Yes, and? Just because it's a game doesn't mean that you can't take it seriously and shouldn't expect everyone who is playing it to be forced to play fairly, and there are some very simple things that can be done with the penalty system to improve on that.
Nope, I've never dropped an entire lap just to take someone out so my teammate can win, in fact I don't think I've intentionally hit someone off in GTS at all. Goes to show that it's stupid being positive about something you have literally no evidence for.
I think you severely underestimate the mentality of the people that intentionally hit other drivers off. They will do it to anyone and everyone who is near them on track regardless of whether they get a reaction out of you or not, they will simply assume that they are annoying people. I agree that sending them a direct message won't achieve anything as they won't care if you call them a 🤬 and just laugh if off because they're sociopathic idiots, and to an extent posting in threads just to complain is a bit pointless too, but it's not entirely pointless to post the examples of dirty driving you experience on GTS and discuss solutions to improve the game for everyone.
As I've already posted in this thread even some of the fastest drivers in the game will take you out, so your solution to deal with dirty driving is just become the fastest driver in the world so you'll never have to race anyone ever? Clearly a stupid solution. I agree trying to take them out again should only be done if you know what you're doing, and even if you do it's still best to try and sneak past draw as little attention to yourself as possible to reduce the chances of becoming the race long target for them to smash off.
Your whole argument as clearly shown by your username is essentially that you shouldn't take games seriously, and is why it is fundamentally wrong, lots of people, and I'd be happy to bet possibly a majority of people, take video games seriously to some degree and actually try to do as well as they can. Some people like myself play video games simply because they enjoy competition and most importantly
fair competition and as a result of that I've had some amazingly fun races with some of the best drivers in the world. Yes it does unfortunately mean I can get angry at people who intentionally try to ruin my race but it doesn't mean we should just put up with it and not discuss things PD could do to improve the system. Your argument is entirely based on your perspective and how you enjoy video games and it simply won't apply to everyone so isn't a solution to anything.
Defensive driving won't solve anything either, that and the time spent typing in these threads is tiny compared to the amount of time spent racing on GTS, so not posting here won't improve your driving. As
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@Panzerfaust85 will confirm from the race I'll link below, I am no exactly easy to pass and defensive driving is probably my strongest driving skill, allowing me at times to be able to defend for entire races even if I'm not as fast as the guy behind. None of that helps deal with a dirty driver. To defend in a way that you can't be hit off with everyone you race against would slow you down so much that you might as well not defend at all, as normal defending doesn't cut it, they will just hit you in the rear or cut the corner and hit you in the side. And even extreme defensive driving does nothing to stop someone who drops and entire lap to block you. How do you defend against someone in front of you who just wants to hit you off? It's incredibly difficult if they have half a brain cell and you're guaranteed to be slowed down.
Said video.
