I was told that the Japanese flag with no visible driver meant a GT / PD employee was watching to make sure no illegal stuff was going on, ie hacking. No idea how true that really is. In fact, it sounds pretty bogus, but just passing it along. Maybe see if snopes.com has anything on it
Also, I was looking at the main
SNAIL Racing League thread list. It shows your avatar/icon on the threads you've posted. If you hover over the image, it tells you how may posts you've made in that thread. Pretty interesting. I'm sure there are some bigger numbers out there, but as of this post, my total is:
1,810