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Sun Jan 10, 2016 11:25 am
Re: Automation Live for Speed Race - The Rematch
The thing is, all the events are for fun, like with pretty much all simracing, with the exception of very high level stuff like the iRacing pro series.
And I would like to add that even in the rallycross event you should not divebomb or do other extremely late braking manoeuvers that end up taking people out sometimes. The typical rallycross shenanigans like going 3 wide door to door in the second dirt part or a little love tap on the rear bumper is fine, crashing into someone hard enough to send him offtrack is not.
I would also add in your very specific case that you have a fairly high ping, which results in you warping on the track (at least from my PoV), so you should try to make sure you leave a decent amount of space between you and others to prevent crashes caused by lag.
And I would like to add that even in the rallycross event you should not divebomb or do other extremely late braking manoeuvers that end up taking people out sometimes. The typical rallycross shenanigans like going 3 wide door to door in the second dirt part or a little love tap on the rear bumper is fine, crashing into someone hard enough to send him offtrack is not.
I would also add in your very specific case that you have a fairly high ping, which results in you warping on the track (at least from my PoV), so you should try to make sure you leave a decent amount of space between you and others to prevent crashes caused by lag.
) shot the tires by lap 10 and he had to fight for grip in the corners, which is reflected by worsening laptimes. I started to gain on him and when when we were approaching the starting grid during lap 17, with bumpers literally centimetres apart, he encountered a sudden G27 reset. Very unlucky! He went into the left side barrier at an 30 deg. angle which messed up his front left suspension affecting laptimes and letting me take the lead. Up to this point I had no failures whatsoever, suspension in perfect nick and tyres worn evenly, but I had my five minutes of horror as well. Somewhere around lap 18 or 19 I was approaching KLinardo's black XFG, preparing to overtake. He had a blue flag so he let me pass and I did so without any problem at the right corner concluding the long straight. However, he seemed unhappy with such turn of events and at the last left corner before the grid area at lap 20 he used the Force against me casting a spell 'this is not the racing line you are looking for' 
which knocked me out of focus. I took the corner a bit too early, hit the inside curb, launched in the air and performed a stunning corkscrew across the whole width of the track, landing on the green. Lucky enough, I drew a joker and landed proper side up so I could continue remaining ten laps, unfortunately with right side suspension completely collapsed. After two careful laps I kind of got used to new handling situation and decided not to pit as repairing such heavy damage would take a lot of time costing me falling into 3rd place. The car felt very wobbly and loose, I was losing 2-2,5 seconds each lap. Fortunately, most corners go right so the almost untouched left side suspension coped with them pretty well, just had to do it gently. During last few laps a fierce battle between two crippled cars took place. Maras managed to pass but eventually he lost his pace again (tyres?) and at the long straight of the final lap I regained the lead and took it to the finish.
