Whipped to death?!?!

[Snee]

It's not that rare. Almost all my drivers with 5 or more wins, die from either getting whipped or having stuff chucked from the stands when I have been pinned there since starting from the outside. I'm now on my 5th 20+ win aug in the epic campaign, and I always guard when a two star whipper is in range.

I think manticore is correct in the assassin theory. I try to win too many races, I should get some 1 bolt two hammer chariots from the minors and just hammer the global leaders above me with my 3rd and 4th drivers.

My campaign is at almost 300 races, so clearly not doing so isn't really an option.

[nats]

I like the way in this game (and it might be my imagination here) that certain faction leaders are notoriously vicious. In my present campaign the pink faction leader will ram and whip everyone who gets next to him. And I have seen (again this could be my imagination here!) drivers ramming me if I have tried ramming them before, they seem to remember what you do to them in past races. Similarly can I get anywhere near my faction leader to kill him - no I cant because he always seems to keep well away from me since the last three failed attempts to ram and whip him.

Its probably all just imaginary like I say but it does provide a really nice rpg atmosphere to the game having these faction leaders and other drivers who seem to have their own ways of racing. I wonder if there are hidden variables for the drivers like aggression?

[Manticore8]

Interesting discussion here. I don't know if there are varied individual stats for AI drivers but yes it sure seems like there are sometimes.

I've witnessed cold blooded murderers on the track who look to me to be more interested in maiming anyone around them than winning. I've picked on drivers who I could swear remember my foul deeds against them and come after me with a little more vigor. And the vindictiveness some have! There's a beat up two-horse team crawling around the track with zero chance of winning anything, and this mean spirited driver will still go out of his way as best as he can to block me, whip me, crash into me. So I wonder if there really is something going on under the hood of this game that makes me smile and curse at the same time when these situations happen. And if there really is no code dictating the various "personalities" of top drivers especially, then I still applaud the game for making me wonder if there is and for the fun illusion of it all.