The game says I made four overtakes. Sounds good . But actually I had none and only the misfortunes of others put me much higher on the final score than anticipated (merited?). I doubt very much I could have caught anyone under my own power, let alone overtake them. Then again, I've never been fast in GTL (oh, P&G, where art thou?) and the bulk of the good or decent results I've ever had only come from: not making a mess, or at least a smaller mess than others. I'm glad I'm at least still able to do that, especially after having been away from a wheel for so long.
Speaking of which, after being out of the loop for 18 months (how has it been so long? What's wrong with the concept of time?
) I'm
very uneasy about being in the position where I'm one of the people who would be affected result wise by a reversal of the decision about Dimitar's predicament. Ideally I'd rather stay out of it but not saying anything is also a choice. I could easily make a case for both viewpoints but ultimately:
The game is what it is and the tracks are what they are, i.e. far from perfect representations of the real thing. Is it Riverside where you can crash into the tyre barriers while being visually two feet away from them? And this spot, the outside of the exit from Druids at Brands Hatch is probably the most notorious one of all tracks when it comes to unfair S&G's. I'm sure I remember there have been similar situations in races on NoGrip too, next to those here. I was aware of it and avoided it like, well, the plague. Which probably made me slower overall. Events like these in simracing are like bad beats in poker: everyone has their stories about them.
It's a shame I wasn't aware this was the reason Dimitar ended up behind me otherwise my favourite solution to such issues has always been that I would have become mysteriously slower in the last part of the race just so that it happens that Dimitar would have only one second to gain on me in the final lap. A solution I've used on more than one occasion in the past and which I find not only a lot more fun but also much more in line with 'gentlemen racing' than having races decided on 'the green table'.
Please note that the above paragraphs have been written, deleted and re-written several times which indicates how much I loathe (being forced into) taking a position in this.
Congratulations to the gentlemen on the podium
'Edit: Work's guaranteed to be hectic in the first month(s) of 2022 but I have every intention of doing at least this championship. I hope the weather and my health will cooperate in this.