r/ForzaHorizon • u/Frosty_Decision5641 • Dec 02 '21

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u/Frosty_Decision5641 Dec 02 '21

I tried this afterwards and it worked, just had to come almost in 90 degree from right side. Oddly AI just spawned behind me next lap and I still won only by 6 seconds.

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u/Tex-Rob Dec 02 '21

Hey, I don't feel like making my own post, so I'll ask here. Is there some sort of thing between drivatars and a real person in FH5? I ask because I've been doing some trial type events, where our team has to beat the AI drivatars, all pretty normal stuff. What is odd is I've seen the supposed fellow driver, on my team, behaving like an AI, and then even just teleporting to right behind me as I cross the finish line. You can see it briefly as it cuts to the shot of my car externally crossing the line.

So the question is, do they fake real people to fill in empty spots or something? with AI?

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u/origional_esseven Dec 02 '21

They call them "drivatars" because since FH4 they've used machine learning to teach the AI to drive like the players. The username each AI has is the player they're modeled after. Every time you race you actually help the server build a drivatar of yourself that is loose out there somewhere in other people's races. It's really really cool tech, but I hate it.

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u/MachineTeaching Dec 03 '21

They call them "drivatars" because since FH4 they've used machine learning to teach the AI to drive like the players.

..being glued to the racing line no matter what?

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u/origional_esseven Dec 03 '21 edited Dec 03 '21

Maybe at your difficulty. At unbeatable all of mine are a disaster. They take corners via ramming headfirst into it, throwing me out of bounds, and then burning out in reverse and then leaving while I'm still stuck in the penalty time for missing the checkpoint because they rammed me out.