Following a weawer when no one is behind you isn't dirty,but I am not sure the slipstream makes up for the added distance
Once you get beyond a certain dr people don’t do that weaving anymore. Low dr was like a circus on St Croix, I just ignored it and straight lined in most cases. If I’m ahead I will fade a bit slightly at a funny angle or come out onto the straight the opposite side from normal.
Squeezing is a definite grey area, I won’t do it if the guy behind has been driving right, but if it’s a jerk I will squeeze them, as long as there’s no one close behind me.
The thing that sets me off is at low dr sr I can go defensive on the straight. Sometimes you get that guy who will stay behind on your butt even if there’s a half car width to the inside wall or track limit.
There’s “those guys” that even go off track on open corners to force their way inside. I always take them out because it’s a race not a circus, and it’s insulting me as a racer to pull trashy moves like that.
In that case I brake check them because I have to assume they are going to punt me.
Good drivers don’t do this.
High dr on the back straight at St Croix approaching the tight left, I had inside made overtake, went through clean side by side and even got overtaken around outside a couple times with no issues.
Lower dr imo you kinda need to go elbows out more and they can’t run alternate lines based on situation. That’s what I found.
If someone weaves all over and wants a circus race, if it’s not a high down force car if you can develop the skill it’s easy to go for their rear quarter panel in a pit and put an end to their shenanigans. It works especially well if your car is more stable and heavy. Hint: when they are weaving rightward, you want to be hitting the rear quarter panel coming from rightward using your cars momentum and their steering angle to induce them to spin.
Don’t try it on gr2 tho, too much downforce...If people are making it a circus in those cars you take care of them with a standard punt technique in a hard braking zone...
At higher dr people know better, rather they know their opponents will be able to end their race if they want a circus.
I am certain I can be faster with this setup than the stock one. And it is also much more effective in race situations, where you can make corrections while keeping the speed up, in the turns
After now having an input device which offers finer resolution don’t you find it a tremendous advantage?
In this game imo the better finer resolution you can use with your inputs, whether ds4 or pedal the better you’re gonna be imo.
I think without ability to finely modulate inputs, it’s easy miss little details and much harder to race cleanly. My guess is after a couple weeks your driving will get much much more consistent and faster.
You will be able to balance the cars better and carry more speed, then you will be racing against better and better racers...
Cheers
Edit: people might read this and think omg this guys so dirty. Try racing the Assetto Corsa original games ai and try to pull crummy dive block passes good luck!
If people in gts all get together and develop a no tolerance policy and take out the trash the culture will be more true to real.
Pacifism only reinforces/encourages more circus driving.
Also I’ve noticed if someone hits you first oftentimes you don’t even get penalized for taking them out. Fact.
Anyways you can call me dirty but anyone whose raced me fair knows my car will not touch them. If it does there will be an apology at minimum or IF ITS SAFE and will not disrupt others race I will give back the position.
It’s fine to slow to give back position but NEVER do it in a way that holds up those coming behind that have nothing to do with your transgressions, please.
Sometimes people park on apex at low dr, trying to give position back to the guy they just punted. NEVER EVER DO THAT, wait for the pen zone or straight, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY.
