Yea that is a mystery for shureWhere in the world does Lopez' five second penalty come from?!
Also, just from a general racing perspective (but feel free to take this as a biased opinion if you wish), in the Goodwood race, is the car ahead and on the inside heading into the first part of a chicane supposed to have the right of way? Is it not proper racing etiquette for the outside car to forgive the position?
Let's take a look at the replay...
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Seemed like a BS move, Sugawara was clearly beat but didn't want to give up the place. And then the Repechage happened.
Bad weekend for Brooks, and today was his birthday. He's gotta be livid.
All in all the event left a bitter side taste of miserable stewart performance and N300 car lottery again.
You can't let someone get away with a 2 sec penalty (if even given) when he rams somebody else off to nowhere and destroys his Live Event. This is not a normal Motorsport series where everybody can race next week again. Here being ruined is way more worse. Maybe that guy will not make it again this year to an event for some reason and therefore it was his only 1 chance or so.
I don't know what the makers think what kind of race people want to see, but when I want to see punting and ramming I can play Forza or open a wreckfest lobby or whatever.
If I was a top player I would reconsider if I'm willingly to give that much effort again to live events where still to many things are depending on luck or whatever.
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Seemed like a BS move, Sugawara was clearly beat but didn't want to give up the place. And then the Repechage happened.
Bad weekend for Brooks, and today was his birthday. He's gotta be livid.
It wasn't the last corner of the race though, there was still another lap remainingIt's the last corner of the race (iirc) and he's side by side with Brooks. I would try to be side by side till the finish line as well. He wasn't beaten by means, but a bit naïve for not closing the inside line for sure.
But they both had to brake a lot more to make it happen without the one on the outside going off track.
On that note, didn't Sagawara got punted off in the repechage race by Hizal too? Or was it someone else? Can't remember the names.
It wasn't the last corner of the race though, there was still another lap remaining
He's still 4th so no, brooks had to let the paceLet's take a look at the replay...
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Seemed like a BS move, Sugawara was clearly beat but didn't want to give up the place. And then the Repechage happened.
Bad weekend for Brooks, and today was his birthday. He's gotta be livid.
Then we have the Grand Final. I would've had a heart attack if I was in that race, it was ridiculous. Lopez jumps Fraga in the pits and both are on the hard tyre whilst Latkovski is rapidly gaining on them on the soft tyre. Latkovski should've won it. He played his strategy right and was in a prime position but got stuffed over by a slowing Lopez. That's what kicked everything off. Fraga was right on Latkovski's arse and pushed him whilst exiting the corner as they were backed up behind Lopez. Fraga got lucky as Latkovski failed to keep himself together. Latkovski gave away a certain victory and that makes it all feel soo much worse.
PD is not trying to find the fastest player or the best strategist. They’re looking for the best racing driver... and it’s working.
A lot of dick moves were made by people who should know better in these events. You do not go through the last chicane at Goodwood side-by-side, unless you want a stupid accident and lose places. Lopez literally jumped to the opposite side of the track to defend from Fraga on Nurburgring rather aggressively, Hizal drilled Sugawara on the Red Bull Ring and caused a huge mess, Rubilar lost his **** and whacked poor Andrew Brooks, who's races were ruined by idiot driving. It's rubbish. Rubilar should've been disqualified instantly for such a dick move. If I were the stewards, I would tell him to get stuffed for his childish behaviour. Then we have the Grand Final. I would've had a heart attack if I was in that race, it was ridiculous. Lopez jumps Fraga in the pits and both are on the hard tyre whilst Latkovski is rapidly gaining on them on the soft tyre. Latkovski should've won it. He played his strategy right and was in a prime position but got stuffed over by a slowing Lopez. That's what kicked everything off. Fraga was right on Latkovski's arse and pushed him whilst exiting the corner as they were backed up behind Lopez. Fraga got lucky as Latkovski failed to keep himself together. Latkovski gave away a certain victory and that makes it all feel soo much worse.
Imagine that you are the creator of a racing game. And imagine that one of the greatest designers/engineers of all time in Formula 1 (Adrian Newey) has created an exclusive car for you...My other nitpick: Why does it always have to be the Red Bulls for the Final race of Nations? Why not go with the Super Formulas? Or maybe the GT3 cars for guys who may be better with lower downforce cars to get a victory?
Yes Lakowski was on the soft tire but that’s another thing which is a bit frustrating: We don’t know his tire wear because they hide it. They show a bunch of redundant information cluttering up the screen and we still miss out on important information.A lot of dick moves were made by people who should know better in these events. You do not go through the last chicane at Goodwood side-by-side, unless you want a stupid accident and lose places. Lopez literally jumped to the opposite side of the track to defend from Fraga on Nurburgring rather aggressively, Hizal drilled Sugawara on the Red Bull Ring and caused a huge mess, Rubilar lost his **** and whacked poor Andrew Brooks, who's races were ruined by idiot driving. It's rubbish. Rubilar should've been disqualified instantly for such a dick move. If I were the stewards, I would tell him to get stuffed for his childish behaviour. Then we have the Grand Final. I would've had a heart attack if I was in that race, it was ridiculous. Lopez jumps Fraga in the pits and both are on the hard tyre whilst Latkovski is rapidly gaining on them on the soft tyre. Latkovski should've won it. He played his strategy right and was in a prime position but got stuffed over by a slowing Lopez. That's what kicked everything off. Fraga was right on Latkovski's arse and pushed him whilst exiting the corner as they were backed up behind Lopez. Fraga got lucky as Latkovski failed to keep himself together. Latkovski gave away a certain victory and that makes it all feel soo much worse.