[Maurice Klerken]

I agree that the penalty system is harsh, but there are a couple of major problems that no penalty system can solve:

• There's no way for any automated system to fairly judge fault in a collision. Only human stewards can do that. And no one has time for that.
  
• No penalty system is going to work against people who simply don't care. We have many people who want to win not only races, but championships, but we have many more who are just here to jump in and race, consequences be damned. You even saw this with professional drivers in officially-sanctioned events in 2020, so it's not going to be better with a bunch of blokes in basements here.
  

Further, IIRC part of the philosophy here is that SRS doesn't want to require more mods than they have to, in order to keep the barrier of entry as low as possible. So a system like Real Penalty, while good for private leagues who can impose whatever standards they want, is likely to be too much overhead, particularly given how many car and track mods you already have to deal with as a member. (And before you say "What about SRS Skin app", it's not required in order to race.)

So yes, all good ideas, but all have been mentioned in the past and explored.

On your first point.
An automated system wont fairly judge the collision. That what the protest system is for.

Second point:
If you do have people that don't care, they will get reported. Like it is now. If they collide too much, they will be placed in split 2, with my proposition.
What also could work, is that the rating system in SRS could be overhauled. Say you have a high incident rating, your general rating should be much lower. And therefore, you wont be placed in split 1.