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I voted 25% as well.

The poll that the members are doing also has the 25% option well in the lead, so I hope that is what we end up with.
 
It's tough as you always want your best result to be acknowledged because you worked so hard for it.

If we move to average of best 25% we'll likely see everyone's points increase and the table positions pretty much the same. With the side-effect of more aggressive races.

Doesn't sound great, but maybe it will help me get higher positions as more people get taken out.
 
Personally, I don't think we'll see too much increased aggressiveness. People going for points will still be concerned with their iRating, because higher iRating gets you into higher splits which can get you more points. If people just go nuts and crash out half of their races, their iRating is going to drop like crazy.
 
tumbleweed
It's tough as you always want your best result to be acknowledged because you worked so hard for it.

If we move to average of best 25% we'll likely see everyone's points increase and the table positions pretty much the same. With the side-effect of more aggressive races.

Doesn't sound great, but maybe it will help me get higher positions as more people get taken out.
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EEkk....this will simply give people who has more time on their hands a better chance as they can do 6 races. So I agree with you - they probably will drive more aggressive races. So how about...do what they plan to do but increase the "hurt" on the SR rating?

Casual racers like myself can only do the 1 raced per week...not very fair...should of just kept it the way it is.

Why not put a vote for something regarding the SR rating?
 
Because the veteran members don't care about SR, none of you will really care about SR either after time goes on and you get more used to it.
 
^ Congrats

So it takes the last 4 races and takes the best? What happens to someone who has an insane amount of time and does 8 races a week?

The loons will always be there and nobody wants to wreck out anyway for more reasons than pts. I would only expect the people who don't understand the current system to take more chances.
 
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If the 25% calculation gets voted in, it will be 1-4 races takes the best single race. 5-8 races takes the best two races and averages them together. 9-12...best three races averaged....13-16 best four, etc, etc.
 
Why not just keep the same points style just with 3 races allowed each week rather than 2. I think that might make things better as sometimes you crash in both races based on your own fault or someone else's. Just what I think though. I honestly have no problem with the current system though.
 
The current system keeps people who care about championship points from racing in any more than two races per week. The 25% system would at least let them do four races a week which means more participation overall.
 
superbike81
The current system keeps people who care about championship points from racing in any more than two races per week. The 25% system would at least let them do four races a week which means more participation overall.
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So the answer to that is that you never can have a bad race (in the championship) give people to do it over and over with no loss will not be fair to those who can't race that often.

I haven't raced that often lately, and it's not because the championship points, but summer seemed to come late in Norway and I rather enjoy that because soon we have snow and cold weather and I have more than enough time to race (between the work of cleaning up all the snow outside) It rains today, but guess what, Grand Am is at 03:00/05:00 and 07:00 today.. tomorrow it's more doable for me with races at normal times for me. But tomorrow I heard it was going to be nice weather again. But I have to do another race as I got crashed out my first try on Daytona Road.

And as I do a lot of work to the car before racing I'm only doing Grand Am. I'm not racing with baseline/high/medium/low downforce setup on any car. I want the cars to be the way I like it before racing.. And I seriously don't have time to setup a lot of cars.. then I guess I could say bye bye to my girlfriend. :scared:

Would be more interesting to me to have less race during the week. Let's say Grand Am was 3 days pr week at good times for EU/US/AUS more people would race at those three days. Now your lucky if you get 10+ in the race because you can race when ever it suits you. And to be very honest the championship points are useless, you wont win a thing except a very few championships.. Grand Am will be in the Premium series and those only do 3 races pr track in Total. So I doubt the championship points have ANY thing to do with low participation. Those point whores isn't needed to fill up a few race rooms.

Then people would maybe actually practice before entering a race, instead of those who just enter to ruin it for people who do practice.
 
With every idea there is always good and bad. The good is if someone wrecks you and you have a bad points finish, you have another chance to get a good points finish. The bad, people who do not have a lot of time to race can't afford to get wrecked and miss points since they may not race for the rest of the week. Personally, I like the 25% system so if I have a bad race I have another chance.
 
