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The A+ is one of the four, either:
(1) composed, very consistent, clean, capable, strategic, lacks the cutting edge pace and ambition.
(2) the aggressive type; has higher maximum pace than (1) but is less consistent, borderline dirty, at times reckless. An expert at abusing the penalty system when needed, the master of tiny nudges and punts.
(3) the Alien. Has it all but contrary to mister #2 does not rely on dirty tricks.
(4) the superstar Alien. The pinnacle tier which consists of players you can count on one hand in this game! These are the "Alien" to the Alien
I hope you took joy in reading this as much as it took me compiling this little tier list (albeit admittedly straying from the topic).
P.S: Which type are you guys?
That's the only cure but then you'll find yourself hotlaping every race until some aliens queue up. And then you'll ask yourself: - why did you put all that arduous work in improving only to not being able to properly race?
So you'll start sandbaging your qualifying time, maybe even not qualify to begin with. And so you'll blaze past some backmarkers holding you up -- hoping they don't get offended and ram you clean off on the upcoming turn.
Then you'll get to the Bs: a lot of them are nice but evidently lack the pace and can be quite overzealous, having odd brake points as a hallmark and the classic divebombs. The B driver will seldom yield, despite running 2-4s slower per lap. They will fight rapaciously for their position: blocking, weaving, brake checks... it's like the smorgasbord at a fine soirée - you've got it all (but the girl
The As are essentially an upgraded B due to one of two things:
(1) - they are more advanced mechanically and possess higher composure/consistency.
(2) - they are essentially the rapid hyperaggressive B with the extended knowledge in gaming the penalty system.
The A+ is one of the four, either:
(1) composed, very consistent, clean, capable, strategic, lacks the cutting edge pace and ambition.
(2) the aggressive type; has higher maximum pace than (1) but is less consistent, borderline dirty, at times reckless. An expert at abusing the penalty system when needed, the master of tiny nudges and punts.
(3) the Alien. Has it all but contrary to mister #2 does not rely on dirty tricks.
(4) the superstar Alien. The pinnacle tier which consists of players you can count on one hand in this game! These are the "Alien" to the Alien
I hope you took joy in reading this as much as it took me compiling this little tier list (albeit admittedly straying from the topic).
P.S: Which type are you guys?
The As are essentially an upgraded B due to one of two things:
(1) - they are more advanced mechanically and possess higher composure/consistency.
(2) - they are essentially the rapid hyperaggressive B with the extended knowledge in gaming the penalty system.
The A+ is one of the four, either:
(1) composed, very consistent, clean, capable, strategic, lacks the cutting edge pace and ambition.
(2) the aggressive type; has higher maximum pace than (1) but is less consistent, borderline dirty, at times reckless. An expert at abusing the penalty system when needed, the master of tiny nudges and punts.
(3) the Alien. Has it all but contrary to mister #2 does not rely on dirty tricks.
(4) the superstar Alien. The pinnacle tier which consists of players you can count on one hand in this game! These are the "Alien" to the Alien
I hope you took joy in reading this as much as it took me compiling this little tier list (albeit admittedly straying from the topic).
P.S: Which type are you guys?
unless you have a wheel don't do Race C. No strategy needed, no stop needed.
What do you do about these people?
This is why I prefer narrow circuits. Unfortunately Brands Hatch has one wide corner and it gets abused by dive bombers. I have to steer left to avoid his dive bomb, slowing me so much he gets a successful pass. Yet if I don't I get punted off the road. I hope this is illegal in real racing. He left with a red S anyway (punted someone else off in lap 1) and I called him out and reported him. But he'll likely do it again as I only made it work in his favor. Clean race bonus doesn't feel good when you have to let stuff like this go.
He was there again, here is the race. I follow him and pass him at the penalty zone.
The threat of penalties does work somewhat. Driving defensive, closed door lines does stop his dive bombing. I guess one penalty per race is his 'allowance'
And this is the lovely post race chat. I haven't translated it yet, but doesn't sound very friendly.
Next race he was there again and its contagious. He started ramming people again, got a penalty again, yet people were starting to copy his behavior. I managed to avoid one dive bomb in Sterlings, then got hit by the next one in Clark's curve. Back to last I lost sight of him but the post race chat told me enough of how the rest of the race went. I made up a few positions then had to brake for a car losing control in Sheene's and got punted off by the car coming from behind not paying attention. I stayed on the grass to let 3 cars pass and drive the rest of the race in last. 7th clean race bonus for me, but no race. One individual managed to make SR.S racing worse than SR.B.
Target acquired. I'll be on the lookout.
I checked out the new track (Sweetmeat, or something like that).
No jumps, whatsoever.
You can't hit the planes in the infield.
The chicane seems like a killer, but you can easily go through the grass on the right to avoid it. I wonder if that will be a time penalty, or a reset on the track.
Yeah, I don't think Gr.4 is quite right for that track. Some older street cars would be better. Maybe N200-N400.
Target acquired. I'll be on the lookout.
I checked out the new track (Sweetmeat, or something like that).
No jumps, whatsoever.
You can't hit the planes in the infield.
The chicane seems like a killer, but you can easily go through the grass on the right to avoid it. I wonder if that will be a time penalty, or a reset on the track.
. If you subscribe to the theory that the door number is an indication of where PD thinks you will finish, clearly the game shared my expectation... 14. 
. My driving style with the Supra can only be described in the words of the Purple One, "a bit too leisurely" . Taking the corners a gear or two higher than recommended gave me the flexibility to drop a gear and upshift again in plenty of time to catch any potential offs. . The race could have been 5 laps or 50 laps, the way I was cruising felt very relaxed 
. Brake... drop down, coast, turn, accelerate, shift up.... rinse and repeat . ! . Another day above DR 1 .
I checked out the new track (Sweetmeat, or something like that).
No jumps, whatsoever.
You can't hit the planes in the infield.
The chicane seems like a killer, but you can easily go through the grass on the right to avoid it. I wonder if that will be a time penalty, or a reset on the track.
What do you do about these people?
That's one way to look at it. Another would be for you to enter his world, and try racing from the back. In spite of his frustrations, it's what he enjoys. To each, their own.I have said it before, and I will say it again, QUALIFY. When I mean qualify, I mean seriously do your best to get yourself the best possible starting position. It's not a super human endeavour. If you take the time to get your Q time up to snuff, you will start better, finish better, and race better people.
If I am faced with mid pack or worse starting positions, I go back to work and get my lap time down. It is essential and, most importantly, it is how you take control of the situation. I've raced you and there is no reason why you should be racing in the B class other than your own efforts to put yourself there.
It's not like starting from the front is any less exciting! It's HARD!! The struggle is real.
That's one way to look at it. Another would be for you to enter his world, and try racing from the back. In spite of his frustrations, it's what he enjoys. To each, their own.
