Weird evening. First I was down to SR.E thanks to Seaside chaos. Not that the racing was terrible, just any little contact is 10 or 12 SR gone. Even avoiding a dive bomb, staying on the outside, wait for them to glide by, under cut, stay in the middle of the road more than a car width separation, nope not good enough. Dive bomber turns back in to hit your door and you still get a penalty.
So I went to FIA on Tsukaba. In SR.E, quite a spectacle in the first two laps. This would be a good description of the first lap.
Plenty of contact and penalties all around in the race but 25 laps plus SR Boost, all Blue SR and at least six went straight to SR.S. I went from SR E to SR A with a couple penalties and more SR Downs. (Finished 3rd from last)
Back to seaside, 2 minor harmless contacts, back to SR.B. Chaos race follow, two penalties getting too close near fighting cars and SR Downs from those too impatient behind me to compensate for the battling cars, back to SR.E.
FIA race again, this one was even more destruction derby for the first 5 laps. I finished 3rd again but had more penalties (including 8 seconds at some point) all from the first couple laps, and I 'only' got a blue B at the end. Still no one with red SR while the first laps were complete penalty trains, pick a number at the penalty zone.
Back to Seaside, same thing. Get touched from behind SR Down, can't avoid one of the many dive bombs, penalty. One driver will give you a great race, contact free, know when to hold, know when to fold, and the next plows right through the middle without braking at all. So back to SR.D.
One last FIA race, starting at SR 16. I somehow survived the first two laps with 2 SR Downs only. No penalties this time. I started last (18th) and managed to climb to 2nd place without incidents. Once the first 2 laps are over people start racing for real. Thanks to 25 laps, 'only' 2 SR Downs and the about 2.6x SR Boost at DR 16, straight to 99 SR.
Well balanced PD
