I've run quite a few races at BB, race A this week, and recovered my loss of almost 2,000 when I started (that took just a couple of races at the beginning to loose so many DR points). Last night I had some races against mostly the Japanese - Sunday night. Normally that is quite deadly for me but at BB I am not slow. I had a race few races against some good drivers, including an S guy who could run a 32.74 in the race and whose qualifying was a 32.64. I hung behind him for two laps but lost touch on the first corner of lap 3. Darn.
Next race he was there again and he quit before the start. But in that same race, I wanted a win, and the Japanese guy behind me who I had raced before, he hit me softly at the end of the main straight, and I hit the corner wall. I also got a time penalty of 4 seconds and my position too, so I was third but passed the 2nd car quite quickly. But then the next lap the leader who had hit me, he went wide into turn 3 and I caught him back - and now we both had time penalties - but we both spent them at the same time, so the race between us was on, although he still had 0.6 of penalty left. I had backed off while drafting him so I had no penalties left. Then on the last lap, I was right behind him on the straight and leading into the first turn, I also touched him in the back - the same thing that he did to me earlier in the race. Poetic justice maybe - but I did not hit him deliberately, he seemed to brake early, or maybe being so close I did not brake early enough. Maybe he was removing his penalty still. But I had touched him and he got time penalties, lost his position due to the wall and I sailed around onto the main straight for the win just up the road, it being lap 12. But then, I pulled over and let him win.
So instead of making an enemy, I think he will respect me if we ever meet again. He thanked me after the race too. I was bemused by my lack of killer instinct, but now, I reckon I did the smart thing. Better not to make enemies in what is a game anyway.
