Lag could have cleared up (Destiny)

by Kahzgul, Wednesday, December 21, 2016, 00:55 (3138 days ago) @ Ragashingo

Maybe, but it didn't seem like lag. I could be two or three lengths behind someone, and then I would pass them even though we both ran a good line through, say four gates. This calmed down a lot after the first day, so I wonder if they dialed up the cheese to make early matches more competitive or something?

Super highly doubt it. More likely, you took a corner better or they just missed a gate, or they brushed a wall you didn't. There's lots of easy explanations for passing someone that don't involve conspiracy theory level back end changes..

Very true, but (a) Bungie has a history of actually doing those conspiracy theory backend things and (b) my decade + as a trained game tester have made me pretty aware of wonky game behavior. Day 1 felt very different from subsequent days. I wouldn't be surprised at all to learn that Bungie was adjusting the rubberbanding levels throughout the event in order to get races at whatever their target for competitiveness is. They seem very interested in that sort of tweaking.

The racing is still fun as hell (I LOVE going through the trees at the end of the snow level); day 1 just felt a little "off" and later days no longer feel that way to me.