Whats with the smaller Grids online?
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We definitely need 24 drivers on these larger tracks, I can only understand having 12 on that ridiculous quarter mile death ring.
When I was C class RFP, we were 20-24. But, when I came back to B class RFP, I noticed that we were maximum 12 on the grid. Maybe it's related to a server update, but I think it's more related to the number of people in each RFP class. A lot of people in C => 24 people on the grid, less people in B => 12 people on the grid. I hope that it's not the case...
A class => 6 people and S class => 2 people :-D
A class => 6 people and S class => 2 people :-D
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Do you think maybe it is because of the moaning about contact? Less cars on track means less possibility for crashing 
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What's the point of starting in 24th on a 3 to 5 lap race? Your chances of getting into the top10 are incredibly slow and that can make people give up on Sport mode.
I think it makes sense to have full grids for longer races. The ones we have now, are probably OK with 12 cars only.
I'm just guessing here as I usually start between 1-5.
It can be for stability reasons or just testing out different options and spread people more. If you noticed, we had 24 grids before but only 1 race per hour. Now we have races every 20 min or so.
I think it makes sense to have full grids for longer races. The ones we have now, are probably OK with 12 cars only.
I'm just guessing here as I usually start between 1-5.
It can be for stability reasons or just testing out different options and spread people more. If you noticed, we had 24 grids before but only 1 race per hour. Now we have races every 20 min or so.
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I think they are adjusting the penalties system constantly. In order to do so they want less contacts in races , hence less drivers.
One thing that is unacceptable is getting a 12 seconds penalty for not purposely cutting a chicane on Lago Maggiore. That's sooo unfair. 5 Seconds would already be a lot. And slowing down doesn't always work to reduce the penalty, which is the icing on the cake...
One thing that is unacceptable is getting a 12 seconds penalty for not purposely cutting a chicane on Lago Maggiore. That's sooo unfair. 5 Seconds would already be a lot. And slowing down doesn't always work to reduce the penalty, which is the icing on the cake...
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Can't you do that with 12 grids? I'm sure you can even if you start in first and never drop to 2nd.
The chances of improving your SR if you start last in 24 grid races are probably slimmer compared to the chances of lowering it. Again, the occasional opposite can happen but probably most of the cases are not so positive.
We're all just speculating.
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Do you think maybe it is because of the moaning about contact? Less cars on track means less possibility for crashing
If that is the case then they are making the wrong decisions.
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Maybe the data they're getting is different from that of the beta/demo and they need to test some more. What's your guess about the half grids? I have no idea, I simply guessed it could be further testing after so many complaints.
Keep mind everyone who played and care about sport mode during the demo (most hardcore players I'd say) carried their Dr Sr to the full game, so most of the grids on lower ratings after the game released are probably less skilled players (only appealing to probability here, not stating a fact).
Could be to do with server load?
You can't really test for that and you can't invest in servers before you have paid up customers (something Blizzard suffers with at every launch). Maybe they are trying to reduce load and pings across races so that they don't turn into F1 20XX lobbies of people jumping around lag spiking all over the place?
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My guess on half grids is that its to try and combat the poor driving standards and issues with contact and how the SR/DR system fails to deal with it.
These were both issues that came up repeatedly in the closed beta, so PD and Sony were well aware of it, as such it was a choice not to test alternatives during the beta (which would have been the time to do so).
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So full grid rooms are on different servers than half grid ones? (Same number of players are racing).
Yes. And as I said before, they could have tested it before because people were already complaining. That's why I suspect it could be something more other than only that. But we'll have to wait and see I guess.
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Regardless of the reason for it, they would all be subjects that should and could have been covered in the beta.
Keep in mind that the beta was massive in terms of numbers participating, ran for months, ran globally and focused exclusively on the sports mode, given that they had more than enough to ensure as robust a set-up for live as was required.
Now early in the closed beta lag was a massive issue (ping around 120 for myself), which was improved massively during the beta (at the end it was sub 40 every race). The launch version I have not found any lag or ping issues at all, nor have I seen reports of them (not to the same degree as the early beta). As such I find it unlikely that they have reduced the grid count for that reason.
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