GRID2 Cheating me?

Rybo89

Rybo89

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Alright guys,

I did post in the GRID2 thread but it got ignored..... Anyway, made a video so you can see what i mean by the game is cheating me:


Copy and Pasted from Youtube video said:
(Watch the time in the top right hand corner once i go over the finish line)

At the end of each race this keeps happening to me. The game adds on anything from 8 seconds up to 25 seconds for no reason at all.

Stop watch the video from beginning to end and you shall see i still did it in just under 2.48. Yet the game as added on 8 seconds for no reason at all to make it 2.56 which makes me lose 1st place and go down to 3rd.

This is happening in every single online race.

Anyone know why the game is doing this or if there is any solution to this?
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Sooo.... Any ideas guys? Been doing some perfect racing, so can't be penalties. It is doing my head in.

Thanks
 
How does lag explain the race time being exactly the same as a real life stopwatch time?

The game lasted from start to finish just under 2.48 seconds, not 2.56? I really do not get it. It isn't penalties either as i have had games where i have started from the front and just blasted around the track perfectly to then get seconds still added on after the race.

Popping my head.
 
Right... Just got my mrs out of bed to sit and watch me to make sure i am not going crazy. I have just done a city track, not touched a single car or a single barrier and still got a 11 second penalty.
 
Yes.

Got another video here where i get 20 seconds of penalties even though i havent touched a single wall or car. It is ridiculous.
 
Zuma said:
i'm pretty sure those aren't penalties.

the race timer and lap timer are running at different speeds. so you have some weird networking error going on there and i think it is adjusting your time after the race has finished to try and make sense of the mismatched times.

i noticed you had a lot of cars warping about the track, way more than i am seeing, maybe you have some bad network issues?

and your car stuttered a bit too, was this due to the recording or was it like that during the game.?

i suspect the heart of this problem is that maybe the race timer is controlled by the server and the lap timer is controlled by your pc and something is not working right
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I think you are right.

I haven't played a online pc game in years so might not have my laptop set up right. I know my PS3 is in DMZ. Will this have anything to do with the connection to my router?

I am going to give the online a miss for the time being. Very irritating as i am 1st pretty much every game, yet get knocked back for nothing when finished. I also have a white '!' next to my name, which i have read means i am a very clean driver (which adds to my case i believe).

Bloody computers! :rolleyes:
 
O i wouldn't know how to do anything like that.

I have uninstalled Steam and GRID2 and NET.Framework with a registry cleaner. Going to reinstall Steam and grid and see if it fixes anything.

The only things i have installed on my PC are ATI Drivers,Utorrent, Firefox, VLC, Itunes, Steam/GRID and had to install NET.Framework. (had to install registry cleaner and fraps last night to, because of this problem)

Can't see any of these programs being a problem though? Still uninstalled the framework thing as that is the only alien thing i have installed on the PC.

Will see after work if any of this has worked.

Also if it helps, i have a MSI GX660R and have updated to the latest ATI drivers. Could this be a problem?
 
Would putting my PS3 in DMZ have anything to do with it?

Never had cars jumping about in any other games I have had. GRID 1,Shift 1-2, N4S etc... Will have to see when I get home if deleting a re-installing has done anything.
 
Well just got back in. The game is still being a pure bell....

Going to try a wired connection now and see if that sorts anything.
 
Right, reset my router. See if that does anything.

What about opening ports? Will that help? If so, does anyone know which ports need opening?
 
Right, i am in a server now and they are all crying saying i am a hacker and have a fast start hack.

I clearly havent as didn't even know you could hack online games these days. I have noticed i do get a better start than everybody else though, every race. Does this tell anyone anything? Any ideas?
 
2nd video i was going soft to make sure i didnt hit any walls :p

First video is how it is ment to be done ;)
 
I have sussed it! It is my Turbo button on my laptop... When it is off, everything is working perfect! YES!
 
Thanks, it was sending me insane.

Downside to all this is that i have reset my router and lost my PS3's DMZ settings... Took me about 2-3 hours to figure it all out and set it up and i camt remember how i did it :rolleyes:
 
I have a MSI GX660R laptop and it has a button called Turbo. Thought it made games go faster, so i have always pressed it :p
 
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