- 1,724
- Saginaw, MI
- Gr8_Lakes
I'm the "joker/clown" that "blocked" you last night. Which led to you punting me off track on the final turn for your win.
Last night was the first on-line race I'd done in GT in over two years. Unfortunately, not much has changed... The race you took from me was my third of the night. Admittedly, I was SLOPPY on the final lap. But, I didn't get a Sportsmanship Rating of S by being an intentionally bad driver. I've been playing since the original GT came out, I've been on many tracks IRL (including the 'Ring) and done a lot of track days. Dirty driving makes me mad, IRL and on-line.
I'm trying to give you some background, I'm not a kid. I've done this a long time and I've done it virtually and on actual tracks... Am I the best driver in the world? No. Am I a dirty driver? A joker? A clown? No. No. No. My last lap was not pretty. But, from my perspective, I did my best to stay on the racing line, your job is to figure out how to get past me. I never made more than one move on a straight and it was always to get back on the racing line. I understand that this week's Race A has a brutally slow and underperforming car. But, it is what it is. If you can't pass me cleanly, you have to wait for the next opportunity. On the final lap, you were able to close the gap when I screwed up on a few corners. But, I always maintained a lead thru the corner you caught me on and had pulled ahead by more than a car length before the next turn.
You literally just ran into the back of me and punted me off track on the final turn. C'mon, you behaved exactly like the people you are complaining about in many of your posts here.
Here's the final two laps of the race from your perspective. Again, I know I was sloppy. I can do better. But, the way I see it, I only ever moved back on the racing line if I veered off it. You couldn't get it done in a legit manner so you took the easy way out. I'm a big boy. Have a look, point out where I was in the wrong. If it's there, I'll admit it, accept it and improve on it. BUT, I'd ask you to do the same.
Well written. So glad you caught the post and called out what you perceived to be B.S. The video you posted is genuine proof of the problem with GTSPORT’s current penalty system. It rewards poor sportsmanship and ruins the game for honest gentlemen/women that are looking for a fair race. These aren’t time trials, they’re races. If someone can’t pass the person in front of them without making contact, they don’t deserve the position. If they’re not okay with those rules (rules they agreed to when signing up for GTSPORT’s online competition), they have no business racing in online lobbies. Had I been racing you, you would’ve probably won the race, and I would’ve been grateful for the spirited battle. I’d be honored to compete against you, and assure you I’d never subject you to this unfair garbage that’s destroying the entire online racing community. It’s a cancerous behavior that spreads in the form of retaliation. And apparently, for the author to which you responded, it’s behavior that’s not only tolerated, but justified! It’s downright disgusting in my opinion.
THANK YOU!!! Thank you for taking the time to read the forum; your response along with providing evidence to support your side of events is invaluable. You ran a clean race. Mistakes that allowed the following driver to catch up did not entitle him/her to your position. You had every right to defend your position in the clean matter in which you did. That punt at the end was the epitome of what’s wrong with online racing.
If we could eliminate the type of behavior that’s been exhibited, the entire community would gratefully benefit. Shameful behavior like you showed us, combined with the entitlement attitude of the author you responded to, presents game developers with the incredibly difficult task of programming some sort of referee system that can accommodate for, and balance the playing field for those with honest intentions, and those without.
I’d like to think your post will help the situation by shining a light on the problem (although I’m skeptical when it comes to humans changing their behavior - but we can hope!). If other racers could just have the decency to hold themselves accountable for their actions, so much could be solved. But as long as poor choices are tolerated, and really rewarded in this circumstance, I feel the temptation is too great for some to choose the honorable path. Especially when the odds are extremely low that someone will publicly call them out on their immoral behavior.
Again, well done @cbock !
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). I've had very similar experiences on the oval as you. Every time I get divebombed on T1 I get a penalty too ranging from 2 - 7 seconds. Thing is I'm pretty sure people know this and just nudge you up to the high side of the track to see you get a penalty as they gain a position. Now I will say the race is good fun when raced somewhat properly and race C is great craic if you make it out of T1 alive.
