Racing chocobo controls?

Just curious about what everyone's experiences are with controlling your chocobo in a race. Because for me, it's like he's the most indirect thing ever to control. Drunk or just plain disobedient - or it's lag/latency again, I don't know. But whatever I try to do, it just doesn't seem to work? Mounts are very smooth to make them go wherever I want them to, jump whenever I want them to... The racing chocobo? Not so much. Takes much longer to turn, to accelerate, to slow down, and jumping doesn't even seem to work every time.

If it is somehow connected to rank, I'm not sure it's even pointed out anywhere? (Unless I plain overlooked it, in which case, nevermind me.) If it is a connection issue... I really hope something can be done about it and they fix it asap. Because as it is now, there's no point for me in trying to race, I end up last every time.

Your chocobo is meant to slow down and be somewhat unresponsive when you turn, first starting out. There's a stat that makes it turn smoother and keep its speed better that you have to raise.

Didn't they hint at this problem in the live letter? I'm fairly sure they did and know this will be an issue. I'm sad to say, it's working at intended I presume.

Check your Cunning stat. That determines turning ability/response. It's still a bit weird for me, but it has improved the more I race.

Check what weather your bird likes, then stick to the track that is most likely to have that weather. I know exactly how many times I must press left or right to reach items/boost pads now just from spamming the same track over and over. It just takes practice. It's easier to steer via single button presses then holding left or right.

The lag defining factor is
" did you and your opponents all jitter, rubberband, or moonwalk at the same time"?
If its just u/ individuals then its working as intended.
But if everyone on ur screen looks like a drunk bastard trying to tokyo drift their way onto a speed boos panel then its probably latency / lag.

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Originally Posted by Cherry_Phox

Didn't they hint at this problem in the live letter? I'm fairly sure they did and know this will be an issue. I'm sad to say, it's working at intended I presume.

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Yeah they said in the letter it is harder to move around then the mounts.
I actually like this fact. you really have to learn to ride.

In racing games with the faster cars you usually also need some practice to ride them well.

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Originally Posted by Sadana

Check your Cunning stat. That determines turning ability/response. It's still a bit weird for me, but it has improved the more I race.

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Yeah I noticed this stat also in the patch notes.

That is really nice. It is like fine tuning the car. Have to look into training the racing chocobo's.

This make training your chocobo so much more interesting.

Which of the 5 stats to go with..

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Originally Posted by Kaelah

It's easier to steer via single button presses then holding left or right.

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Yeah I noticed that also.

I also play with controller at times, it is bit harder, smaller pushes with the stick, is making it much easier.

they're designed to be slow in race...... buy veggies for stat I think...........

Can anyone confirm of this is linked to the 2s delay I get when pressing jump or the lag between hitting the button to use stamina and releasing the button? As it takes a good 3s before the stamina bar goes down then 3-5s after releasing the button to stop using stamina, on ps4 if that makes any difference, my partner on PC is not experiencing the issue

>_> My problem is half the time it doesn't register that I hit one of the item chests or pads, completely screwing me on the race, even though I clearly went right through it.

Oh and also the thing I've noticed, on rare occasions, someone ahead of me will be going for the item chest and if it's a meh item with a boost after it, it somehow skips over the meh one, giving them the boost, only to give me a meh item., even though clearly, since they were ahead, they should have gotten the item listed next(the first one, not the boost). Not sure if it's some sort of choco ability to skip an item or people already worked in a 3rd party program to skip that. Also, those certain people who have 0% stamina yet run at full speed still >_> I kid you not, I had a person who was at 0% stamina at around 70% of the course done, only for them to continuously sprint forward for the next 30% of the course, winning them first place, when we all know if you run out of stamina, you drop to a snail pace.

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Originally Posted by LadyLarunai

Can anyone confirm of this is linked to the 2s delay I get when pressing jump or the lag between hitting the button to use stamina and releasing the button? As it takes a good 3s before the stamina bar goes down then 3-5s after releasing the button to stop using stamina, on ps4 if that makes any difference, my partner on PC is not experiencing the issue

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I've noticed that chest thing, or the heavy that doesn't slow people, at times I have people in my thorns with no effect and sprints that only last half the animation -_-

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Originally Posted by LadyLarunai

Can anyone confirm of this is linked to the 2s delay I get when pressing jump or the lag between hitting the button to use stamina and releasing the button? As it takes a good 3s before the stamina bar goes down then 3-5s after releasing the button to stop using stamina, on ps4 if that makes any difference, my partner on PC is not experiencing the issue

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I'm experiencing this issue on my laptop, might have something to do with the hardware that causes the lag but might also be something completely unrelated to the main processors, like networking issue.
It's quite a frustrating problem having this delay while racing. At first I thought it was caused by the software but if other people don't have this problem I would really like to know the reason.

All my matches were laggy ( lots of rubberbanding on my screen ) but that didn't stop me from getting 1st place and speed boost/ items.
My only gripe is i feel like i'm trying to play the game in advance rather than reacting to situations.

