I'd say that's actually pretty good, but it's really not a good indication as to how good you are IMO. It all depends on what kind of servers you're racing. If you do 5 races on a server with 3 people on it, then you'll get 5 podium finishes Get my point? It's a lot harder to get a podium finish on a server with 20+ people on it than on one with only 5 to 10 people on.
When the CTRA servers were down I would race on other servers, mostly GTR, and I would win or get 2nd or 3rd place quite often. Now I only race on CTRA anymore and I rarely get a podium finish
I'd say that's good. I got a podium finish rate of about 25%. It definetly depends on your servers. Racing on Redline 2 or Condogers 1 with 24 people on and getting a podium is good. When you get down to 5 people in a server, it isn't really special.
In my opinion you should not give too much for the statistics. Try to lower your times on the tracks you like. Download some hotlaps to see the best lines and stuff. On teaminferno you can get good (hotlap)-setups for very fast times.
Don't worry too much about fast times to start with, it's better to concentrate on consistency and finishing races in a large field. The lap times will naturally come down with time.
Your stats don't look too bad, but in Crazy Harry's pic it shows you competing in small grids generally.
Your CTRA stats are much lower. 52 races, 2 Wins. Bigger grids? Better competition?
Exactly! You know! There were those two durch guys (i am not giving names) who "cheated" their wins with a lot 1 lap races on their hidden server, people were sometimes welcome if someone came who was better he got banned before the finish line. How boring i personally think but yeah i wouldnt trust this won races and podiums as an indicator how good or bad someone is.
The stats can be useful in many cases but; my stats say that I have finished on the podium 77% of the time. Even though that is true it doesn't reflect my performance accurately. If all races had been full and always contested against opponents of average or above skill then my stats for podium finishes would certainly read much worse. :ashamed:
To get an idea of how quick you are compared to other people in terms of online PBs, go here and input the LFS license name of someone you want to compare yourself with. On the default settings it'll show a direct comparison of all of the online PBs you share with the person you're comparing yourself to if you've both done more than 20 laps on that particular combo. A couple of examples are below:
Seems like you play on public-Servers with bad drivers.
Go out and play with the big boys, and you will see if you´re good, or if your earlier opponents are just worst.