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Which they are? Tapping the brakes at Frog Hollow despite already going slow enough to make the corner is my definition of much slower. Case in point, they still make the corner despite getting punted.
You have misunderstood my post. Yes they are going slower, that does not mean getting punted is their fault, their qually time is a massive 7sec slower than comparable DR B times in the lobby. They will drive the course differently.
You're putting words in my mouth. The slow driver is not game to be punted, at least not on purpose. But when you have someone as slow as that on a narrow track like Bathurst, accidents can happen. You can make the argument that faster drivers can't be that aggressive in real life, but then I can make the argument that someone who is 10 seconds per lap slower would be deemed too inept to race in real life.
I'm about to rage quit yet I press on, manage to avoid everyone else for the rest of the race and finish 3rd, still lose 5 SR, down to 73
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I don't believe that slower drivers deserve to be punted, and I never tried to wreck that guy. I'm definitely no superstar, myself. I fully understand being frustrated with the penalty system. He didn't deserve those SR downs.
Thanks for your thoughtful reply. Near the beginning of the video, at 0:25 I hit that wall because I was trying to avoid hitting him. I've never tried to pass somebody at that spot. Going into a race, I rarely know who anybody is, or what to expect from them. I don't care about DR, but would like to have higher SR. I suppose a greater following distance would make sense.Yes he did over react badly, what did he expect jumping in like that fully unprepared. I checked his stats. That was his 16th sport race and very first on Mount Panorama. His best lap was a 2:18. It's matchmaking gone horribly wrong. There should be a big L next to his name in the race
However to maintain a 99 SR you will have to adjust as you did get quite lucky there. I easily end up with a 5 sec penalty from inexperienced drivers so it's mostly self preservation to keep more than a car length distance at all times and only move in when the risk is very low. The hardest spot is still the turn onto Conrod straight. It's the safest place to pass, yet some people are so bad at that turn that to avoid them you pretty much have to come to a complete stop ruining any chance at a better exit. Or when you do avoid them you're already passed them at the slight left after Forest's elbow, and they draft back up on the straight to try some irresponsible move.
When you start last, don't worry about the front getting away. If you want DR, qualify. Racing without qualifying is a different game and most rewarding when you come out without any contact or penalties. There are races where I never get to stretch my legs and always drive under my pace. Yet that means the whole race was fun. Trying to predict what the car in front is going to do and indeed also put a bit of pressure here and there. You don't need to be that close to put the pressure on though, most people get quite nervous when you are matching their every move, keeping the same distance no matter what, occasionally feigning a pass to move right back behind. Sometimes it feels like a fencing match except the objective here is not to touch. The longer it takes to pass a car the better it feels to pass them clean and then speed away.
Cars catching up from behind can be a problem. They can be fun to watch as well. Let them have a crack at trying to pass the erratic driver, chances are they'll either take each other out or the impatient driver will end up with a penalty and the obstacle has been cleared
...so you are prepared for the not-so-kind reactions also - I guess.
You never have to. Just make a good qualy time and you are the one who can pull away. Without qualy what is your laptime, and what is it telling to the opponents at the start of the race? Let's look at it from the others' side, if we are making predictions from the laptime of the newbie.
You predict he is slow. You see he is not a trained racer. Why on earth you even think about any pressure, I can't see. He has his own problems to solve without you and your pressure. You are able to pass him basically anytime. Is it really a "trophy" or any kind of achievement to race a slow newcomer?
You bet. Fair is fair.
I had the Fastest Lap for that race.
I wish I had saved the replay. If the video had the perspective from my car, it would look like I was being brake-checked.
I didn't save the replay because the race was completely unremarkable. Nothing was out of the ordinary. The reason for my post was to illustrate what a nut that guy is. Those kind of bumps happen in every race.
These 2 panalties together with the other SR Downs I got from draft bumpers put me down to SR 74.
So next race I start with the SR.A crowd, still driving from the back. I try my best to avoid the slow inexperienced wobbly drivers, get bumped from behind a couple times while in traffic yet don't hit anyone myself and finish 2nd. I only gain 4 SR for my efforts to 77.
Next 2 races are even worse for matchmaking:
In the first race the car in front forces me to almost come to a stop after which I naturally get rammed from behind, 4 sec penalty for me
The second race (starting at 1:30) I get stuck behind another wobbly excruciatingly slow car. I can't avoid him in Forest's elbow where he's turning on his nose scraping against the wall with traffic behind me. Luckily the penalty system 'glitches' and for once I don't get a penalty for someone else's bad driving. He turns right instead of left at the end of lap 1 giving me room to continue on to 3rd place with clean race bonus! +13 SR to 86. (Max is 15, so that contact still took 2 SR yet no SR Down thus clean race bonus
Catalunya day one will be fun.I've seen worse lol. One race, lap 2, driver in front of me (no one in front of him) goes straight at Hell corner...
Yes, I've done that too, when I first drove the track off-line a long time ago.
One solution would be to lock out the track until you complete the circuit experience with at least bronze. Of course it doesn't help that PD doesn't add the circuit experience for new tracks until the next patch
The problem is not that it is too lenient (it is) or too harsh, the problem is that it is more often punishing the wrong player instead of the aggressive driver that only knows how to stick to their qualifying lines. Tell me with a straight face that I deserve a 4 sec penalty here and red SR while the car 'passing' me gets a blue S after punting me into the wall, then using me as a cornering aid.
I don't know what races you are in where you can have 2 or 3 incidents and still be comfortably in S... That's not my experience lately. One 4 or 5 sec penalty, entirely not your fault, is enough to get a red S. Sure you can survive a couple SR Downs, which are dished out completely upside down as well.
, and thus have more respect for penalty system
