Yes.
At first I thought the move was fine as he went to the middle of the track to pseudo-defend, which is fine... but now that's his lane he picked. You went to the tight inside line and he moved again, and in the braking zone. Moving under braking is a big no-no. His fault IMO
There is a streamer I watch that does this. Its very very very hard to watch sometimes.
If you pick a defensive position it's because you've calculated the angles and can drive to those angles....apparently this is difficult for the the weavers who also brake and go wide at the same time thus negating picking the position in the first place :/
I have a very very low tolerance of people who weave/block and take defensive lines but don't understand what they are doing.
If I take the racing line I can always brake more and just go under them, unless I've been run wide because they can't brake in a straight line and try to eek out a wide line.
Its really becoming a bug bear right now because it compromises everyone's races just for a single position.
If this was the world finals of the e whatever cup sure I could see it. It's a race we literally can do 9 mins later :/ grrrr Glen rant over.
Have a good night peep 🍻
Edit before I go:
Weaving down straights....just lol. It's pointless to break the "slip stream" sure it does but think of the tires, the extra miles and tire wear....when someone is already close to you just, not a thing you should do. This isn't F1.
Blocking....it's cute you keep the position but look like a moron doing it. "Damn dude I was racing you to the line"
Taking odd defensive positions:
What does that mean?
There are "typically 2 racing lines, and when I say racing I mean lines that you race on."
The first is the normal one we all know, it's the fast line the line that gives us the best exit.
The other is the slower competitive line you use to overtake, this line is used to block pass (and if not done well, going in to hot is the switcheroo) and that is a standard racing line "he parked it on the apex" what is not a standard line is parking it in the middle of the track expecting the speed, line and defence. Its poor race craft and just general poor understanding of driving a car fast.
Moving in the braking zone....what does this mean Glen?
It means in race conditions and the expectation of the race is that we are all going one direction as fast as we can that we don't move in or around the braking zone. If you do, you do it once and you take an attacking or defensive line. You don't move across the track to make your line better if you aren't in front.
See my previous comment.
All this said it's clear that casuals aren't bothered and GT Ridge Racer is how they play, but at the overall quality of the peeps on this forum this would be my minimum expectation.
I can wax lyrical about this stuff but stopping now for actual dinne 🤣
