Racing chocobo controls?

[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

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 -_-

[Krindor]

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

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.

[Yumi_umi]

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.

[Fenral]

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.

[Kyro]

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.

[Brahmaut]

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

[Trenma]

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.

[Grey_Cain]

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.

[Waffilicious]

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.

[Welsper59]

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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.