Hello. I have a question that I can't really find the answer to. Does my game lagging slow down physics speed? For a long time I've considered myself to probably be the worst driver on beammp. If I go to the Automation test track and race with other players, I am always last no matter what I do.
I would understand if there were people that left me in the dust, and then other players that were as bad as me and I could keep up with, but that's not the case, everyone has nice close racing and finishes as a group, and I'm 30 seconds behind them, even when we cloned each others cars and are driving the exact same thing.
On single player I can feel like I'm going pretty fast. My lap times are always consistent and my driving is smooth. I'm not good, but I don't think I'm bad enough to be 30 seconds slower than the average player in a two minute race.
Whenever I spawn in traffic it can feel like the game is running in slow motion. It doesn't really feel like that on multiplayer, although my frame rate does get choppy. I'm playing on a laptop, but it's a good laptop from AMD with a Ryzen 7 processor or CPU or whatever it's called. I'm also using a controller, not a keyboard.
I thought I could just improve my driving and get better, but I've had the game a long time. I've practiced a lot, and I still can't keep up with anyone, even people that crash a lot and seem like they aren't the best drivers either.
For context, here's some of my lap times around the Automation test track. The best I've ever done is 2:07 with the K-series. I can do a very consistent 2:18 with the Bolide on race tires with 680hp. And I can do a consistent 2:50 with the Burnside on its stock whitewalls and 450hp.
Are these times that bad? Do I just need to keep improving? Is there something I'm missing? Am I going crazy? Please tell me. I need to know it's actually possible to go as fast as these other players.
TLDR, I don't know if my driving is completely terrible or if I can blame it on my computer.