I have just turned off my console for the night having ended the evening with two races against three other drivers who were quite simply “CLEAN”!
What a pleasure it is to race against others who you can trust to not only “not” turn into you on the straights but they will also adjust their braking and racing line so that there is no contact in the corners either. I feel a little guilty for saying on another thread that a lot of drivers who are not deliberate rammers can have poor race craft as the following three racers have just renewed my faith that good, clean racers are perhaps not quite so rare.
I try very hard to race clean even at times spinning out myself or hitting the grass rather than another racer. I would rather finish mid pack and clean than first and bullying my way yo the front. In the event I do make contact I will let them regroup while waiting so they at least keep the position over me. Others may pass but I will stay behind them as that’s not how I want yo get the position. After going again we can once again race for. the spot. If I get it I want it clean. There are however yimes where I see a car closing in on me fast so I go wide in a corner to give them the inside and they already committed to the outside and contact is made. I sometimes get mixed up looking back as to which side they are on as it is reversed in the rear veiw ( Y button ). But I will never crash someone unless they raced me dirty, then it will not crash them but I also will not yield to them. I will hold my line too. They can pass. Cleanly but will earn it
I was in a race this morning and a guy had to hit me several times in order to get past. I messaged him to ask why he kept hitting me and he replied - “For 1st place. If you don’t win your a loser!” Stunning attitude so I told him I would rather race using talent than cheat.
There are good racers out there. It’s just tough to find a bunch of them in the same public lobby.
Try a league like Virtual Motorsports if you never have, I guarantee you’ll have a lot of fun. A 20 lap race with a full field of 16, sim damage, and no wrecks aside from what one may expect from a hard day racing is a great thing to be a part of.
I had tons of fun in VM series, my career these days unfortunately keeps me from participating. For those who can make the time, I highly recommend it.
VM is a really good series, I have been partaking myself, the lobbies aren’t usually that full though, there’s usually about 11 or so in a race but you’re racing against people of your skill level due to the qualifying before hand, really good and competitive.
Met a few new players last night that were clean as well. They were not quick but were very good at racing side by side.
Even had a nurb race were I messed up a lot, caught the leaders at the end and had a nice battle for the win. I lost by 0.003 seconds. Wanted to save the replay but found out the game allows only a few. Kinda sucked.