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EDIT: I forgot to mention, that in the room I spend most of my time, if someone from anywhere other then Australia or New Zealand joins they will be kicked. This is not a racism thing, but to reduce lag. So in future, if you see "AUS" in a room title and get kicked straight away, it's nothing personal, it's just to reduce lag.
Hmm.. Well I've been in a lot of the same rooms you have (the other night for example) and I can certainly say that racism is a part of it. Lag might be the leading reason but the comments that sometimes go along with the kicking leave no doubt about it.
Plus ignorance is a part of it also. Players from countries that might not produce much lag at all get booted just because the host does not recognize the flag or does not realize the distances involved. For example Asian flags always get kicked yet we can race with most Asian countries just fine with minimal lag.
On the flip side I quite often get booted on sight from many Japanese rooms. It is really annoying and certainly racist. Just last night I joined a race right as the countdown timer had started. I raced clean with no significant lag and it was a great race. I was booted immediately after. I can read some Japanese and often see the words foreigner and kick together before I get booted.
Funny this topic comes up now as just last night I was asked by an American we he always gets kicked from Aussie rooms. I just told him 'because of lag and the fact that we are a racist country'. Its all too true.