Waiting...
Personally, I think everyone should wait if they’ve punted someone off. This is the approach I’ve taken since on-line racing began with GT5P… and back then, pretty much everyone waited.
Didn’t matter where it happened, or how many places you lost – if you cause an accident, you don’t profit from it. If it’s not safe to stop there, you find the safest place to stop, and you wait until the person you’ve hit re-takes the place.
So what if you lose places, and end up at the back of the pack? Tough ****. You shouldn’t have caused the accident in the first place.
I’ve only raced the fastest drivers since very early in GTS, and hardly ever been outside top 3 in qualifying or race… incidents in those races are infrequent – I do still see people waiting, but it’s mainly people I’ve known and raced for many years (10 years for some!). I also saw it a top 24 race replay I watched a while ago.
But from what I’ve seen of lower class racing, it’s clear it’s more of a free for all here. Shame, but no surprise as the pool is so big it's unlikely you'll race the person you've punted regularly... so people just carry on regardless.
However, I think the very fastest drivers have a responsibility to set the proper example for everyone. 100% of the time. Integrity and sportsmanship should go hand in hand with being fast.
It particularly irks me when I see someone who is clearly fast punt someone who is clearly slower, then just ****-off in to the distance. It’s selfish, and shows a general lack of respect IMO.
If they had run in to the back of someone faster than them (one of the known, and true aliens), most likely they wait – the pool of super fast drivers is small, most of them know each other (if not personally, then by name/reputation), and you don’t want to get a reputation in that group for being unsporting... a video of your behaviour might just pop up on here
Maybe waiting is just too old school for today's generation.
And the 'real life racers don't wait' response is just plain daft.
