I really don't like it when things get so 'serious' when we're sim racing. Believe me I'm juast as 'immersed' in this stuff anyone. Until it becomes personal and finger pointing starts. I think most drivers know when they screw up. Most are apologetic, most get out of the way when being lapped etc.
That being said, if you have ever studied 'statistics' you can take a sample from any 'population' and you can predict the 'probabilities' and 'standard deviations' of larger samples. What would the world be like if we all could just tolerate one another? We all do and say things we regret at one time or another. It's called being 'Human' no one is perfect.
It is my understanding that these races are 'club' races and not regular league races. We don't even drive the same cars week to week. It's all about having fun, being competitive and being respectful of the other drivers. I don't think anyone wants to conscsiously get in anyone's way. If you want to share setups, talk during any session that's fine with me also. Excuses don't make you faster.
I find humility to be one of if not the most admirable characteristics in another human being. Walk quietly and carry a big stick is what I was always taught. Tolerate your Brothers and Sisters. Love one another. People will recognize your abilities, show them don't tell them.
I practiced starts at Barcelona with the AI from the back of the pack. You couldn't see the ligts at all from back there. During our races I started from 8th R1 and 5th R2. Neither was much better. Regardless I always am looking at the car directly in front of me and what he is doing. If he's not moving it's on me to do something no one else. Again excuses won't make you faster.
I raced on qual tires both heats. I practiced up to 8 laps with them and didn't see the difference between them and softs. R1 I had trouble qualifying and and was 8th. R1 I was behind another car tryiing to get by and made a bad decision trying to out brake him and ended up sliding. When he turned in he clipped my rear wing off. I didn't even think of pitting to replace it. That was lap 4 or 5 or somewhere in there. R2 got a decent qual time, got off to a good start R2, struggled up to the P3 car and made a decent pass at the end of the main straight. I was hooked up at that point and was closing on P2. Lap 8 my tires turned into 'skates'. Lesson learned. It never dawned on me again to pit change tires and then 'fly' out of the pits. Lesson 2. You can't even enforce pit limiter it's just not in the mod nor was pit speed limited in 92. We all race under the same conditions anyway. It's not different for anyone.
Even though I didn't finish either race I had great fun. I was surprised to read some of the comments when I got home from work today. Immersing myself is essential to having fun with this stuff but not to the point we're piddling with each other over it.
Thanks to RD for running these fun events each Sunday I hope they will continue I look forward to them.