Last hurrah at Race B, did it twice. First went smoothly, clawed back some SR. Second one was a pain. Quali'd 7th, worked up to 3rd, then on lap 2 right at the top of the hill a Russian Megane Trophy I passed cos it had engaged in battle earlier with another car and cleared the way for my passing both, shunted me over the grass at the mountain top, handing me an undeserved 1.5s penalty and them nothing. Then in the downhill on the mountain in the final lap, this same Russian Megane Trophy hit the inside wall in the narrow twisty section and rebounded into my path, couldn't brake in time and literally nowhere else to go so I got handed a 1s penalty again. SR shoved down to 52. Both races were paired with a mix of B/A, A/B, C/A and D/A drivers. The B/A drivers were the ones causing all the trouble this time, because the D/A were too slow to be remotely competitive.
I'm frustrated to the max with the matching and penalty systems now. I went from SR 98>52 in 3 days or 7 races through me doing literally nothing wrong. All my penalties were caused by others hitting me (ramming as I braked, pushing me off/into walls while I'm on the outside, pushing me into cutting corners when I have a clear and wide open inside line, hitting me as they rebound where I can't avoid), and all other SR down moments are courtesy of absolutely standard clean driving that had never resulted in negatives until this week (braking at appropriate points and following the racing line with the driver behind staying a steady distance behind, braking/turning in at the same time, or the same but with me closely chasing and not enough to get past). I'm 90% of the time on full 5 bars of connection, otherwise never dips below 4. It seems the only way to gain SR is to somehow have 3s+ gaps either side of you, basically not racing but ensuring that nobody is remotely nearby, and whenever anyone is, just letting them pass even if they don't have the speed/skill to do so. It's bizarre. I can't be the only one who is having this problem? My only DR rise in the past few days, that took me from 97>98, was what the game deemed to be a clean race (a tightly contested Race A)... otherwise I remain flat at the same number or drop steeply. So I'm now stuck at B/B again, which doesn't make any sense to me based on how I've driven vs others who I've seen get penalties and gain SR..?
Really not looking forward to Gr.1 at Le Mans next week. I guess it'll be the usual issue of everyone having different braking distances at chicanes and corners at the end of straights, so hitting each other regularly. Pass.