Now that the season's over, I'll just make a few comments.
Overall, I would rate the series 90/100. It's not perfect, but I think nearly all of the issues will sort themselves out if the prospective field for next season joins up and hangs around.
I like the idea of posting the race before qualifying is finished, giving two weekends to do the race (ev4l, I believe this was discussed before the current season?)
I'm not sure how we deal with part-time drivers "stealing" points from full-time, I'd rather keep a simple points system than start penalising part-timers for not competing. The whole point of offering a part-time option is that you don't
have to compete every week, I reckon it would drive competitors away if they get a points penalty. For myself, if I missed a number of races during the season that meant I was not in contention for the championship, but I came back to the series near the end, I would probably ask to not score points so I didn't disrupt the battle. On the other hand, the S1 championship battle would have been improved if a few part-timers had come back into the series for the last few races. I'd rather keep it simple.
One final point, I think a lot of testing needs to be done to balance the LM cars, and other non-JGTC cars that might be included in S2. It's my opinion that the RX-8 in particular cannot be effectively balanced, if you handicap its qualifying pace through reduced hp then it will be very uncompetitive in race form. But I am willing to go with the majority on this one, if people want them, and ev4l thinks they can be balanced, then I'm happy to race against them.
But I will say that I won't be picking a "LM" or other non-JGTC car next season, and definitely not the RX-8.
S2 is gonna be cool!
