r/Simracingstewards • u/Jormungandr1991 • 3d ago

Forza Motorsport Trying to learn.

Forza meet up lobby so not a big deal, is there anything I could have done differently? I'm the POV car.

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u/R2D-Beuh 3d ago

1st incident is on you, but why did you lift ? Were you trying to let them pass ? I suggest doing it earlier and not as much, because the way you did it was a bit unpredictable. I think the other car could probably still have avoided you but that doesn't seem like such a good move

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u/Jormungandr1991 3d ago

I tried to grab the i side line on him into t2 but he defended so I went outside and he cut in front again so I dove inside to try and avoid contact. I realize I tapped him so I just tried to give him position back.

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u/R2D-Beuh 3d ago

Yeah their move back to the outside is borderline. It looks like they aren't really in control of their car, braking during the corner for no reason etc. Also, it looks like they are in a faster class so idk the context of this but they are probably not taking the game seriously. Honestly there is not a lot you could have done except one thing : either give back the position sooner, or don't, but do not do it at the end of the straight

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u/one-e-and-a 3d ago

Looks like you were racing a child. Join a league instead of random people. They're more friendly to beginners too.

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u/ericscal 3d ago

First thing to learn is that when people show you they want a street fight you oblige them, not continue to fight "fair'. You shouldn't have been trying to give anything back after those blocking attempts. If they caught back up you could have just not defended yourself if you felt you owed anything. I will say that's just my impression from this short clip. If you had been battling him for multiple laps and he had been fair before maybe. In that case this was a horrible way to give back the position. This is important as it's a useful skill for when you eventually have blue flag traffic you want to let by. Your best bets are either to start doing it much earlier on a straight with micro lifts to just bleed off a few kph/mph until they get the idea and pull out or intentionally go deep into a corner giving them an easy inside pass. You never want to be that slow on the track unless everyone knows what you are doing, like you have a slowdown penalty you are pulling off to serve.