Boorish Behavior on iRacing

[zero7159]

I raced with a guy last night who has an incredibly good win/loss record. Out of 1000+ starts, he has over 100 wins, most or all of which are in ovals. But, he obviously is an overly aggressive driver, because his iRating is 859 and his currently oval license is a B and his SR is a 1.27. He had an A license going into last night's race, but he lost it because he got hit with 12 incident points. After he collided with another car mid-race, he called the other driver an "idiot." I called him out and he asked if I was the "iRacing police." I told him no, I just did not want to hear name calling. I told him he was a good racer, that did not need to stoop down to that level. He ultimately agreed with me.

If I had the choice between this guy, with 100 wins, but crappy iRating, SR and license level, and me, with my meager four wins but 1444 iRating, A license and 4.20 SR, I would take my record every time. This guy is overly aggressive and iRacing should be taking action against him.

I have decided that I will no longer tolerate name calling or personal attacks on iRacing chat. If I hear that, I will call the guy out that does it. That never happens at GBR and its completely unacceptable.

[Jarhead]

Well iRacing does do something about it. If he keeps up his aggressive behavior and keeps causing all the incidents, he could end up getting demoted again. And if he deliberately takes someone out and they file a protest, he could be suspended.

I'm with you, I'm not so much worried about my win/loss record as my reputation as a clean fair racer. Like you said before, if you stick with a series and run the same races consistently week after week, you get to know the guys you race with. When someone sees my name, I don't want them associating it with wreckless aggressive behavior.