Random HD Questions that don't need a thread of their own.

[blackwiggle]

That first Taiwan fight was really over who ate the last dim sim.

And the second was over who was going to be the designated driver of the coach to the casino.

[KGB]

A confusing thing has been happening to me of late.

When i first started playing HD online I always remember that at the start of the race your ship is a ghost, I thought this was on purpose to let everyone get away from the line smoothly. I have just noticed that my ship is now solid right from the start, which means if there is something to hit , I hit it!

Does anyone else have a solid ship or is it a ghost at the start?

[BARTgai]

I think the ghost ship at the beginning has to do with the connection. When the race starts I think the game is making sure everyone is "synced" together connection wise because soon everyone turns solid.

It could also be why ships can sometimes turn to ghosts mid-race as the game might have a connection problem with the player or there could be some lag and the game is assuming where the ship would be.

I could be totally wrong and there may be some other reason for the ghosts.

[Lion]

ghosts at the start line has been so consistent for me that I thought it was a case of everyone being ethereal until crossing the line, to avoid someone ruining the race of the person behind them either out of malice or by being away from their controller at round-start

[KGB]

Thats what I thought!
I have been suffering lately from being totally mashed from the start, it seems if your ship is solid then you are at a disadvantage, if I re-spawn at any point in the game then I am a ghost, which is a tool most games use to introduce you back into a game after you have been killed, eliminated or whatever.

Everyone around me looks like they are a ghost when they start, I would like to know if this non-ghosting is a sign of a good internet connection or very bad lag?

[Lion]

I use internal view, so if I am a ghost then I don't even know

[Motorsagmannen]

i want to discuss an odd phenomena i encountered on sebenco climb reversed.
i was racing against a german guy i cant recall the name off.
first checkpoint after the starting block he led by 6,4 secs and i didnt even se him pass me or even start racing. after half a lap his lead was down to 3 secs, and then again in the first hallf off the second lap he was ahead with 9 secs. but then i trimmed it down to 5 in the second half. he was either godly fast in the first half and awfully slow on the second half. or some weird connection thing occured. i raced him two times more just to be certain and same thing happened both the other times too. neither off the races he allowed me to change ships, but thats not that relevant ( he might just be an asshole) i still cant figure out the logic in his inconsistency during the laps. anyone have a clue whats up?