[Jim C Russell]

The Toyota series is a straight up shit show currently. I'd say at least 3 individuals that I've seen in multiple races in the time slot I race in either have no clue that AC is not Burnout, or they don't care. And because the car is slow there's not a lot of safe passing opportunities when folks are literally running others off the road trying to maintain a position. The only success I've had in the series is to qualify near the top, block the mid pack from dive bombing t1, and then just pull away and hot lap for 20 minutes. Frankly I've had more fun getting spun out lap 1 and attempting to pass the back field than I did getting 4th with no incidents. Something does not compute.

I usually only defend with people I know and have raced with before, the others I let go by as more often than not its crash to pass.  Frankly its getting pretty tiresome, especially with the 'slower' cars as the fast cars tend to weed out the field after the 1st lap if you survive T1.  My wish list, a prequal for each series where no drivers allowed that can't beat the 100% AI time with min 5 good laps in succession for all track/car combos...and rubber bumpers!  I practice with my teammate in SRS mode to get used to the crazy aggression often found at the track. Good racing to you all!
jim