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Like total lack of judgement? There is no other explanation for trying to pass in the chicane on the top of the hill in Bathurst as at many other places. Yet it is the fault of the single player where sticking a nose next to the AI is usually effective and encouraged by the game. Got to overtake them all.
What do you guys think of someone driving in the middle of the road on narrow straights to prevent overtakes? It's effective as the trailing car has to drive half in the grass and slows down. I had such a blocker in one of my races yesterday after he bump passed me in lap 1 while I was behind traffic. Penalty system won't do anything about driving like a donkey.
I was passed in that chicane, it was a bold move, and it was only thanks to me not forcing "the issue" that we stayed out of trouble. But even if it was me that was the victim, when i watched the replay i would call it a very aggressive move but still, not a clear cut case of bad driving. And for the next laps he seemed to race clean enough in a tight fight with another car. So it was more a case of taking a wild chance and getting away with it. In the last corner on the last lap i did the same to him and he lost a place, and it goes without saying that i might have been more careful if it weren't for him setting the standards earlier.
The narrow track thing it what makes certain tracks unpassable in real racing and to some extent in GTS where passing on grass is still possible. What you do is make a move and see if the car in front moves to BLOCK, with that move he just used up his defensive maneuvers and the next move will be illegal (unless schumacher situation). Driving in the middle of a narrow track is a valid tactic..