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Post by John5539 on Jul 22, 2008 22:26:01 GMT -3
How does the Sim treat inbreeding? I know all thoroughbreds are inbred to some degree, but will inbreeding adversely effect performance in the game? If you have enough BP's can you breed Storm Cat x Storm Cat x Storm Cat, or Cat Thief x Tobasco Cat X Storm Cat and have the same expectations as if you had a "well bred" horse?
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Post by MrLucky on Jul 23, 2008 19:30:07 GMT -3
I have never tried it but I also wouldn't want to spend those BP's trying to find out....that's about 1100 BP's down the drain if it doesn't work.  |
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Post by zman on Jul 25, 2008 1:05:01 GMT -3
I've put together a couple breedings using 3 sons of storm cat, but all were cheaper sires.
Had a pretty good one and a couple duds. You see good inbreds in the SIM from time to time, but not usually so closely inbred.
I've actually had better success with complete outcrosses.
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Post by bjbandit on Jul 25, 2008 5:22:06 GMT -3
Inbreeding actually works pretty well in the sim, to a degree. I wouldn't advocate it to the degree you mentioned in the post but plenty of good horses are inbred on the second and third line. Mike has actually mentioned a couple of times that he does not penalise inbreeding because it has never really been proved in real racing that it doesnt produce good horses, it is just a practice that is avoided because of the inherint risks. I have numerous horses that are inbred and are quality horses, but I would never go Storm Cat X Tobasco Cat X Cat Thief. There is a point in the game where it will say that it is too inbred.  |
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