You gain DR by finishing high consistent. Unexperienced or dirty drivers, even if they are fast, will have a harder time gaining DR when they lack consistency. Thats why i said ive seen A S drivers who could be S S if they had a little better racecraft. And i've seen S S who were maybe a little slower but always manage to stay out of trouble and get good finishes.
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Of course, there are occasional idiots but (in general) less the higher you go...
I didnt mean fast when i said good. I mean good car control and experience in wheel to wheel combat and less mistakes made, just good racecraft. Overall the lower tiers will have much less of that. The speed also comes with this experience and car control. I agree on a individual basis this doesnt need to be the case always, but overall it seems like it does. Watch 5 random S/S lobbys versus 5 random C/S lobbys you'll get what i mean.
I agree but with a sidenote that at lower levels racing is more dirty because of less skill, experience and knowledge. Their intentions may not always be bad but they are just not up for the task yet resulting in not so clean races. At the higher levels the dirty drivers are more likely to have dirty intentions or just dont care.
My driver ratings are over rated
iRacing gives penalty's for crossing the white line. PD should implement that in the game as well. Im so used to it i stay within the line even when i am alone on the trackI've complained plenty times about dirty drivers, although nowadays it's more amusement at the nonsense that still happens. I'm mid DR.A max SR.S. Ofcourse you see more complaints from the lower rangers as there are a lot more people in the lower ranges.
Even though skill should be higher at A/S, I was the only one finishing without a penalty on Monza in 6 races yesterday. Every race I witnessed bad driving, 3 races I could not escape it, from dirty blocking, dive bombs, using other cars in corners, corner cutting to overtake, pushing people off the track, to plenty of bumps from behind. Is it less than it was in B/S, maybe. There were more accidents in B/S especially with the crappy matchmaking in that range. However without the accidents the dirty driving stands out more.
That's the A/S way of rejoining the track after the pit! And he got reset after the chicane, 2 places gained, while I got 10sec penalty.
iRacing gives penalty's for crossing the white line. PD should implement that in the game as well. Im so used to it i stay within the line even when i am alone on the track
That was my point... qualify well and you will be ahead of the mayhem. I know only too well how much worse the racing and shunting is having dropped into D and C last weekend, it's horrendous! Even BB is a million times better than CB... I've not seen so much intentional ramming and bumping for ages!
Fair enough, perhaps just do it a few days in order to get the jump up to B or whatever then start varying again. The problem is that by entering races you aren't as good at, you are just going to either drop or remain. I'm not saying just do one event, but just avoid tracks or cars you don't get on with, or races likely to include a lot of penalties/bumping.
