First two races getting back into iRacing have been awful! lol
First race, I was supposed to start 3rd, but then during the 5 min warmup, I got kicked from the session for some weird reason. Said I cut a corner(I did no such thing) and that I had to slow down and give back any advantage I got. I slowed down, even to a stop, but it did nothing - then I seemed to have gotten a black flag symbol? Anyways, it dropped me from the session(guessing it was a network problem), so I exit and by the time I get back it makes me start from the pitlane. So by half a lap I was already up on the backmarkers, who seemed to be absolutely insistent that I not get by even though I was seconds faster than they were, crashing me out twice in pretty short succession.
Second race, I started from 2nd place, and the pole guy didn't get a great start so I was into the lead right away. Halfway through the first lap, the pole guy ends up spinning me out out of impatience, then I rejoin in like 6th, get through a couple corners and there's a melee ahead where I crash into a car parked in the middle of the track. iRacing considers that my fault, of course, but I was mostly able to continue on without needing to pit thankfully(still damaged, though).
Urgh. I don't mind dealing with this shit so much usually except that this all hurts my driver and safety rating(which I cant help but care about) and I then have to wait another hour before I can get another go!
Sorry for the whine(I know I whine!), just had to get that off my chest. Feels good to feel some pressure again, though. Absolutely nothing like that racing against yourself or AI.
