Hazards are very useful, in the game,
but I can't understand why turn it off after 1 min.
If you had an accident, but you can wobble back to the pit, i think the hazards are necessary to sign the other players, your car is slower than their ...
And a suggestion. In the dashboard the indicator should be an arrow (or two arrow). Its a little bit more realistic, than the orange spot.
And, of course the hazards indicator is disturbing, because it almost same, and too near to the upshift indicator.
(Sorry for my really bad english ...
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