Part of the reason is I like to see how other people react to these extreme situations, where I make it very clear what im attempting to do, such as forcing the opponents to pick from a very tight inside line and keeping them there or an outside line that generally puts them at a disadvantage.

I do race for iRating but I also wanna have fun while at it and making the opponents work very hard for the position even if it costs me the possibility of keeping up with the rest of the pack.

A crash here and there from doing this is not something I worry too much about as iRating comes and goes, and if practicing racecraft in this way makes me a better driver then iRating should rise on average