Ahhh, this thread takes me back to.. 2006! When I was the (ONLY ONE) doing serious reversing (my name->RGR, ReverseGearRacing), in those early beta versions where you couldnt even wear out your tyres, and the XR GT Turbo was also a demo car.
I remember getting kicked and banned for sooo many times because they thought I was some noob trying to mess a race (when they saw me on the straight)
When I got into the corners everyone was like "yes I think hes using hacks" and then the same kick/ban continued
When the normal WR was about 1:24.99 at the time I managed 1:30.72 in reverse, then after 1year came along this guy who was said to be the best, he "only" managed a 1:33.xx
Keep reversing and humiliating!