After the race I call him out and I get the following reply. “You blocked my overtake”. Given the only times he was near me were the two above mentioned incidents, utterly mystifying.
I noticed a lot of this on B race. A common one I get from the top people is WOW.
It goes like this for me typically:
Racer in top 30 or 50 on q tangled up with another driver, or gets a penalty, or hits the outside wall at COD. I pass. Immediately they go into full desperation get on your bumper and swerve around recklessly. I calmly cover my inside, never disrupting their run on a straight. Sometimes they get by, sometimes not.
In general when they can’t figure out how to get by then they start with the WOW and other sarcastic comments. I light em up for that crap. It’s like they are saying: “How dare you race me? Pleb.”
Yes, you twerp. I am racing you, we are in a race.
Pisses me off. It ESPECIALLY pisses me off when they get stupid about going off track trying to get the inside I have covered. I’ve taken some pens after that happens for ramming lol.
Of Note: I used to believe the concept racers are worst at higher levels but after watching many hours of replays and seeing how I am driving around the more qualified drivers I have determined I got punted, bumped, and bumped others because I was not up to the standard of the lobby. Most of the time it seems I braked incorrectly, couldn't maintain my turn in a curve, or just lost situational awareness and turned into the guy making a legitimate racing pass.
This is so insightful of you and true. I absolutely found the same thing in my own driving.
It’s one reason sometimes I don’t go all in on a try hard qual time unless I KNOW I have the pace.
As a B in with the top lobbies sometimes I was outclassed in race after spending a lot of time getting a good q time.
It can be very intimidating. For me as a C S, I remember getting to B the first time and just feeling like well Ithats just too much for me. Took me a looooong time getting to and through B rank initially.
Anyways I digress. It happens so much now I’m on the other end, some places worse than others but it’s ESPESCIALLY TOUGH at Seaside. Nine times outta ten if there’s a B or two like say at Seaside this week mixed in with the A plus A near the front, there will often be troubles and incidents. It’s a difference pace wise but also racecraft wise.
ITS a very very astute observation and I’ve noticed the same thing within my own driving.
Sometimes I tank on q time a little if it’s a track I really like but I don’t feel like getting into real race hard mode. It’s fun to race more mellow too. Sometimes it’s fun to go on a Sunday drive.
. Going to try and get a decent Q then try again.
The 35 was there, I left it on the exit of the long right hander like a pleb 
Still a very good lap considering how hard it was to string it together here 
