Can't find answer to door number explanation?

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I know this gets talked about a lot, but is there a definitive answer that I can't seem to find about the door number?
I've heard that the best theory is either where the game thinks you'll finish, or what place you need to make to improve your rating.
I don't think this is true, I've been doing a lot of the GR.4 on red bull over the last couple days, and i'm almost always door 1. I'm not nearly the highest driver, and I don't usually quali better than 5th. Not to mention, the best I've ever done on an online race is 2nd. It also seems unreasonable to have to get 1st to improve rating.

Now, are the door numbers the same for everyone? so Can I see a 1, but in someone else's game, it's something else? hmmm...

another idea is that perhaps it's the order we registered for the race? But I'm sure I'm not always the 1st one.

whatever, but if anyone really knows, and there's an already posted answer, can you point me in the right direction?

Of course, this could all be a great mystery...
 
*sigh* Not this again.

DR B ranking is 10000 - 29999pt
DR C ranking is 4000 - 9999pt

If you ask a spreadsheet to sort those by rank, it'll put the bigger numbers first. If you ask a Windows PC to sort those alphabetically, it'll put the numbers in rank in 1s then 2s, then 3s, then 4s and so on. GT Sport seems to mix the two by putting the bigger numbers first... but alphabetically. So the numbers are sorted in rank in 9s then 8s then 7s and so on.

If your 12 drivers were
B - 29999
B - 25000
B - 20000
B - 15000
C - 9999
C - 9199
C - 8399
C - 7599
C - 6799
C - 5999
C - 5199
C - 4399

The game would probably rank them:
1 - C/9999
2 - C/9199
3 - C/8399
4 - C/7599
5 - C/6799
6 - C/5999
7 - C/5199
8 - C/4399
9 - B/29999
10 - B/25000
11 - B/20000
12 - B/15000
Needs sticky.
 
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