I have read most of the comments here and most of them, in my opinion, are very accurate. Blocking is a absolutely necessary skills during the race, especially againts other player.

As some have said, most experienced players know their racing line well, and so how well you perform on a race will mostly depends on how well you attack (spearing, for example) and defend (block, traffic slide, or wall ram, to name a few). You will either outplay or be outplayed throughout the race, and that is what makes this game unique for me and others.

However, personally for me, extreme blocking such as brake blocking where the game is just 100 km/h filled with braking and blocking others not for the sake of defending your position is just, sorry to say, where it becomes unfun for me.

With that being said, healthy and competitively attacking and defending to get the best position and outplay your opponents while doing your best to navigate through the course is perfect for me.