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ORIGINAL: Harmor I fully agree - the rubbish with horses not responding to whipping is right now the only gripe I have with the game. I got it in two consecutive races no less, and in both races whipping worked only once or twice on numerous attempts. This is a FAR too gamey predicament and should imo be taken out of the game just like sharkie said, because there's zilch for strategy attached to it. Are you sure? I have never noticed this myself after around 70 races. The only time my horses dont respond is when they are damaged or exhausted from overwhipping - you only get a certain amount of whips per race before the horses refuse to respond, and the extent of response is dependant on their endurance. quote:
ORIGINAL: Harmor As far as the topic of this thread goes - I only do autofinish when in a situation where I'm on the homestretch and/or so far behind there is no chance in hell I'm gonna overtake anybody. That, I think, is a situation where the player should not be monetarily punished for auto finish. You'd be punishing a player's attempt at trying to overcome tedium, which is simply put NOT good game design. I personally dont like the autofinish at all and I have only used it once or twice when I was going nowhere fast and it was taking ages for me to finish the race. I would much prefer to see no reward at all for using autofinish, I didnt like it when I got the finishing money after using it. Its a way of avoiding any more risk in the race so there should be no reward, or even a monetary penalty, for using it.
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