How about being able to complain about a driver and if they receive 3 or more complaints within 24 hours they are forced to race with a special paint job for 24 hours?
I would do something like this: you get a certain amount of complaints, you are forced to race as a ghost and, whenever you're not in last position, your car will apply full brakes until you get passed by everyone. This way you'll get humiliated by finishing last no matter what you do. The first time this will apply for 10 races, the second time 20, etc.. Oh, and you'll have to actually finish the race, It won't be counted until you are back in the lobby after the race. Obviously this system would require a dedicated staff checking replays to make sure the function is not abused by trolls.
Man, that's just cruel... I like it.
I'm instead just fine with intentional ghosting.
Oh yeah definitely. From the online races I have been in before, it should be 10. It is that bad.This is a BIG issue.
I enjoy playing this game, and it satisfies my competitive spirit. I stay away from online races most of the time though, and stick to time trials because of the amount of carnage.
I have successfully achieved first place, and podiums but not without dueling to the death with another racer. there is no doubt that many players just want a good clean race, but I have yet to have one.
A simple fix would be to penalize by making the players ghosts with a power restriction for a range of 5-25 seconds. That would teach them.