It's very similar to the chocobo racing controls in FF7, so I'm not sure why people expected something different. It's less about reacting and more about anticipating the course ahead of you.

Well from all the races done to rank 18, can say: They are dodgy/unresponsive craptastic.

Though I could care less, it is too casual and luck/random based anyway. I see u has much less stamina than me, sprint to the end i go then lololol. Just a single example and how it gets to that is luck based/being in the wrong place.

I was thinking it to be more like Mario Cart but with Chocobos!

I'm under the impression that the input lag is intentional. With the way it's currently working, it seems as if all the racers are synced so that if you are to see someone barely in front of you, they are truly in front of you by that small amount and it's not a trick of lag where they're actually about 2-3 steps further.

Think about it as switching between lanes (with 15-17 lanes to move through), with how long it takes to actually make the switch based on stats and randomness (randomness = lag). "Randomness" still makes jumping terrible, though.

jumping and turning and accelerate are all working as intended, the parts where you cross a chest and you don;t get item or you get another thing its lag, and about the 0.00% and still running he might have used a chocobo stamina pill which make them tireless for 10 seconds.

The more cunning your chocobo has the more responsive your controls get.

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Originally Posted by Obysuca

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Honestly, the items not picking up is my biggest gripe. Items make and break your race. Bad string of items = nearly impossible to get top 3 against players. Missed item = danger. That is, unless your rank and/or stats just destroys everyone else in the race. This is most likely why you see people running at what would otherwise be full speed for you, despite stamina depletion. As for the item skipping, no idea.

Hm I dunno. I did a race and I finished in 3rd place but after I crossed the line somebody behind me went further than I did AFTER I already crossed and got placed and went from 3rd to 4th. That's kinda weird.

You guys are just not understanding how turning in these races work. In fact it is not turning at all, it is called "Laning". You are not turning your chocobo, each press left or right makes your chocobo switch a lane, but to do that it takes a second and a bit of distance, so you have to time it correctly. In fact, do not touch your left or right buttons when you do not have to.(tyhat does not take away that the lag in the game atm is making it harder then it needs to be of course)

Ya as far as turning goes or feeling like the choco is drunk, thats how its supposed to be. whats is irritating and seems broken is going right through a box and not getting anything. Thats so frustrating losing a race because you didnt get the item you should have.

Also I think my skill reflect is broken. I just dont understand how it works. If I put it on anticipating being hit with something I still get hit anyways. And im pretty sure nothing gets reflected back. If I wait and use it after im hit it does nothing either. Pretty sure its broken and a wasted skill.

For chests to count, as explained in the training round, you need to line up before you hit. Laning while you are very close to or on top of the chest makes you miss it. I do not think this is broken. So far its all players errors to me.

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Originally Posted by Syrellaris

For chests to count, as explained in the training round, you need to line up before you hit. Laning while you are very close to or on top of the chest makes you miss it. I do not think this is broken. So far its all players errors to me.

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No. I did a lot of racing yesterday and had several times where I was by myself running straight at a box and I would run right through it and not get anything.

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Originally Posted by Ulathskullsplitter

Also I think my skill reflect is broken. I just dont understand how it works. If I put it on anticipating being hit with something I still get hit anyways. And im pretty sure nothing gets reflected back. If I wait and use it after im hit it does nothing either. Pretty sure its broken and a wasted skill.

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Yeah my skill is pretty useless too, ~3% stamina, which is...nothing lol seems the best skill is the one that let's you sprint.
At least stamina is better than what a friend got, his only removes heavy and thats it >_>

one thing i dislike

L1 is to sprint (i like this)
right analog is to move camera (which is lovely)

L1 + right analog zooms me in (which seeing how most area's are hills is a bit buggy with me D: )

if i could change the sprint to R1 that would be nice :D

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Originally Posted by DracotheDragon

one thing i dislike

L1 is to sprint (i like this)
right analog is to move camera (which is lovely)

L1 + right analog zooms me in (which seeing how most area's are hills is a bit buggy with me D: )

if i could change the sprint to R1 that would be nice :D

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I understand your concern completely and would like to see such a change.

Personally I press up and let go of L1 when I need to adjust the camera to see around corners etc during the race, it's a fix for the time being ^^.

There is definitely a performance issue when its prime time, when I race at say 10am in the morning I don't miss any boxes (unless its clearly my own fault because sometimes derp) but at 10pm I can run right though it but receive nothing ^^;;;

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Originally Posted by Aphel

If I'm not wrong, some boxes are actually situated between lanes. i.e. You would need to do a lane change in order to snag it. The second last box in Costa Del Sol is one such case.

Can someone confirm?

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I think so too *nods*

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Originally Posted by Ulathskullsplitter

No. I did a lot of racing yesterday and had several times where I was by myself running straight at a box and I would run right through it and not get anything.

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If I'm not wrong, some boxes are actually situated between lanes. i.e. You would need to do a lane change in order to snag it. The second last box in Costa Del Sol is one such case.

Can someone confirm?