I was wondering why AI players don't pit stop and refuel...



As I play LFS2 using my laptop, and don't always have a server connection
when on flight trips I just set-up a single player game with AI drivers.

50 laps - 10% fuel at start-up



It would be nice if this option was included on future updates as it would make the race more realistic and challenging.


Tarkaman
Germany

im sure that, when s2 is finally realeased they AI will be all nice and working propperly..

i think at the moment we can only get a good 40 - 60 lap race with the ai atm..

try putting 5 of the cars you wanna race with and then some slower cars and put them on the track, once they have raced that for 1 hour they should be ok..

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(searches for looney and hides.. )

AI arent complete yet.. as said in about what are we at now? 6 or so threads about how the AI arent done.. but yes; keep in mind S2 isnt done yet, and the AI's havent been fully.. "debugged" if even programmed fully yet

Yeah, it's basically the AI from S1 which doesn't know fuel usage, tyre wear and suspension damage yet. I think it has a quick hack to reset if the damage is too high, but that's about it.

As LFS mainly focuses on online play this situation is quite understandable. Back in the days of S1 I was mostly racing the AI myself because online play was always like hotlap hotlap hotlap with no strategy whatsoever. Now we have the things mentioned in the first paragraph that make racing online so much more fun and intense.

A different story would be if the training missions would have to be completed to unlock a certain car. There you are forced to compete against the AI which aren't exactly known to drive clean. In such a case the lacking AI would be a major point of frustration.

Personally I see the AI as kind of a nice-to-have addition, but nothing that should get major attention like it would in an offline racing game (like "DTM Race Driver" or similar). It's good to have for a race or two or for practicing lines when you are new to the game, and of course should be fixed for S2 Full, but advanced AI coding with personalities etc. isn't going to be added.