well so far from my experience in race c if you get 2 just 2 sr downs no time penalty that is red SR at the end of the race not a reset. One race i had 2 SR downs one of which was for scrapping the wall entering the pits for gods sake ( lightly scraping). Now if you have a couple SR downs 1 or 2 time penalty
for some contact you will get reset me and somebody else commented earlier how easy it is right now to get reset. The racing is great for the most part on SPA if you can survive the start and be up front but mid pack on back is a Horror show the only way at that point not to get any penalty IMO is just let everyone go past and have a Sunday drive
It’s been that way for quite a while, St Croix last week etc.
I think there’s a disconnect sometimes between people racing who treat it as more sim, and people who door bang and bump, and the developers trying to maintain standards in S 99 lobbies.
I personally like it, but I see a lot of folks that don’t.
For me, in cockpit view, it’s a different perspective, when someone comes flyin in and hits, it’s like they are physically hitting me-I feel it in the wheel, the sound etc. It’s very disruptive, and while I have cultivated the skills to weaponize cars, it’s not really fun that way for me.
I think many players, being removed from that, don’t relate what it would be like if it were real. I know it’s just a game, but it has to relate to reality to be interesting.
Upsetting my car by hitting me in a high speed turn in reality should be a pen, or something.
I agree they don’t have it right, but better strict than not imo, right now 99 is pretty good, better than it’s been for a long time.
Plus at some point, if you like to race aggressive etc, why bother with worrying, for that matter why worry about it at all?
I think the reason is people have more fun racing better drivers.
With the current system running aids and line and knowing how to defend properly is critical.
On NA, at d to b there’s no players that can do this, if they did they would be mid A minimum.
On NA you have in a typical gr3 race for example like at Bathurst or Interlagos or Catalunya, tracks that penalize sliding, most players I see are running no aids can’t complete two clean laps in a row on the racing line, most don’t know where it even is. I can tell you it’s easy to move through fields of these guys as long as their spinning off doesn’t hit you, it’s easy because if you take the racing line even in a pack most cars aren’t on that line
Just saying, sr is in your control but only if you treat the race as if you were in the real car......
