Terms such as utter nonsense are quite emotional IMO. With respect - you are being grossly unfair to B status drivers IMO.
Last night I got hate mail from a dude from B ranks. I won't repeat it because it was ...umm...colourful. Want to know what happened? I had to go to the bathroom, so once I crossed the finish line, off I went. Apparently, in my absence, he had congratulated me and I didn't respond. Because of my lack of response, I got hate mail.
That is emotional. Calling something utter nonsense is not emotional, especially when it's utter nonsense.
One reason for being a B driver is because you race a fair bit, and you have a hand controller. Because you race a fair bit, you'll end up in races which don't suit the hand controller. Because the courses are so limited, its quite easy for an A speed driver to loose lots of points.
I did clearly state "career B drivers" so as to differentiate between someone who may be passing through the B ranks, but I (like many A and A+ drivers) use a controller. So, blaming the controller for a B rating is, again, utter nonsense.
Another reason for being a B driver is because you prefer to race than qualify. Qualifying has a huge effect on your points tally. But it does not have a great effect on your track speed, at least, after a number or races. But by then, you've likely lost heaps of points. There's lots of B drivers who are middle "A" level fast. They just are simply not chasing points.
Hmmm... interesting. So, you are saying that a person, who on a regular basis just hops into a race without practice, their rank is because of poor finishing position rather than lack of practice?
So, "racing" doesn't happen at the sharp end of the field? Really? I must have been doing it wrong all this time.
What term did I use? Oh right, utter nonsense.
If a person chooses to start at the back, they are choosing to be a career B driver. If they are indeed "A level fast" then a few moments to set a time would put them in the top half of the field, where they can still be racing, but racing with people of their own level.
Another reason is that a B driver with A speed may drive a different car in every race. Which costs points. The innate technique is there, but the car ain't, let alone being able to optimise the car's potential. That costs points. But its fun all right and can indicate a good driver despite a B points tally.
I do this all the time. No, I don't go out and take the worst possible car for an event, but I put mileage on everything. I even go out of my way quite often to avoid the META car because I feel I am taking the easy way out.
It hasn't affected my score.
Another reason can be internet issues. Poor connections costs points in traffic. That B driver in front who is all over the place at a critical part of the track - it may be his connection. Not the player's fault.
"Not the (B) player's fault" is the mantra of the B player. I've had poor connections. It's never "cost me points in traffic".
So far, you're rebuttal is supporting my "utter nonsense" statement.
And I have been pushed off the track, and had hits from drivers that then cruise onto the off track area, loose a second and laugh at the penalty they've given me. In my current B status at 24,000 points. My other account is over 40,000 points. Yep - A drivers can be re-set you know. So can A+ drivers. They're still as fast as they were.
IMO second account drivers don't care nearly as much about their status or points as they do in their main account. If someone is pissing them off, they have less inhibitions. That's human nature.
Again, I did clearly state "career B drivers" but I completely disagree that the majority of B drivers are some better driver's second account. Is there the odd one here or there? Sure. I've been up and down the scale myself. However, my DR status has never changed my approach to a race nor has it ever substantially and profoundly altered my DR so that I REMAIN a lower ranked driver. Have I run people off in anger in the past? Sure. Has that condemned me to lower ranks? No.
I wager that If I make a second account, I will qualify at the same level and end up at the same level of success. I won't magically become a back marker.
But my key point is that you should not condemn B drivers. For all you know, their points tally may be 29,500. But we don't see the history of who we race at the start. Of which account drivers are using. Think about it.
Treat everyone with respect is the key. Even if the game encourages us to exploit its severe failings with who has done wrong. IMO the game encourages bad behaviour. The game intends drivers to re-set IMO. The majority of drivers have been re-set.
And if a driver is faster than the car in front - even if they are a C driver - then wait for a mistake if the track does not have obvious passing places. And if the driver is good around those passing places - such as an entry to a main straight - then treat them with respect, and take a point penalty at the end of the race. Respecting all drivers is more important than points scores IMO. All drivers deserve that respect IMO.
Although I applaud the optimism, it's pretty easy to tell the difference between someone who deserves their B and someone who does not.
The career B driver, granted not all but a great many, will lay blame at the feet of others. Other people hit them off track. Other people are "dirty". Other people are impatient. They prefer to avoid qualifying to "avoid the carnage from the other people at the front of the field". Or, as you stated, "the game encourages bad behaviour". The list goes on and on and on about the reasons that someone else is the reason for a B rating. Do all those things happen? Yes. yet, we ALL have to deal with it and we are not ALL B drivers who blame everyone else.
Case in point:
That was from my first win this week in Race C. Not a META car by a long shot. I made a mistake on the first lap. I had to change strategy if I was to be in a position to finish well. I made the choice to switch to Hards on lap 3. I had to deal with the traffic after exiting the pit in 13th position. I had to pick the best places to pass and I had to hope for the race to come back to me. It all paid off in the last two laps where I could exploit the better wear of the hard tires after 7 mistake free laps.
Am I an exceptional person? Nope. I simply care about doing a good job. Blame and excuses won't make a person a better racer.
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