This is more my point, there doesn't seem to be any contact penalties in this race. It makes it very frustrating because this track happens to be a track where going two wide on the vast majority of corners is a seriously bad idea. It also rewards lunging up the inside of someone because, again, there is no penalty for doing that apparently. There are three tight near 180 degree turns in this race. The optimal strategy if your only goal is to win, is to lunge if someone is in front and use the side of their car to make your turn. There is ZERO penalty for this. I know I've seen penalties given out for this on other tracks so the ability to detect and dole out penalties has to exist.
Another really bad place is the esses, and the straights, you can straight up just push someone into the grass if you're side by side. No penalty, nothing. So the optimal strat is to do that, if your only goal is to win.
I think what I'm saying is that the penalties for this specific track are pretty much garbage for whatever reason. I'm open to admitting it's perception, but it's is so much worse than every other daily race I've done I have a hard time believing it.