Whats your opinion on blocking?

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bad sport or all good

  • its un sporting and a bit naff

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  • its all part of racing and perfectly ok

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If they're obviously much faster, let them by. If it's a heated battle between similar cars/drivers, blocking is alright IMO.
If they've clearly got you beat though, don't try to block.
 
One attempt at blocking per lap is fine, anything more is just poor sportsmanship. I always move to one side if i realise the car behind me is faster and it's pointless trying to block it. The amount of times i've tried to make a clean pass only to be side swiped and spun off is getting ridiculous and it ruins gameplay totaly.
 
Blocking is like driving slow in the fast/passing lane in real life. It's very bad etiquette and should be avoided.
 
It depends entirely on speed. If they you are evenly matched it's OK. If they are obviously faster let them through on the next straight.
 
Depends. My opinion on blocking isn't nearly as strong as my opinions about punting, body slamming, etc. Blocking other cars which have a clear passing advantage is rude, but not really as serious an issue as punting & pushing other cars around. It's annoying to be blocked, and I've been blocked in online races for sure, but my opinion is as long as there's no heavy contact, I have no problem trying to out-maneuver the blocker.

Real-life, you can possibly be penalized, fined, or banned for repeatedly blocking another car, depending on the race series and its rules. Personally, I tend not to block other cars unless I am racing with friends who are getting a little dirty. Getting around my friends who block is just another challenge to me.

If I'm racing against strangers, I generally don't block (not intentionally) because I'd rather somebody pass me cleanly than me get punted by some asshole. Me deferring to the faster car is a sign (just as it is IRL) that I'm okay if you pass me. Just no forced contact, please!
 
1 block per lap 👍 Unless it's the Nurburgring, in which case 2 or three should be ok.
Any more is weaving and that is bad. However making your car as 'wide' as possible (driving in the middle of the track so they can't get past) is just good defensive driving.
 
If someone is much faster than you then its a bit pointless, its likely to end up worse for both drivers. If you're on equal pace then good defensive driving is ok, but in reality you should be doing your best to increase your own pace rather than to stop the other car passing, as all you will be doing is making both cars drive slower.

Clean racing is fun racing.
 
I never block, at all. But if I hold the lead, I won't just let someone pass.

I don't find it wrong for others to do limited blocking on me though. Excessive blocking, like swerving back and forth is never acceptable.
 
Blocking is alright in my books, provided you're not keeping a much faster car from passing. Also, I don't like people swerving to try to stop me from passing. Those people usually end up in the wall because they're looking back and missed the BP.
 
It depends on how you block. Swerving to prevent overtaking is just stupid and causes more harm to the one doing it than normal driving would.

Personally I tend to run lines on straights that force the driver behind to either go kamikaze on the outside and risk crashing with two wheels on the grass or to take a line so far to the inside that I'll take the place back at corner exit thanks to a shallower turning angle. During the actual cornering with me leading, well, if the driver behind can get past my car occupying the inside line with the tail occasionally hanging out to leave even less room, all attempts are welcome.

It just struck me that I described defensive driving instead of blocking but some may see it as blocking so all good...
 
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Best advice would be to you try to watch the race (2008 MotoGP Laguna Seca)

Rossi blocked Stoner in any possible way they also banged bodywork quite bit, nor Rossi was punished or penalized for clearly blocking his opponent , tho he did won a rival for life!

Rossi knew that Stoner was MUCH faster , he knew if Stoner passed him the race was over , to many saw the race unfair , others saw as the best MotoGp battle in recent times!


Myself if I'm in the lead ill block and make my car as big as I can on the track , often make the car behind to go around (outside line) , controling the pace is part of racing

the only problem is most of the online racers somewhat know how to pass BUT most don't know how to be passed , and because of that an accident (aka taking out) occuours.


Fine line for sure!
 
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Best advice would be to you try to watch the race (2008 MotoGP Laguna Seca)

Rossi blocked Stoner in any possible way they also banged bodywork quite bit, nor Rossi was punished or penalized for clearly blocking his opponent , tho he did won a rival for life!

Rossi knew that Stoner was MUCH faster , he knew if Stoner passed him the race was over , to many saw the race unfair , others saw as the best MotoGp battle in recent times!


Myself if I'm in the lead ill block and make my car as big as I can on the track , often make the car behind to go around (outside line) , controling the pace is part of racing

the only problem is most of the online racers somewhat know how to pass BUT most don't know how to be passed , and because of that an accident (aka taking out) occuours.


Fine line for sure!
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I wouldn't say Rossi was blocking intentionally. He was so much better on the brakes than Stoner. So he used this to his advantage, as he said in interview after. Stoner could only get past on a straight which there isn't alot off at Laguna. When Stoner did get past Rossi immediately responded as he knew if Casey got clean air he would run away with it. Think also Rossi was playing with him too see if he would break.... and he did. Just my opinion.

