I'm interested in racing, if you can put up my my mediocre pace. I guess every race needs midfielders 
I haven't voted for tracks. I don't know their names well enough. If you have a good mix, with none of the monster long ones I'll be happy. Shorter tracks make for interesting if intense racing, as the leaders are always mingling with the backmarkers. There's skill in safely dealing with intermingling with slower traffic, and it can add an interesting element to racing.
I like the idea of qualifying to cut out the drivers that don't practice before an event, then crash into everyone at the first corner. Perhaps you should have a qualifying cutoff period say a day before the event. Anyone who hasn't put in an online PB below a cutoff gets swapped out for a reserve. Or, you have (say) 30 people in the league, but only the fastest 20 PBs get into the main race. I've only just thought of this stuff, so it might need some further thought yet...
In any online league, people will miss races for perfectly legit reasons. This should be planned for - you can't predict that your car is going to break down and stop you getting home for the race, say. Suppose the league is 10 races long, you could say that only your best 8 results count. That immediately chucks out the problem of missing the odd race, whilst still penalising missing lots. It can make it closer at the top too, when the end of the season comes. Ie, it's harder to run away with a league if you're the quickest. I ran a couple of GPL seasons like this a while back, and it was well received by the entrants.
In UKLFS, it seemed there was a problem with the slower guys not having appropriate setups or setup skills. How about making a reference setup from one of the quicker guys available at each track. You woulnd't be restricted to using it if you didn't want to, but it would be there if the only alternative you had was the default setup prodded at randomly. Lots of drivers couldn't care less about aquiring setup skills. Lots don't have time to fiddle much. If there was a setup made available that could do within a reasonable percentage of the WR time in the hands of the quick guys, the league becomes a proper driver test with no excuses about who has the best wing settings etc. It also might keep the chat channel clearer of comments like "Can I try UR set plz" during practice and qualifying.
No apologies made for length of post
EDIT: Preferred race times: Weekday evenings, 8pm or later. Earlier makes it hard for me to get back from work and make dinner in time for the start. Can't race on an empty stomach!
I haven't voted for tracks. I don't know their names well enough. If you have a good mix, with none of the monster long ones I'll be happy. Shorter tracks make for interesting if intense racing, as the leaders are always mingling with the backmarkers. There's skill in safely dealing with intermingling with slower traffic, and it can add an interesting element to racing.
I like the idea of qualifying to cut out the drivers that don't practice before an event, then crash into everyone at the first corner. Perhaps you should have a qualifying cutoff period say a day before the event. Anyone who hasn't put in an online PB below a cutoff gets swapped out for a reserve. Or, you have (say) 30 people in the league, but only the fastest 20 PBs get into the main race. I've only just thought of this stuff, so it might need some further thought yet...
In any online league, people will miss races for perfectly legit reasons. This should be planned for - you can't predict that your car is going to break down and stop you getting home for the race, say. Suppose the league is 10 races long, you could say that only your best 8 results count. That immediately chucks out the problem of missing the odd race, whilst still penalising missing lots. It can make it closer at the top too, when the end of the season comes. Ie, it's harder to run away with a league if you're the quickest. I ran a couple of GPL seasons like this a while back, and it was well received by the entrants.
In UKLFS, it seemed there was a problem with the slower guys not having appropriate setups or setup skills. How about making a reference setup from one of the quicker guys available at each track. You woulnd't be restricted to using it if you didn't want to, but it would be there if the only alternative you had was the default setup prodded at randomly. Lots of drivers couldn't care less about aquiring setup skills. Lots don't have time to fiddle much. If there was a setup made available that could do within a reasonable percentage of the WR time in the hands of the quick guys, the league becomes a proper driver test with no excuses about who has the best wing settings etc. It also might keep the chat channel clearer of comments like "Can I try UR set plz" during practice and qualifying.
No apologies made for length of post
EDIT: Preferred race times: Weekday evenings, 8pm or later. Earlier makes it hard for me to get back from work and make dinner in time for the start. Can't race on an empty stomach!
