I've improved my lap times on BL rally over the last few months. I have also learned to cope with the first bend carnage. I often emerge from the first bend well-placed. However, I'm sometimes not the fastest driver on the track, and the advantage I have gained is sometimes lost later on. I'm finding, increasingly, that faster drivers are forcing their way past by bumping, nudging, or sideswiping, rather than waiting for an opportunity to pass cleanly. I've been told today that it's rally and I should expect it(!), and I've even been told to "respect the speed" of a faster driver, when all I am doing is defending my position. There is surely more to racing than simply driving fast, bullying others out of the way and forcing a way past?