Well, well...
Finally, I tried two races C on my practice account (B/B) just to try and get used to actual racing again.
It was a .....show. Not unexpectedly.
I went with the G70, Digit's very nice tuning (I've missed to purchase the Alfa on that account), and started from pole in my first DR/SR affecting race since about 10 months ago. Decent start, fair battle with P2 for three laps, before he decided to rear-end me to pass in the final double turn before the main straight. Unnecessaryly, because he was slightly quicker than me and could have beat me with an under- or overcut in the pits. This is what it looked like shortly before the incident:
Needless to say, after crawling out of the dirt, I found myself in a tight battle for P 3/4/5, had some good and some bad maneuvers, but finally got shoved into the gravel again. P6 in the end, should have been a podium in a fair race.
Next one, full clown show. Starting from P2, I find myself in a complete destruction derby - everyone against everyone. After the dust settles a bit, I'm chasing P5 for two laps, who then brake checks me on the straight. I wasn't prepared and lost two positions and more than five seconds. In the final lap I caught up to him. He was battling with then P6, now trying to ram and shove everyone in his vicinity into the barriers (twice against yours truly), but picking up 6 seconds of penalties in the process. He even tried to ram me while he was serving the penalty 🤦♂️.
P6 in the end, could have been even worse.
Surprisingly my DR and SR went up in both races. Which is nice, but it will take me some time to get used to that stuff and be better prepared.