Pits for a fee

[Tommer]

I think in general, people will respond better to reward than punishment

For example, the trip system - People who want to make more money for more cars go to lengths to avoid crashing into people/flying off the track, people care about their trip and players who've had time to become familiar with the insim tend to avoid sending each other off the track knowing they might cost someone a long trip.

I'd like to point out that damaging your car on [TC] is not necessarily bad. Sometimes, you get damage from normal Cops & Robbers, lag. Today I totalled my car into a wall to avoid sending someone else off the track (which would have been a lighter less damaging collision for me)

I think that rather than punish people for car damage and make the game feel less fun, why not turn not hitting other people into a game in itself, with a reward?

Perhaps like a no-crash bonus that builds up over distance until you hit another player. That could be a fun challenge, it is more giveth and less taketh.