Think i might be coming to the end of my time with GT Sport online, i really do.
I've been thinking about getting online with it for ages and after a good month or so I was pretty happy with things. Yes you get the odd bad race with morons pinging you off everywhere and seemingly more bothered about ruining your race than actually focusing on their own, but this week in Sardegna B II has been an absolute nightmare and a complete waste of time. (And what is with the 2-2.5 sec penalty on the last corner if you seemingly touch the blue part of the curb....!!! i got pushed/banged out wide there, lost two places and then get a penalty while those that caused it and gained places got nothing......!!!!!!)
I like to think i'm ok at the game, I only use a controller and stick with auto gears, and i know that will always limit where i could possibly get to with it. I'd managed to steadily climb to near the top of DR B, just over 27k points and was hopeful of reaching DR A in the near future, but this week has tanked my points down to the low 20's.
Generally this week i'm starting near the back of the grid, no higher than 10th this week so far, which is fair enough, i normally make it in to the top half or at least make several places, but this weeks races have been so brutal, just when i'd hoped the standard would have got better the closer i got to DR A
Had 4 races the other evening and in each one was taken out on the first lap within the first 4 corners. none of these were innocent nudges wide or taps from behind that send you deep in to the corner thus losing time, they were all full on ramming missions that generally ended with me spinning round or heading backwards to the gravel...
If the person behind is faster i'll try to defend the corner fairly and always try and leave room on the outside\inside so i'm not running them out of track, but as soon as they get by they do the opposite, even turning left in a right hand corner just to push you off... others try and get by for a few corners and then just result to bumping you off at the next braking zone... dont get me started on those that cant even drive in a straight line down the start\finish and are somehow magnetically attracted to my car...
Perhaps it was the 'evening crew' that just like to smash about on it, so i tried a quick race at lunchtime... exactly the same, he couldnt get by for a few corners so in the next hard braking zone up the chuff he comes and in to the gravel i go...
so im now seriously thinking about staying off this until GT7 is out and seeing if that is any better, although rumours are it wont be...
Its nice to build up the DR points, but does that really matter, not really.... I just want to have good, close, enjoyable racing but as things are at the moment it seems like that is the last thing you will get on GT Sport.....
Rant over....