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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
By the way my son is in Vancouver for three days next week - anything he must see?
I don't know why I even entered. 
Definitely not just me, though. I've seen plenty of top 10 times at Sarthe that had no replay available. 
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). Still finished. interesting things can happen that you miss out on if you just give up 
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