He actually subs to my OF to be honest.
IMHO if you are not along side mid-car OR if you are unsure if the driver knows you are there then it is wise to back off to yield the corner. For your 2nd question, if the outside car initiated the corner on the outside with the intention of coming around you on the outside then it is their responsibility to continue the pass on the outside and is not entitled to coming down to the inside corner. Just my opinion which are like AXXHXXXs, everyone has one. Anyone else have any thoughts?
My only opinion is as long as you continue to hold the inside line and don't drive wide closing them out it's all good.
I think you hold your line and make them work for it.
Hmmmm, what did you do to your mirror? Well, we all make mistakes in life.
Sounds exactly like my racing day yesterday! My quali time is comparable to yours, and I'm also fighting at the back. My highest track position was 5th. What lap time can you achieve during the race? Due to making mistakes (track limits!) or having to take avoiding actions I mostly ran 2:02 or 2:03. A full 3 seconds slower than qualifying. That doesn't get you to the front of the field. At rare occasions I drove a 2:00 minutes lap (and saw that at that point I was catching the drivers in front).Finally broke two minutes for a Race C QT, with a 1:59.752 in the NSX. Needs some more work. Kinda wish PD went with the more stable NA2, but no worries... time to take the plunge into some races*.
The racing was mostly clean, but that slipstream was ridiculous. It made people who had no business making passes, making passes... like me. 😅
Speaking of ridiculous: I often found myself behind cars that went off track multiple times without a penalty, but if I so much as breathed on a barrier, I'd have to eat 1.5 seconds. 😤
Race 1: Started P11. Went wide at Turn 1 on the first lap to avoid wrecking a Diablo. It was all downhill from there. Finished a lonely P14 (last, after DNFs).
Race 2: Started P10. Bonked a Ford GT harder than I thought and ate a 4.0 second penalty. Finished P10.
Race 3: Started P12. Got murdered by a Ford GT that someone pinballed off the barriers at The Boot. Finished P14.
Race 4: Started P11. Was going well until Turn 10 on the last lap, when a slow Mazda, an opportunistic LFA, and an F40 in the right place at the right time cost me a better finish. Not happy with my P10.
Race 5: Started P8. Got frustrated trying to pass a slow Mazda on the last lap, so I oversteered out of Turn 7 and into the barriers, like a moron. Limped home to finish P13 (last, after DNFs).
Race 6: Started P11. Slow traffic going up the back straight on the first lap. Got pushed wide going into Turn 6 by an F40. Not satisfied with my recovery to a P10, despite finishing higher than I started.
*Dramatic Re-enactment:
Your unkind words towards those who are not as lucky as you to be fully able-bodied, just like me, has awoken something inside of me... My current global rank may give you a clue as to what, lol 😂 That being said, I will not rest until I avenge my people and move you off your perch! Or until my foot gives in! 🤪
I'm in a similar situation, with my race pace being a good bit slower than my qualifying times. In clean air at The Glen, I was running mid 2:01s, with rare bumps up to mid 2:02s, and dips down to mid 2:00s.
Personally, I knew it was only a matter of time before he admitted to being possessed by an alien.