ErikAndre71
Tell that to Vettel and Hamilton.. No worries you can give it another try!!
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But this isn't real life racing, we're all playing a video game here. There isn't millions of dollars on the line each time we get in the car and we get to race more than 2 or 3 times a month. I know some of you all take this game very seriously but we have to draw the line somewhere between game and real life. People keep begging for realism but I'll bet if they actually made iRacing 100% realistic the membership numbers would drop by about 75% within a year or two.
 
superbike81
But this isn't real life racing, we're all playing a video game here. There isn't millions of dollars on the line each time we get in the car and we get to race more than 2 or 3 times a month. I know some of you all take this game very seriously but we have to draw the line somewhere between game and real life. People keep begging for realism but I'll bet if they actually made iRacing 100% realistic the membership numbers would drop by about 75% within a year or two.
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I'll agree with that
 
superbike81
But this isn't real life racing, we're all playing a video game here. There isn't millions of dollars on the line each time we get in the car and we get to race more than 2 or 3 times a month. I know some of you all take this game very seriously but we have to draw the line somewhere between game and real life. People keep begging for realism but I'll bet if they actually made iRacing 100% realistic the membership numbers would drop by about 75% within a year or two.
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But why not give championship points for the first race to everyone. And then people could race every day, every hour not losing on it, but not winning on it either? Would that make it less of a game and so realistic 75% of the people would flee?

And your right. There isn't million dollars on the line, but people want to be able to make their championship points higher.. Talk about cry babies.
 
Maybe a compromise could be having only a few set races a week counting for championship points and the rest of the races not count for the championship. Like 3 days a week there for points the rest of the week sort of fun races but with SR and IR in effect. Nothing is gonna make everyone happy, but for the guys who can race alot there is no point in trying for the championship.
 
If we said only the first race counted it would be even worse. Because then even more people would wait for the weekly SOF races which normally happen on Sunday or Monday.

Allowing people four chances means people who are running for the division championship will be willing to run in a few regular races each week plus the SOF race.

The more races people can run before the averages kick in the better. I would like to see people be able to run unlimited races and have the top score count. But then people who can only run a couple races a week would complain.

In the end all that matters to me is more official races. Your proposal and the current system both discourage participation. Of the options they gave us to vote on the 25% system will give us the most participation.
 
Well only first race counted was something I think would make for better racing as if it goes the wrong way they can only give it another try. I like to quote Bill Gates when he gave a speach at a High School..

Rule 1: Life isn't fair - Get used to it

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In Some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life..

(this could easily translate into this)

Giving people countless times to improve will maybe give us more people participating, but it also will give us those morons I have to dodge not to ruin the few chances I have to do my runs.

I can live with the 25% system, but I voted as it is so trying to talk me into something else is to late.
 
Well, that option isn't on the table right now, but there are a few other options, vote for one of those or voice your opinion in the feature suggestions department on the iRacing Forums.

Can you imagine the whining that would occur if only the first race counted? Someone doing their first race gets taken out by a careless driver who has already done their race for the week.
 
I had something kind of strange happen during a truck race last night.

We were racing in the open truck MIS race, and I took only right sides half way through since my lefts were still around the 95% mark. Checking tire wear after the pit stop, it showed my "new" right sides down in the 80-85% mark. Anyone have a clue what that was all about?
 
That's based to the tires you just took off, at least the tire temp one is.

Btw voted for 25%, I think there is enough of us that could legitimately use it rather than take advantage and go all out if you know what I mean
 
I think the 25% is the best one. I mean in reality if you are doing more than four races ur not going for overal champ anyways their just isn't enough sof races in a week
 
Roush_fan_99
That's based to the tires you just took off, at least the tire temp one is.

Btw voted for 25%, I think there is enough of us that could legitimately use it rather than take advantage and go all out if you know what I mean
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Ok, now that makes more sense. I was thinking how did I put on worse tires than I took off!

Where is this voting deal at anyway, some how I have missed it?
 
Kamuifanboy
Maybe it is best to just realise that there is No proper fix to the points problem.
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That's pretty much what I'm thinking.
I did vote for change though, I went for the 25% option too, for me I'm unlikely to run more than 4 races a week so taking the best one of four suits me good :)



Wilbur
..Where is this voting deal at anyway, some how I have missed it?
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You should have a email from iRacing
 
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