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[[TC]»Elmo«]

Firstly, Franky: you shouldn't have posted in this thread in the first place, as it does not concern you.

(2013-08-01 09:42)Franky Wrote:  You clearly have a problem when people catch you or you have the misfortune of crashing.

In this case, Snake was not caught, nor did she crash out.

I do not expect a reply to that statement.

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OK, I've watched the replay and here are my observarions:


Lots of poorly timed/misplaced PIT attempts - many on the door in front of the rear wheel instead of the quarterpanel
Quite a lot of fruitless/pointless pushing on the door, which is more likely to cause damage than anything else
A few cases of not responding to braking in normal braking zones, some resulting in hard-ish hits, ~3 cases in the same corner. The final one being the last straw.
Hard-ish hit (not a PIT attempt) to the rear on the roundabout causing Snake to spin out, for which you did not apologise.

All the damage to the rear of Snake's car was directly caused by contact with you.


Remember:
A light car with slicks (XFR) can take many corners a lot faster than a heavy car with road tyres - especially if said car is damaged (made worse if the damage was caused by your mistakes).
A race car also usually reacts much faster to acceleration & braking.
If you choose to chase a road car with a race car, you have to be prepared to anticipate their moves more and react more quickly in general (both to their and your own movements). They are tricky cars to drive smoothly, especially in very close quarters with other cars. Copping in a race car is a greater responsibility because of that; you have to be more careful than driving a road car because of the speed of reaction.


A warning is just that. It's not a big deal if you heed the warning and learn from it.

Warning Wrote:In-game message: Make sure you've better awareness of the suspect, do not hit the back of their car or ram them.

I think that message sums up the chase very well actually - you need to have better awareness of what the suspect is doing/is going to do, especially if you're chasing a road car with a race car. A lot of the (presumably) accidental contact could have been avoided by anticipating when the suspect is likely to brake or accelerate. Further, by anticipating better, many more of your PIT attempts would have been on target and successful, without causing any direct damage.

You need to treat this kind of warning as an opportunity to improve, not as a punishment.

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A general note:
If you're using momentum to perform a PIT, you're doing it too hard.
If your contact with another car causes direct damage, it was too hard.