the AI racers get a free bost on the 1st lap? that makes no sense exept to make up for even worse AI.

The single races would be way too easy to beat if the AI didn't get those free turbos on the first lap, don't you agree?

heck yes, but why not just make the AI intellignet to a decent degree?

I don't remember the AI ever being this easy to catch up to in the first three installments of wipEout, did they get free turbo's too?? :redface:
*oh it's been soooo long* :frown:

working my way through the euro pure with quantax (puma2) but I am not very far in... keep lending the game to people while I concentrate on finishing the US pure (where I alternate between icaras and ag systems)

I thought I was doing pretty good with one profile at 127 gold medals... now you've made me feel pathetic... it seems like you would know what the full list of ranks is, like guru, junkie, addict... anyone know all of them? and how is the game on multiplayer? i've never been able to test it.