PC user experienced many issues but as a PS4 user. Playing career mode I witnessed none! It was the greatest experience of my race gaming life! The AI were absolutely perfect! They no longer raced only the player, they treated every car Vs car interaction the same, they'd fight and collide out of sight. It was so realistic and so far ahead of any AI previously! They are very aggressive, give the slightest room and they'd make a move, but they'd also be fair, giving you just enough room to keep in the fight or fight back! It required you being smoother than with arcade gamers like NFS or Forza but controller support was good. You just had to put in the effort. That's what racing is all about, or simply turn down the difficulty! Winning fights were so much more rewarding, even loosing them felt good because it was worthy!
I played so many races before the first patch rolled out. I had a digital copy so when patches come that's it! Little did I know what was to come!
Now there were a lot of complaints about the AI aggression. Previous titles had good AI, Codies proudly have worked hard on AI and the F1 titles are absolutely miles ahead of everyone else on AI. But this 2018 beast leapt so far it made people cry, mostly those gamers you see torpedo the starts and think that's normal, or who use other cars to turn corners, you can't blame them.. Most modern arcade racers teach this style of racing! But it was the beginning of the downfall of this one particular perfection in gaming history! Where most games like AOM focus solely on the player, 2018 stood tall and said "no, we don't do that here!". Alas a patch came and turned the AI back into a yellow flag racer. It was the most gutting moment I could see coming but tried to fight back on the forum. Eventually players started showing clips of their racing style and were being politely corrected on why the AI seemed to crash into them. And more understanding came into how to really race. Many learned great lessons but we still lost that original balsy AI. So far ahead of its time the people just weren't ready for it.
I've finally found a new disc copy and will be playing this with the internet off and no patching. Click and play old school style! Enjoy the wheel to wheel fights!
Trouble is the AI are constantly being perfected but they still struggle with yellow flag syndrome, a Merc can still stick behind a Haas like it just can't fathom how to overcome this conundrum.. Wet races are worse with a single line you can get a complete race where a slow car got a freakishly good qualifying time and that's the race over for everyone behind them. Finally having the disc version of 2018 I can enjoy not having that issue. The AI have nerves of steel. Just race clean and give them enough space and you're well on your way to a perfect race experience. This AI will teach you a lot about racing well. Even with a controller.
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Top reviews from other countries
Carystus
By far the best AI IMO. Disc was needed!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2021
Jens Maschke
Eine kleine Sache fehlt, dann ist es perfekt.
Reviewed in Germany on April 14, 2019NaHO2
Achtung suchtpotenzial xD super spiel
Reviewed in Germany on October 15, 2018
Michael Dahmen
Top Rennspiel mit kleinen Mackeln
Reviewed in Germany on August 27, 2018
