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Originally Posted by ckissick
How polite do you have to be in internet racing, and how is it policed? I've only raced on Gran Turismo and often use the car in front of me as a guard rail on turns, at least in races where you're not penalized for contact. I wouldn't think this would be cool on the internet, but then again, no one really gets hurt and breaks their car. So how are overly aggressive drivers handled?
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Perhaps Carmad will give details, but basically this is a simulator, not an arcade game. Purposely wrecking won't be tolerated by the governing body nor by your peers. We know no one really gets hurt and it's a simulated car, but this is serious stuff that is supposed to mirror real life, so if you are asking can you bounce off other cars to aid your turning ability, then you don't understand the simulator concept. You develop a racing reputation among your peers, just as you would at your local track.
Carmad mentioned you don't advance if you don't achieve a safety rating. We used to call them incidents points and you could be charged whether you started the wreck or just got caught up in someone else's mess.
It's easy to look at replays during yellows and find the offending driver. Today's software can probably do it all. We actually had to police our own incidents and make judgment calls a decade ago.