I agree but one strange issue is that there seem to be a number of very fast lower level people. I don't know if it's due to DR resets or purposely tanking DR to get wins.
Multiple reasons. If the Kudos prime stats are to be believed, there's still a lot of new players coming to GTS. Some of them will be fast. Also, as I've been saying, practice helps, so some slow people will be getting better through effort. And, yes, some have been punted down to lower ranks, mostly from SR infractions.
For instance, I often get a 3-5 second penalty for knocking people off track. However, I am not actually intentionally knocking people off track. I am on the inside of a slower driver, and that dude decides to turn into me anyway. I'm talking an entire car up along the inside.
Some folks forget that cars don't just disappear.
That contact sends him off track and I get the penalty. Funny thing is that this never happens against A+ drivers. Those guys realize that discretion is the better part of valour and they fight back at another corner. I do the same.
None the less, I've taken SR hits. Then, and this happens a lot at Le Mans, if you are at a low SR and some door knob decided he's going to bump draft you down the Mulsanne, well, you are exiting that race at an SR A.
Dragon Trail is the worst. You take a MASSIVE SR hit for crashing at the bus stop chicane, which also leaves you prone to an accident, which will give you another SR hit. it's also a prime passing opportunity. It's like an SR sinkhole. I won't race that track because one small mistake can leave you screwed from an SR stand point. IIRC the last time that race featured in Race B, I went from A/S to C/B
If your SR drops low enough, you DR goes with it.
I qualified on pole for a daily and a DR A driver had to get by me so bad at the start of the 2nd of 7 laps that he knocks me off track into the sand. I rejoined last and worked my way up to something like 12th out of 15, those are the type of drivers that are irritating.
Yes, yes they are. But that's racing.
You have to manage them just like you manage fuel and tires.
Same day I was matched with another DR A several times over 4-5 races and every race we raced hard swapping spots without contact. I can probably get to DR A but doubt I will make DR A+ so I am always going to be matched with DR B & C drivers.
if you can get to A, then you can get to A+. I still get matched with lower drivers depending on time of day. It's best to try and maintain a 99 point SR. From there, just manage your race.
I always size up the competition going into a race. If there are B drivers behind me, I expect that they will make a banzai move if they are close, so I give it to them. Then, I take the position back later, usually by pressuring them.
My favourite move is to fake an inside dive. I pull to the inside and stick the nose just behind their rear end, not actually along side. Then, I just brake at my normal place or a hair early. Either they concede the corner, or, what many do, is they wait for me to brake, and then brake themselves, which is usually too late. They go off track and I scamper away.
Or, they simply crash trying to maintain a pace ahead of me. If they are really not what the DR indicates, then they will be fast and drive away, which is fine. If they are driving over their heads, they crash.