Sure Casey wasn't happy with Rossi's tactics but at the end off the day it's not a knitting competition.
 
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I think only time where it is fair is on the last lap where finish line is just ahead and u see the guy behind u is catching up and u just can't risk it so u have to swerve to make sure he doesnt pass u and u win. I no it's a dick move but I'm sure everyone woulda done the same
 
I guess that makes more sense. I've not seen that race though, I don't watch MotoGP.

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I think only time where it is fair is on the last lap where finish line is just ahead and u see the guy behind u is catching up and u just can't risk it so u have to swerve to make sure he doesnt pass u and u win. I no it's a dick move but I'm sure everyone woulda done the same
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You'd be wrong. I've never even considered it. Such a move should be penalized.
 
I think what we have to take into consideration that even during the best of times, there's always an element of lag involved in online racing. And combined with the lack of peripheral vision and the exaggerated slipstream effect, most of the time it's simply not possible to have the kind of close, tight knit racing as one might see in real life. In that sense, one could even argue that having a close battle, in an online sim is potentially more difficult than it is in real life because of the uncertainly created and question of WHERE the cars really are and not just where they appear to be.

As such, I don't think it's really fair to block because this can often lead to unwanted contact, crashes and accidents, that were not really intentional but regrettable none-the-less. If you're racing for position, it doesn't mean you have to give the position away or compromise your lines if somebody faster comes up behind you. And it's up to the person behind to pass you cleanly and without contact. But I don't believe in weaving, swerving, brake checking, etc. The most effective way to 'block' somebody is to simply drive faster.
 
I only block people near the finish line, not this game, but on another game.

Nothing wrong with blocking, all you have to do is overtake them at the corner...

In the game I play, I do that, or I just overtake with boost while out of their rear-view mirror's field of vision.
 
Obviously the best thing is to drive fast and run away from others but if you can't and the cars behind is closing in. It is absolutely fair to block and defend your position. However you are not supposed to move zig- zag way or create any crashing situation. Try to make it difficult for the others to overtake and make them take risk
 
In GT5, due to the absolutely idiotic draft levels, it's not very nice to block someone who's going around 20km/h faster than you, especially if he/she's just about to pass you:ouch:

Now with a 5km/h speed difference, it matters less.
 
Zig-zag is one thing (dangerous, of course, but a definite speed bleed for the offending driver).

But what bugs me is the guys who drive in the middle of the road when I'm approaching from the rear with a 10-20mph closure, and then they step on the brakes, causing all of the traffic behind to close up.

Makes me want to drive my Ram1500 right up their tail...
 
Depends on exactly what is meant by "blocking" I suppose. Making a single move on a straight to take away the line that your pursuer would ideally like to use to get by is perfectly fine. Taking a tight inside defensive line that makes your opponent try to hold a difficult outside line is also perfectly fine. You can do this as many times per lap as there are corners or straights.

Moving back in front of an opponent who you've already forced to take a different line once however is considered unfair in most any series. Likewise if you move off of a defensive line to get in his way, you can't then go back to it for the corner, it's his -- you gave it to him and should have considered that before you made the move.

Basically what it boils down to is that the car in front has the right to choose which side the pass attempt will have to be made. In some real world series, moving off of your line at all in response to what the car behind you does is a no-go, but I think most do recognize the "1 move" idea as fair.

Under no circumstances are you ever required to simply let someone by, just because they think they are faster. Even if they can run a lap 10 seconds faster than you, if they cant find enough of that speed to get by you on a less-than-perfect line, that's their problem. Just don't weave around, don't bump or push, and if they make a move that you don't see coming in time, don't try a last second attempt to swerve into their way. Accept that they are in position, and try to maintain the best speed you can while giving them racing room.

EDIT: The Superdraft does complicate matters a bit, but mostly means you need to make a defensive move a little earlier. On a long enough straight there's really nothing you can do to stop someone going by so it's probably best to just let it happen and then try to draft back yourself, or follow and learn where and why they are faster than you.
 
IMO its good to block, but obviously if you're in a Fiat 500 and a GT-R is trying to pass, you should obviously let them by, but if its a heated battle b/w 2 evenly matched cars, say online, go all out to stay in first and win, I mean look what Senna used to do, especially when we was blocking Mansell at Monaco :D
 
I'll try to let the faster car by, but it can be difficult on the 'ring. Sometimes a block isn't really a block though. It's just racing.

The typical penalty for blocking in sports car racing is a drive through penalty. But, it has to be pretty blatant maneuver. Last lap blocking is rarely penalized.
 
I think in video games, excessive blocking has a much worse consequence if they try desperately to block someone. If they try to block someone off who stuck their front bumper past their rear bumper, they're going to cause themselves to fish tail, slowing them down, the other car will just over take them even more easily.

If someone is going much faster I don't bother blocking them, but I don't move out of their way. If they want to cut ahead, they better do it themselves, or give me a nice boost :D
 

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