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Seasoned Ace

Re: 10 Second Corner Cut Penalties

That's a good point!! LOL

But I think in this instance I'm trying to get some advice on what you guys think regarding the 10 sec pens being unfair.

From my view, according to the rule we have above, he wasn't trying to avoid an incident and he wasn't forced off track, he cut those corners himself, so it's his own fault.

Our other stewards are arguing that 10 sec would be harsh as it's usually 3 sec.

We don't usually remove corner cut pens in the league, so should we stand firm on this?

Does the game start to award 10 sec when you've exceeded 12 sec in corner cuts? Or is this a genuine unfair penalty that should be reduced post race to 3 sec?

It would be great if one of the devs could give an insight into why 10 sec pens were given here....

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mariohomoh
Hero (Retired)
2 years ago
Sorry pal, I see no reason to amend anything - including what we said previously. That's because:
Have no idea what their (other stewards) reasoning is. "It's too harsh" is not a proper reason, it's an opinion. If they want to disregard the rules "because it's too harsh", that's a different matter entirely.
Don't remember seeing a 3s penalty in this sport for the last two eras. To be fair nor even before that, but my memory isn't elephantic
Going off my faulty memory again: 3 off tracks give you a black flag. A 4th gives you black flag. A 5th gives you a 5s penalty. Any subsequent off track gives you 10s penalties, each. The 2023 Austrian GP had a reset on the counting after the first 10s penalty, but I'm not sure that ever made it to the sporting code - nonetheless, bears repeating I've never seen a 3s penalty.
Leagues are obviously free to do as they choose. But "it's too harsh, don't like it" is a reason to change the rules for the future, not to not apply them in their current state.
Edit: I'm referring to the real F1 rules by the way.
Whatever the game does differently, it's pretty safe to assume it does that precisely because "it's too harsh" and doesn't want to spoil casual players' fun by adhering to the real rules.
But the ramping up you see in the sport (warnings to flag to 5s to 10s) should be observed.