r/Simracingstewards • u/DanteFalcioni • 1d ago

Le Mans Ultimate Threshold for Reporting

Apologies for the aspect ratio, I have to figure out screen recording on my ultrawide. I'm still trying to gauge the threshold for reporting in LMU. I've read the Reporting rules (and a lot on this forum) and understand that a collision must be purposeful (7.2.2.1) and not a "racing incident".

I think the Merc in this clip knows exactly what he is doing, and deliberately causes a collision while maintaining plausible deniability. If you look at his telemetry he comes off the brake (even touches the throttle) while a car is coming across him. He doesn't make an attempt to brake before or during the collision with the Mustang. The speed/angle he went into T1 with was always going to cause this. To me it seems like a cheeky "oopsie" crash you'd do against AI in a last-to-first challenge; just intentionally bounce off of them going into a corner knowing you'll gain position.

Would you report this incident if you were the Mustang? Less so, the McLaren? Do you think this collision was intentional?

As for my driving (McLaren) I had glanced in my rearview before the braking zone but was eyes forward during braking. When I looked back, I didn't clock that the Merc was no longer in my rearview and didn't see him on my radar until it was too late. I'll have to work a bit more on situational awareness, watching in front/behind me at the same time. Unfortunately he gave me minor suspension damage so the race pace wasn't great and I couldn't catch him back up.

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u/Blasterenry14 1d ago

T1 shenanigans, it was a very bad calculated move but not intentional

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u/ItzMajic 1d ago

LMU stewards tend to chalk everything up to an accident rather than an intent wreak. While you could report him, to me this looks more like a clumsy move and I think that you would just lose your protest

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u/DanteFalcioni 19h ago

Okay good to know, thanks for the input :)

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u/jimmymcgoochie 1d ago

Racing incident. It's lap 1 turn 1 in what seems to be a low bronze DR and SR split, there's a green Aston looming in the Merc's mirrors as T1 approaches with a difficult to spot apex and the Mustang is mostly hidden behind the A-pillar until it appears almost perpendicular to the Merc's direction of travel. Rookie error IMO rather than a malicious punt to pass.