Ok guys, i know that there's an official thread for one of these "things" (or tools) already but i'd like to discuss their usuage rather than suggesting any improvements.
Im somehow under the impression that some people have got completely mistaken their existence. Im using them myself but i would never use _the exact same setup_ (or just with minor changes, like adding 0,1 "here" and removing -0,0001 "there"...) that someone was using to beat me with, unless i've got permission to do so from the owner, from what i believe, 98% of the people i've seen don't have.
The way i see it, setups are just like skins, creations. Now for skins there are existing some rules, like don't use skins from (other) teams, don't edit (without permission) et cetera. Nothing i know of does exist for setups.
People doing so (using the exact same setup...) really are having a lack of respect in my eyes, are very lazy or maybe just don't know the definition of courtesy, or maybe just a combination of everything, you get the picture. At the same time, it's also very interesting to see, who is able to handle the crucial date we've been given, that we are allowed to have access to, thoughtfully, and who is just exploiting this opportunity for his own benefit -> to gain a WR (or just a faster time than somebody else) without doing much for it (or say, leaving out half of the work that would be needed). Of course, the idea is to benefit from them toolz, they are bringing up a lot of competitors that would never have been able to "raise" (so rapidly) (at least the majority of the people that are not very good at creating setups), under "normal conditions". According to this, the competition itself is unhealthy, since there are a lot of lurkers (some of them are also very ungratful indeed) and maybe much more than actual creators.
For example: One guy, somewhere on top of the WR holders chart, basically never created a setup all by himself but simple took the data of the person holding the WR for the particular combination and copied & pasted it. I mean,...?! What the heck is wrong about creating your own setup (or at least clearly personalizing it), getting to know what everything is about and how it is interacting with eachother?
I believe that a setup is, at least, only and/ or just half the battle. You can be a great driver using a crap (or standard) setup, you'll reach the limit of the car (rather than your personal limits or the actual limits of the car, set up properly for the given conditions/ track...) much sooner and will be, in most cases, no longer competetive. So according to this, the statement: "Its the driver, not the setup." was never really valid, at least for me. It works much better the other way around and of course, in the end, a great driver with a great setup will beat anybody around, no matter if they are using his setup or not. So ultimately, there shouldn't be a problem now should it?
What do you think, am i missing something?
Im somehow under the impression that some people have got completely mistaken their existence. Im using them myself but i would never use _the exact same setup_ (or just with minor changes, like adding 0,1 "here" and removing -0,0001 "there"...) that someone was using to beat me with, unless i've got permission to do so from the owner, from what i believe, 98% of the people i've seen don't have.
The way i see it, setups are just like skins, creations. Now for skins there are existing some rules, like don't use skins from (other) teams, don't edit (without permission) et cetera. Nothing i know of does exist for setups.
People doing so (using the exact same setup...) really are having a lack of respect in my eyes, are very lazy or maybe just don't know the definition of courtesy, or maybe just a combination of everything, you get the picture. At the same time, it's also very interesting to see, who is able to handle the crucial date we've been given, that we are allowed to have access to, thoughtfully, and who is just exploiting this opportunity for his own benefit -> to gain a WR (or just a faster time than somebody else) without doing much for it (or say, leaving out half of the work that would be needed). Of course, the idea is to benefit from them toolz, they are bringing up a lot of competitors that would never have been able to "raise" (so rapidly) (at least the majority of the people that are not very good at creating setups), under "normal conditions". According to this, the competition itself is unhealthy, since there are a lot of lurkers (some of them are also very ungratful indeed) and maybe much more than actual creators.
For example: One guy, somewhere on top of the WR holders chart, basically never created a setup all by himself but simple took the data of the person holding the WR for the particular combination and copied & pasted it. I mean,...?! What the heck is wrong about creating your own setup (or at least clearly personalizing it), getting to know what everything is about and how it is interacting with eachother?
I believe that a setup is, at least, only and/ or just half the battle. You can be a great driver using a crap (or standard) setup, you'll reach the limit of the car (rather than your personal limits or the actual limits of the car, set up properly for the given conditions/ track...) much sooner and will be, in most cases, no longer competetive. So according to this, the statement: "Its the driver, not the setup." was never really valid, at least for me. It works much better the other way around and of course, in the end, a great driver with a great setup will beat anybody around, no matter if they are using his setup or not. So ultimately, there shouldn't be a problem now should it?
What do you think, am i missing something?
