04-23-2019, 02:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-23-2019, 02:34 PM by Dennis Ipenburg.)
I see in pretty much every race drivers dive exceptionally deep in a desperate move to overtake the driver in front of them. Something that here would be translated as divebombing.
-Showing up in a race with 0 experience - isn't this why SRS has different classes?! How often does it really happen? And obviously that NEVER happens in real races, so why on earth do you think I'd confuse incident free with clean? Obviously I do not.
-Divebombing. Another one of those popular terms, that only very few understand. When one driver overtakes another driver by braking exceptionally late, and there's a little contact when he makes the move stick, the average player here screams and shouts that he divebombed him, illegal blabla.
People also seem to be under the impression that any form of contact is forbidden in racing. It actually isn't. Knocking/pushing someone off track is. Contact however isn't.
Also bear in mind, that many people here drive with a huge difference in quality of hardware. Someone who drives around with loadcell brakes can brake a lot more accurate - and therefore often later -than someone who plays with standardish paddles. The difference in quality is huge, compared to 'real racing'. That makes it much more difficult to estimate the braking point of the car you're chasing. especially in hard braking zones. These are all things to keep in mind, before you start calling other drivers jackasses, only because you don't fully understand what actually happened or why.
Also, the driver who's being knocked off track by someone who made a move by exceptional deep braking, should always ask themselves what they did to contribute to the incident.
Check this video from 0:38 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSS-guKXQJY
You see Ricciardo in a Red Bull chasing Vettel in his Ferrari. You see Ricciardo break very (too) deep. Vettel moves in and there's contact. Who's to blame?
It may be a surprise to you that Vettel was penalized after the race, for moving under braking. However, here most people would call Ricciardo's move a divebomb
-Showing up in a race with 0 experience - isn't this why SRS has different classes?! How often does it really happen? And obviously that NEVER happens in real races, so why on earth do you think I'd confuse incident free with clean? Obviously I do not.
-Divebombing. Another one of those popular terms, that only very few understand. When one driver overtakes another driver by braking exceptionally late, and there's a little contact when he makes the move stick, the average player here screams and shouts that he divebombed him, illegal blabla.
People also seem to be under the impression that any form of contact is forbidden in racing. It actually isn't. Knocking/pushing someone off track is. Contact however isn't.
Also bear in mind, that many people here drive with a huge difference in quality of hardware. Someone who drives around with loadcell brakes can brake a lot more accurate - and therefore often later -than someone who plays with standardish paddles. The difference in quality is huge, compared to 'real racing'. That makes it much more difficult to estimate the braking point of the car you're chasing. especially in hard braking zones. These are all things to keep in mind, before you start calling other drivers jackasses, only because you don't fully understand what actually happened or why.
Also, the driver who's being knocked off track by someone who made a move by exceptional deep braking, should always ask themselves what they did to contribute to the incident.
Check this video from 0:38 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSS-guKXQJY
You see Ricciardo in a Red Bull chasing Vettel in his Ferrari. You see Ricciardo break very (too) deep. Vettel moves in and there's contact. Who's to blame?
It may be a surprise to you that Vettel was penalized after the race, for moving under braking. However, here most people would call Ricciardo's move a divebomb