I’m with the excepted racing rules on blocking… and Speed versus grip builds you just have to hope you have enough laps to gain in the see-saw battle if you are in a grip car.
Personally,
I would hold the correct line in most cases and make them pass on the inside of the me (closer to the apex) and late apex as much as possible to get more speed on the straight. Sometimes you have to do the counter intuitive thing and even delay entry into the turns to get enough space to allow a pass at the exit of a turn. You have to imagine where the car your battling is going to be and how it will take the turn and try your best to position your car and timing to take advantage of it…
I was in Honda Civic and a guy was in a camaro and he killed me on the straights but patience and hitting my turns enabled me to catch up allowed me to gain the upper hand. Sooner or later them starting from the inside gives them a terrible exit and it took 2.5 laps to finally get to the turn at Yas after the long straight first… but taking their set up away for a good exit to the straight allows you to lessen their delta on straight line speed at the end of the next straight. If I move to the inside, I stay there and I broad cast it, it is a slow, not abrupt and I don’t wobble, and I leave them the room… But 99% of the time it is just being patient - draft as much as possible and set your car up to take advantage of its strengths. and get as good of exits and take away their’s by making them start the turn on the inside.
Ultimately, it is just patience, hitting your turns and exits, and hoping they don’t. Sometimes you win, sometimes they win, but try not to become unsporting in the process, but rather accept the challenge.
If the tables are reversed - I try to do pretty much the same thing, I try and control the line, and if I have to be on the inside I brake earlier then normal, and try to get the best exit, I can possibly get. But usually it is much easier to control the race in speed car on speed type tracks then the other way around, at least you know where the pass is going to be, and the goal is to take the race line away from them, making them take the outside. ( re reading this- I could see someone thinking that I was blocking them in the turn ( becasue you would be a lot slower than normal at apex - but setting your self up for the best exit is just racing well - not necessarily a blocking move)
If I am holding them up, I usually let them go, by. A little good will goes a long way, considering the majority of who we race against. But if we are even and its a see-Saw battle, I just let it play out. To me it’s fun, to see who wins, whether you can execute - and to be side by side as much as possible. is fun. Just leave room for the other car and have fun and sometimes you have to put space between you and the other car to gain the advantage to pass them. If your opponent looks like the want to block you set them up to block inside, 3 turns or so before the turn to the straight that you want to go by them and pass them on the exit by late apexing -faint the inside let them move - roll back out to outside of the track and late apex and accelerate down the inside of them on the next straight. If they started the turn on the inside they will be on the outside of the exit — so you should have a clear track if time correctly. If it doesn’t work sit in behind them and try again or cede the position. I don’t normally do the bump unless I’m decidedly faster and they have a history of blocking. (Ie I can run 2:10’s and a car has blocked me for 5 laps doing 2:14s… theres a 25% shot of me giving you a love tap - if talking on the mic doesn’t work out and even then I’ll just sit in behind them until I make a mistake or they make a mistake. That’s racing.
The BMW got how many poles this year - great downforce grip car - clearly the fastest around a track at times… but a car with slightly better straight lines speed won more often than not. The can gripe or they can try to change it. (well they can;t really, but we can in Forza)
