With proper insim software this can be eliminated even on demo servers... You can see it working on www.airattack.co.uk #1 and #2 servers. They're both demo servers and you can't cut there last turn on rally (#2) neither crash across the corner at the end of long straight in GP (#1) I agree that this chicane may be issue on reversed configuration*, but it's no longer accesible in demo and is easily fixable in s1/2.
*altought i'll gladly call my words off when someone post lap replay with time better than WR, done with cutting that chicane in non reversed configuration
Sigh...
Did some pick-up races on BL1 (XFG-XRG 12laps) . The "exploit" is still there. It seems to be a common shortcut for all now... Severall mpr´s on my HDD. Please... something has to be done...
I had a guy behind me who took that route and rammed me when coming out on the other side. Then he called me a crasher and called a vote. Just fantastic.
Admins can't be around all the time. My experience with online game(r)s is that if its possible to exploit something - someone will do it - often screwing up the game for everybody else.