I'm curious if anyone noticed the new GTA boundaries, which indicate driving on tarmac is PD's preferred method over the grass-cutting hipsters of yesteryear.
I'm curious if this will affect GTP's sanctioned events, or if they'll continue using the set standard of needing just one inch of the car on track. (as opposed to PD's allowing only a few inches off the track)
I guess my question back to you would be.....Why do you care?
As far as I can see, you've participated in exactly 1 WRS Time Trial and 0 online events on GT6 (cursory glance on the latter).
Are you saying, "If only you had more stringent boundary requirements, people would stop exploiting them, and I would participate more often."?
Seems PD has a bit of a double standard between their game established boundaries and what they provide for the academy. They put cones at key corner entry and exit points in the GTA TT's, which causes those more stringent boundaries to be game enforced. For the online aspect of the Academy (regional finals, etc.) they have multiple stewards looking over drivers' shoulders, watching their every move. They have the luxury of being able to monitor driver behavior on the fly, and can enforce in that way.
PD HAS provided some improved boundary restrictions in some areas of some tracks (Eu Rogue at Spa is one example), but it still seems both random and inconsistent and sometimes does not make sense at all. Take our current TT at Laguna Seca. If you run wide in the second to last turn, your NEXT LAP is invalidated. Someone please tell me how I could possibly gain an advantage in SFL speed at Laguna Seca by running wide in Turn 10, as opposed to Turn 11, which is the actual turn onto the main straight.
For us, it's as much about simplicity of enforcement and keeping events approachable for drivers of ALL abilities, as anything. Once you get into the 4 wheels on track thing, verification of the INSIDE of 2 tires on a rumble strip (or within a track white line, whichever you prefer) is very difficult, taking pictures under cars to figure out what's going on can be really tough. And if I said "You can have a few inches of your car off track", how does one enforce that? Clearly, we need a firm boundary, that's easy to enforce, AND easy to verify.
If it's online you are worried about, we're not going to take the time to review the race of every driver and make sure they keep 4 wheels on the entire time. And even the world's most established and elite racing series do not do that.
F1 says you cannot run outside of track boundaries in qualification, but during the race, you just cannot gain an advantage from it. That's effectively the same as our rule.
Anyhow, I'm really not trying to stir 🤬 up by replying to you, and I genuinely hope that was not your intention by making this post in here, although it does feel a bit like Troll Bait, if I'm honest.
That's my personal, straightforward assessment of the situation. We never claimed to be the cleanest, most elite series, with the fastest drivers. We aim to be a fair, fun environment in which drivers of all abilities can compete on a level playing field, and I think we're doing a reasonably good job of achieving that.
...... Ah well maybe i'll beat my time, maybe not 🤬
grid at Silverstone!
