Quote from SmirkySmoke :

get rid of all noobs, chaseview- and keyboard, gamepad or mousedrivers...

HEY ! Leave the mousedrivers out of this

On topic? I say ERASE the distance driven charts/stats once a week just to keep those oval guys busy.. that way we could see how much time they can waste going around in circles on a weekly basis. Now wouldn't that be an interesting statistic? Cheers

Quote from Gunn :

You missed my point completely, but I won't be drawn into this stupid and irrelevant argument. I explained why the stat was now useless compared to what it used to be. I'm not interested in people's lap times, they are not indicative of a person's ability or experience either. I am especially not interested in how many miles or laps someone has done in a big circle. I have always used the stats for practical purposes, I couldn't care less about being the biggest frog in a very small pond.

then you should make your point clearer sinde i am in no way interested in any stupid argument. i'm not even an oval racer.

i just asked you what the total distance travelled told you about a person's experience and ability. what practical purposes exactly did you use the stats for?

I'd like to stick my nose in here and say that I totally back up separating oval and road stats. I do use the stats from time to time to scope racers on servers I'm thinking about joining. I inevitably end up going, "Cool, this guy will be fun." Then... "Oh... oval racer..."

I think laps done accounts for more than speed. Races finished and won and 2nd and third tells a lot of the story. I like the stats.

I'll also take this opportunity to repeat my pitch for consistency stats. Extracted from all the laps times that are already recorded, a simple average would tell a lot about a driver. Putting oval consistency stats with road consistency stats would make the road stats worthless.