These two statements contradict each other. You took a shot at a pass and for some reason decided the "risk" was worthy of braking well beyond what you, or the car, was capable of. You were going to completely miss the apex even if you had stayed on the brake pedal as you should have done. As stated before, you were never going to make that corner. An attempt to pass in that spot may generally be at low risk, but you did not handle it appropriately, first by braking way too late, then compounding it by letting off the brake after the initial braking, and then piling into the wall and collecting him with you. His late block (and the ones against other players on laps before) was certainly wrong, but I don't see anything you did here correctly. Your move and desperate attempt to overtake was just as deliberate as his move. Two wrongs do not make a right.
Yes it is a low risk corner because there is no run off space as opposed to a corner with a sand trap, where I was punted. And if you observe his previous laps with me trailing you'll notice he went off at that corner twice, hence deciding on that corner. I already stated I was braking late so I can at least get passed him. That spot is extremely wide going into the corner, driving line was on the far left. I get that there is strategy for defending your spot, that will be a difficult grey area.
You claim this corner was a low risk passing opportunity, yet you shorted the corner on Lap 4, were decent on Lap 5, way short on Lap 6, overshot the corner on Lap 7, came up way short on Lap 8, slid the back end out on Lap 9, came up super short on Lap 10, and then way overshot on Lap 11. This would be low risk for someone consistent, but to try and claim that a pass there would be easy is reaching, because your braking and line on that corner is a gamble at best.
Again, have a long ways to go, that being my 3rd nations cup race, but he was having a way more difficult time running off a few times. Mentioned before he went off at that corner and ghost, where I never did, hence the best corner to pass on.
There is not a single person so far who agrees with your perspective. Perhaps the problem is with your perspective, and not a matter of "ethics" in others. No one is defending his punting of you later on, but we agree that your maneuver was ill advised.
Not an accurate assumption, there's more of a chance of people replying in a thread that disagree then there is someone that agrees and doesn't bother to reply because it would be irrelevant or doesn't get much attention, which is what you appear to be doing.
Further, your immediate shifting to 1st or 2nd gear simply makes the rear of your car unstable into the braking zone, making your cornering ability completely inconsistent and sliding the back end out for no reason. This is not how you should be braking into a corner, you should not be pinging off the fuel cutoff on the rev limiter through the braking zone. This really needs some serious work.
I agree, that's a skill I'm working on with trail braking. It's exceptionally difficult when you have a short braking zone with a difficult/slow corner that you're trying to setup for, so I gear down quick to concentrate on my line, and make sure my braking is straight or like you said, the back end gets squirrely. Very few corners I do this on.
You say you're not a pro, and that risk is required to learn. So, what have you learned from this, other than accusing people of ethical issues?
Probably that there's going to be problems with cars defending their position, and that I needed more speed coming off that last curve to make a safe pass. In hindsight I should've been grateful for holding 4th and being so tight to 3rd, so there's less chance of conflict and losing 3+ positions and throwing the rest of my laps off.
