Why would any person ever consider retaliating anything in a race? Most likely the other person does not want to be hitting you any more than you want them hitting you. Most likely an accident. If it was not, retliating aint going to help you as you mentioned. Just race. I encourage all racers to watch a real race before jumping online. If I wipe out or someone wipes me out I wait till its clear to join the track, etc... I could probably go bashing more folks and gain more dr but why do I want to race against a higher dr if I am not? Sorry, I just hate hearing about some "retaliating". It just makes no sense to me.
Well I'm just getting started but it seems like a cool game to me. Play it a time or two and if you dont like it still put something else in.
I sincerely wish everyone was as courteous as you are, its refreshing to hear. That was my mindset when
I started GTS. I'd go out of my way to NOT mess up anybody else's race and keep a high SR. Unfortunately a lot of the people who play this game don't see it that way. It seems like most races have 2 or 3 D-Bags with a (win at all cost) mentality who have no problem taking out anybody in front of them, no honor, no shame, just win. Seeing the same guys doing this over and over again gets really old after awhile.
I agree with you that a lot of contact is accidental and I'm guilty of that too from time to time.
Sometimes its just a lack of inexperience, sometimes (like in my case) Ill lose focus and forget
what turn is coming up, sometimes Ill be distracted by my dog freaking out cause someone's
walking by the house. I get all that and take it into consideration before I lose my cool.
Everybody wants to win every once in awhile, so eventually you'll probably get tired of doing things
the right way just to have wins stolen in the last turn by dirty and reckless drivers.
I'm not saying you have to be dirty to win. I still try to race as clean as possible and would rather
finish 2nd or 3rd in a clean competitive race then win by putting someone in the wall, that's not
a real win IMO.
I'm finally at the point where SR doesn't mean much anymore since all it takes some clown bumping
you from behind in the straits and your SR crashes, so what's the point? The penalty system doesn't
know who to penalize half the time and the dirty drivers seem to be good at exploiting it.
Its not a perfect world. There's a lot of good drivers that play this game the right way and unfortunately
there's plenty who don't, it wears you down. Like I said, when you see the same people doing the same
thing race after race its intentional. I don't know if retaliation does any good at all, or if it makes the
guilty reconsider their driving style. I doubt it, but it sure feels good to plant one into the wall just to
take away another win he would've had but didn't deserve, SR be dammed.
I know it probably sounds childish and immature but sometimes an eye for an eye is appropriate
and necessary for your own peace of mind.
