I only partially agree with that.
First of all, when do you see a F1 race completely without damage in the first turn?
It's pretty rare. They are professional drivers, and most of us aren't even close to that. Racing is also about judgement and trust in each other. One driver brakes 5 meters early and expects a turn to be taken at 100 km/h and one other brakes 15 meters early and takes it at 80 km/h, you can almost expect contact when racing that close. Real life says we should keep 2 seconds to the car in front, only then it's completely safe. You can not seriously restrict drivers to leave a gap of 2 seconds.
Even if I try not to, I have been quilty of making contact as well with other drivers. And people expect me to drive well, as 'I'm in D1'.
For this to work completely without contact, you'll have to set a corner speed limit of say 100 km/h, while not going any slower than 95 km/h. I can not think of any other possibility (without changing the starting type). And you'll also have to set a minimum and maximum range a driver is allowed to start braking.
Oh, and thanks for the comments. My first controller win.
Sorry, but this is horse****!
* Proffesional drivers? In GT5, most of us who still play GT5 have to be concidered "proffessional" if you ask me. My guess is that we're doing many many more miles of virtual testing than any real life race driver does.
The comparison between real life and GT5 have to stop.
We ARE proffesional in what we do, namely to play GT5.
* Brake early? Yes, if the first, let's say 6 drivers in a pack, slow down a tad early to not hit the guy in front, the 7th driver should also, right?
There's nothing that's "expected" to happen in T1 in GT5 if you ask me.. Oh, the only thing that actually can be expected is a carnage.. sadly..
I always expect that, and guess what, I never cause T1 incidents nowadays.. It happened in the beginning, ofc.. and sometimes by an unforced error.. But ramming the guy ahead of me has never happened.
This is where the "proffessional" part comes in.. I'm not a proffessional real life race driver, but I'm putting my chin out and say that I'm a proffessional GT5 driver. And my guess and experiance from these WRS races si that most are.
* Speed limit? That's like begging for trouble.. What happened to "Just back off, keep your distance, stay out of trouble, do not recieve or give damage, clear lap 1.. then get on with racing when it's safer"?
Trying to push in T1 from a spot in the back of the grid is frowned upon if you ask me. There's no way a driver will succeed.. It have never happened, and never will.
limits in general:
By setting limits (speed, distance for braking etc), you're not seeing what racing is all about. Any situation is unique, and needs to be delt with in unique ways. There's no "set-standard" you can use to enforce/ensure a clean racing enviroment.
* Good cause in "D1"?
WRS divisions and good racecraft are not the same. I've encountered D1 drivers that can't race for ****!
And I know many D4-D5 drivers that are awesome on-line racers.
This is not a pun.. It's my opinions on the matter. T1 incidents is something that we in PURE have tryed to regulate for a long time.. And what it comes down to is to have drivers who's in control, keeps their heads cool, realize that the race is not won in T1 (it's the opposite), respect other drivers positions, and mainly, have an eye for worst case scenarios.. A pesimistic way of racing if you will.. The optimistic (naive) racer always cause T1 carnage..
) it looks like you would have had quite a gap to second.
I really should have pitted.
- minus turn 1, lap 1.
so switched to a 2 stop strategy. But then -- had my big off on lap 9 
, so decided to pit at the end of that lap. I stuck to my 2 stop strategy and pitted again on lap 19, so I did 9/10/11.
One other time, I think I was too close and the dirty air made me lose control towards the beginning of T2 
