[Russell Sobie]

There's no rules anywhere that says you can't join outside of your region. There are Asia races and I'm pretty sure those are all hosted on NA servers. I'm in NA and frequently race on the German-located servers for (my) morning races. If your ping is stable and you have no issues getting and sending enough packets, it's fine. The only folks I see bouncing around are those with poor overall connections (lots of packet loss). Ping really only comes into play in the 250+ range... and again, even then if you are eventually sending and receiving all the information, you can race cleanly with others.