1. The AI is there to be an obstacle. It's a driving simulator, not a racing simulator. The entire point of the game is to see if you can overcome the challenge of correctly passing people who hold to correct driving lines for the most part. Complaining that you can't pass them without running into them means you're bad. Get better at it.
That would hold up if they didn't ram the rear end of my vehicle and send me careening into the walls when I drive parallel to them.
Also, saying that it's a "driving simulator" rather than a "racing simulator" is probably the worst, most fanboyish excuse I've ever read. From the back of the DVD case:
- Customize, race, and upgrade over 1,000 detailed cars, including NASCAR, rally, kart, and drift.
- Race on 20+ tracks with 70+ layouts, or create your own with Course Maker.
- Race online or socialize with frients in the new custom race olounge for the ultimate track day.
- A revolution in racing
- Gran Turismo returns with the most realistic and complete racing experience.
I don't argue that it's not a "driving simulator," as experiencing the cars is a major part of the game. But, as all of the marketing material and gameplay clearly shows, the meat of the game is
racing.
And what's with the hostility? If I want people to take unwarranted jabs at me I'll start posting my rants in trade chat on select WoW servers. If your only purpose for being here now is to insult me over my
rants, of all things, then I suggest you take your attitude elsewhere because it's not welcome here.
2. The events where you can be disqualified for hitting them is the same. If they run into you, you don't get DQ'd. This is guaranteed as I've spun out and been T-boned by one of them and gotten no DQ. You have to be the one to hit them and it has to be enough to do damage to them. This is just like in real racing where doing so gets you DQ'd and kicked off the track.
It depends on how they hit you. If they hit you in such a way that it causes your front end to hit a car, then yes, you do get DQ'd through no fault of your own.