You're right I didn't even notice that!! I really got upset in the moment because that car was basically pushing me out of the way before quali, so I decided to let him go, and that happened haha.
Interesting. Unfortunately it seems like the same corner doesn't apply penalties the same way depending on "Oprah's mood". So unpredictable... Am I supposed to do a "track penalty analysis"? Also could it be car related?
You basically have to learn the corner limits for each corner. I'm not sure about your first video, but I think it's because of your position on the left in the braking zone. The second video is a little weird, but that corner effectively behaves like Red Bull Ring turn one - if you go wide enough to get onto the yellow strips but not so wide that you can't get back to the track you get a penalty, but if you go a bit wider you won't. The third video is just too much of that right hand kerb, and the fourth video you cut the wrong corner of the chicane - you can cut the right-hander pretty hard, but not the left.
I'm guessing that this is a PSN feature that shares whatever is on their screen is shared with you, no matter which game they were playing... I would also guess that it would interrupt them if they were playing already, and that it may soak up some of their bandwidth, making their in-race connection less robust. But otherwise I think you're right, that's the only way (other than external services like twitch/youtube).
) moving cars. But track limits should be like a goal line, plain and simple. You paint those white lines, and everything should be decided based on weather or not all four wheels are in out out of the "playing field".
You echo the exact sentiments of the Audi driver I raced in my 2nd attempt yesterday. He was faster than me overall, especially in the twisty end/beginning of the lap, but he kept losing the back end accelerating out of the slower corners, so once I passed him I was able to stay in front (except when he passed me going into the 1st Mulsanne chicane, after which I promptly passed him on the exit of the same chicane). He looked like he was white-knuckling the whole race. We both ended up with a shortcut penalty at the Dunlop chicane on the last lap, despite both of us having 2 tires on the track and actually probably cutting LESS of the chicane than we'd done on previous laps!
The manufacturer with the most points from its top-ranked driver in the region gets 40 points for that round in that region in the Manufacturer Series. Second gets 36, third gets 33, fourth gets 30, then 27, 24, 22, 20, 18, 16, 15, 14 and so on.
I went into last nights race with low expectations, because the Z4 is not a very sharp weapon for horsepower tracks. My first race was top split and I had a terrible qualifying lap, then spun on my own on the first lap of the race. Long story short, I finished 19th and took a substantial DR hit and ended up with door #1 in second split for the next race.
In the next race I had a good qualifying time, thanks to a DNA_Judoka towing me the entire lap. When the race unfolded I knew the only strategy for a decent finish was to avoid penalties and stay in the draft - that was all I could do. Fighting with anyone wouldn't make sense because i wouldn't be able to pass them back and we would just lose time to anyone in front of us. Thankfully, the race went to plan and I finished 4th, collecting 232 points in the process. It's interesting how far the points spread is between 1st and 2nd split lobbies now that the DR cap is been raised (just an observation since I go back and forth a lot).
Here is a link to the video that shows how fast the Z4 was in the straights. My race was by no means perfect and my pace wasn't alien-esque, but it's a good visual to show the car does need some love from PD. Now, I need to decide if I want to muscle through the rest of the season in the Z4 or move to a different manufacturer at the end of the month. I don't have any amazing point results that I'm worried about losing, so that's a consideration; but I'm also not a quitter. Hmmmm...
There is some language on the video from other team members, so be forewarned.
