Passed someone on the exit of turn 14 Suzuka. No prior incidents. Gave him plenty of room but he was obviously upset about getting passed. Rams me from the side into the left tyre wall, sending me rolling. I lose 16 seconds & many places, he carries on without losing any time & only gets a 4 second penalty.
Variations of this have happened several times. Yes, the system is better then nothing but it's like people know they will get away with only a minor penalty & that the people they hit will lose far more time then they will, so they have no problem ramming people off when they can. i.e when the cars are more spread out & they know they won't be passed from anyone behind even with a penalty.
Also had a number of occasions where someone has out-braked themselves & hit me from behind, yet I'm the one that's been given 2-5sec penalties for 'avoidable collision'.
As i said, it's better then nothing but it definitely needs work. Until it punishes deliberate rammers more severely & doesn't punish you for peoples deliberate/mistaken out-braking moves, it won't be good enough.
Edit - I forgot to suggest a possible solution. For ramming, the penalty decision could be delayed for half a lap or even a lap until it determines just how much the driver that was hit, got slowed down by. I know that's not a simple implementation but if the system had a surefire way of distinguishing when someone is force-ably rammed off track then it could work.
The 'avoidable collision' would be more difficult. It's not just occurring in braking zones, it also occurs when people side swipe on straights. For the braking zone, maybe there's a way in which the system can determine how fast someone is travelling into the braking zone, the line they're taking & how late they are braking. From then on it'd be easier to detect the car causing the collision was the one braking much too late, on the wrong line & travelling at a much higher speed. Although it happens at slower speed also.
Lastly, a feature i'd like to see would be a little notification when it determines a penalty, on if the other car has been given a penalty & how much time penalty they've been given. I know the bottom left driver hud displays peoples penalty times, but it'd be useful to see specifics as in many cases (starts of the race etc) it's chaos & the driver list on the hud jumps all over the place with positions changing constantly. It'd be nice to know clearly who hit you & the penalty they receive.
Edited by user Friday, July 26, 2019 7:27:15 AM(UTC)
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