Bathurst was great, yet just now I had the worst 2 races.
It began with the worst start ever, what the hell was this car doing in the middle of the road...
I ended up in the sand with a 6.8 sec 'shortcut' penalty. Reset and pull over at the start line to serve the penalty and let everyone pass.
Then I got stuck behind a car that didn't know his braking points. I brake early when following an unknown driver, yet not that early. 5 sec penalty twice, one I tried to evade him, second time he practically brake checked me in the last turn, no time to respond at all, way before the braking point. I guess in his defense, it was me taking out the distance markers at the start :/ And another 5 sec from someone deciding to serve a penalty in the middle of the mountain section right in front of me.
That dropped me from 99 to 82 SR. So next race I'm matched with a much lower room, starting 3rd. First I get bumped a couple times from behind yet luckily only 1 sec penalty. I make it into first and put some distance on the rest, thinking smooth sailing from here. Best to pit in lap 5 not to get near the bump happy drivers again. Then disaster strikes, I hit the pit wall on entry, stall just a second too long, reset on the straight. Can't go back to the pit, 0% fuel left, had to do a 4 minute 30 lap at 50 mph... Finished 14th... -1680 DR and only +1 SR that race from getting bumped.
I did get the fastest lap :/
Luckily there were 2 more races before the maintenance, both went great, back to 99 SR with a 2nd and 4th place finish. Yet check out this move:
It turned out he had lost connection, disappeared a few seconds later. Great way to handle lag! I got very lucky there not to get punted.