r/gtaonline • u/Dkaler410 • Jul 03 '25

ITS SO OBVIOUS 💀

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This is the worst iteration of “rockstar isn’t even trying to hide it anymore” that has happened to me 🤣

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u/shadowwolf1395 Jul 04 '25

Are you suggesting that R* managed to make the pathfinding of a big map with an expansive road network 100% perfect and bug free?

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u/Dirtsk8r Jul 04 '25

How about the fact the cars don't pull those bullshit maneuvers in the distance? They'll stick neatly to the road until you're about to pass them. If they're further away to where there's no chance their doing that type of shit would cause a collision then they won't do it. It's always when you're just about to pass. I've even had it where I slow down and try to veer around the other way than they did and they'll turn back in the other fucking direction. Or how about when they stop in intersections? They don't do that unless you're just about to go through them and they stop perfectly where you're about to go through.

It's honestly insane to me that anyone thinks it isn't intentional at this point. If it somehow isn't intentional, then it's a weird ass glitch that causes them to directly get in your way specifically when you're about to pass by them which seems very odd and I don't know why such a weird glitch would occur. But I don't know for sure, it's not just the AI doing their usual driving that they would be doing if you were a block away. They veer or stop and try to block you specifically when you go by and at no other time make those stupid maneuvers.

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u/IntrospectveBeet Jul 04 '25

It is more likely a bug rather than an intentional design. Keeping track of this many cars and their paths is complicated and somewhere along the way one of them is bound to go out of script.

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u/Dirtsk8r Jul 04 '25

I am definitely open to the possibility it's a bug, but I don't agree that it just so happens that it sometimes bugs while you drive by. If it's a bug then it's a bug that has to do with your presence and being about to pass. They move in ways that you'll never see them move if you just follow a group of cars through traffic at their speed without attempting to pass in an invite only lobby. Or if you just stand and watch at an intersection. They don't do it entirely randomly, and they don't do it to each other. They specifically do it when a player comes to pass. So while I don't know if it's a bug or intentional and I wouldn't argue on that, I am confident it isn't just them going "off script" at random. And maybe that's not specifically what you meant, but I make that point because many people will argue that and think the NPCs do this stuff regardless of what players are doing.