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. I got passed by some cars and gradually slipped down the ladder some, but then found I was able to hang on to a tight line on some of the bigger corners where others were sliding out or off. I was hanging in there and mercifully kept it on the track with no penalties. I had dropped back to P7 I think, but found I'd crept back up to P4. 
. I knocked a fellow Aussie wide. We were side by side but I just couldn't pull in. Steering and brakes didn't help 
. I didn't think it was terminal, so I slowed down waiting for him to catch up, but he must have had another incident, so I pressed on before I got rear ended by the pack. The other was right at the end. The Porsche behind me got a better run to the final chicane and tried to poke his nose in, but I was already trying to negotiate the corners. He shunted me, which gave me a boost onto the start finish strait. He probably thought I was trying to block... I was just hanging on for dear life hoping to make it through the chicane! . SR went up by 3, DR up about 800. Another day above DR 1 
.or just add the penalty to the total time at the end of the race. No stopping, no ghosting, no scrubbing a penalty. Just penalty points added to corrected end time. Plain and simple. Why give a penalty just to allow it to be gotten rid of? Just so dumb when it can be so easy. Why be so lenient with the penalty? Just add it to the persons time at the end of the race, they suffer more and we suffer less. Its kind of hard to time going through a ghost when they only have a 1 second penalty therefore only ghosted for a second.
Clean race 11 
why allow you to serve a penalty at all other than to have it added to your total time. I have never even raced in a race with pit stops. I just think a penalty is a penalty. It should not be allowed to be gotten rid of at any time. Its a penalty, you serve it by having it added to your total time. There for being penalized with out further messing any one else's game up. Its your penalty, it gets put on your time. If you dont get one then there are no worries. Just seems dumb to say lets give out a penalty and then figure out the best way to have you get rid of it. At least thats my daily race take on the penalty system.
yea but I doubt one can finish first with 15+seconds of penalties. Plus I would be fine with your above example. I think taking the penalty at the end is the harshest way of implementing the penalty. If your that good as to finish first and still be 15+ seconds ahead of second place then more power to you. Nothing is perfect.
PD went a bit overboard to combat blocking.
Yeah, it's pretty standard. I did a race last week where I started on the pole, and twice got bumped from behind, when I messed up turns. I got SR down both times. Won the race with a red SR rating at the end. It's pretty dumb. I guess some people use it as a technique, to get people to let them pass.
Yes. There are two particular types of penalties that are nonsensical. They don't really upset me, because I'm used to them, but they are certainly flawed.
Yes. There are two particular types of penalties that are nonsensical. They don't really upset me, because I'm used to them, but they are certainly flawed.
1. If you mess up a corner exit with someone close behind, and they bump into your bumper, the game convicts you for poor sportsmanship.
2. If you go off track and hit a wall, you're losing a ton of time. The game sometimes gives you an extra 5 seconds of penalty time, even though you probably already lost a couple of positions because of it. It's a reasonable expectation for the game to know the difference between full-throttle wall-riding around a curve to gain an advantage, and sliding off the track, across the grass, smashing into a wall, and spinning your car out.
The last wall hit I had that probably would have been fatal IRL, was at Yamagiwa in the Honda Beat. I went two-wide into those downhill esses that you loved so much, and it didn't exactly work out too well for me.I always assumed the 5 second wall penalty was more of a “You/Your Car would probably be dead right now IRL” kind of of thing.
The last wall hit I had that probably would have been fatal IRL, was at Yamagiwa in the Honda Beat. I went two-wide into those downhill esses that you loved so much, and it didn't exactly work out too well for me.
Oh, I'll post a video. This C7 is just blocking the whole race. Onus is one me as the car behind, to figure a way past and to do it safely. This player was totally driving in the mirror. Until, finally, they got punted for turning down on me. Another race, that same player was blocking again. Doesn't make sense when not challenging for a win. No matter DR gained or lost. Just hope to have a better race next time. Like my races I posted, I'm more happy getting a clean race bonus than gathering points.
