Old RACE 07 Articles (merged)

[Bram Hengeveld]

Due to absence of drivers we have some free slots in the RD Touring Car Championship!

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There are a few slots left, and all interested licensed members can sign up

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[Nigel Atkins]

I'm glad they've been dropped. Hopefully you're right- Casual = Fun!

@Nigel - erm, it's 29th March today mate...

i know its the 29th, but its the 1st on friday & it says the rankings will stop on friday.

 

[Ryan Callan]

Not an April Fools guys, don't worry

 

[Tim Ling]

@Nigel: Sorry mate, it was only now I saw the title said it stopped Friday...doh!

 

[Dino Paolini]

Very dissapointing to see the race statistics + track history + infractions and so on go.

The only thing what was not needed was all that involved the points + positions, the rest was great imho ;(

Having the stats + the infraction system, gave an extra motivation to improve oneself and learn how to drive fair & clean, at least for me...

 

[Ivo Simons]

Please read Dino,

" We will however keep tracking your data and hope to present to you soon a new feature where you can see all your results, laptimes and statistics."

 

[Marco Boemi]

If you think someone is using the Clubs events to go up in the rank then I agree to disable points earning but please leave the stats on, I like stats

 

[Dino Paolini]

Please read Dino,

" We will however keep tracking your data"...

Sorry I haven't read this part

The part of "and no further racing club event will be logged" contradicts that in a way^^

 

[Dan Allinson]

Not impressed :frown:

 

[Dave Stephenson]

realy glad to see the rankings for club races stopped

ps. as its April 1st this Friday i do hope this isent an April fools joke as it would be in very bad taste!!!

I can confirm that its not an April fools thing.

 

[Simon Gardner]

Shame as it was a nice touch that you don't get elsewhere. I wasn't too worried about where I ranked partly as I've had so many DNFs through connection problems.
I never felt it affected how I drove in the races or which races I entered having a decent battle is more important to me than winning.
That said it was a nice feeling to see how you'd done the next day, a sense of acheivement in a way moving up from the lowly position when I first started here climbing to the dizzy heights of 15th of one point . However pathetic that may sound I will be sad to see them go.

 

[Péter Bártfai]

I agree with you Simon, it was nice to see how much you stepped up after a race, but if leaving that behind will lead for the return of the "good old" club, I can't wait to see the results!

 

[Warren Dawes]

I personally agree with this decision, it should help bring the Racing Club back to the "Club" atmosphere that is is supposed to be. I don't think the overall RD rankings were too meaningful anyway since only Race On and rF (I assume) were counted .

Good to see the Stats part continue, and hopefully be expanded, they will be very useful for drivers to see their progress.

Huge thanks to Dave for his tireless work in developing and maintaing the stats. :thanks:

 

[Simon Gardner]

I do see where you are coming from, only time will tell if the driving stanards improve as a result.
Also thanks from me too Dave as it must have been a fair bit of work keeping on top of them.

 

[Dave Stephenson]

As the numbers grew it started to take a lot of time to make the results right. Another benefit should be the time I spent adjusting results can now be spent bringing new features to the statistics and wider sight, and reduce my guilt of spending time dont those things even when I knew there are people with outstanding issues in the support threads.

 

[Daniel Higgins]

I'll believe it when I see it (or not) on April 2nd

However I do think it is a good idea, now no one will know how bad I am.

 

[Dan Allinson]

How will racers be penalized for poor conduct in a race ?

I know we have the RD Rules and Regs but if there is no punishment in place for breaking them I think racers will push the boundries of fair racing to the limit.

I think also its going to be to easy to hit that dreaded escape button when not doing so well in a race or after the first corrner pile ups.

I read somewhere in a comment about not having to practice so much for events, just being able to turn up and have fun. Surley this will only lead to madness, turning up to a track you don't know, with no setup and trying to race with 25 other people.

 

[Roland]

I can confirm that its not an April fools thing.

OMG You guys are serious about this !? Well I suppose for an April's Fools joke this would be waay too obvious, and if the number of positive comments here is any measure, it would be a bad joke indeed.

I guess I haven't been around long enough to witness any decline in Club Racing atmosphere, and personally I never would take any ranking that serious, but hey, you guys know best.

Also big thanks to Dave S. for all his efforts, and I'm glad that the Stats part of it will be continued.

 

[Reggie Blain]

Big thanks 2 Dave S for all the hard work keeping the rankings stats up 2 date. I will miss the rankings and 2 be honest i thought the driving standards had got better recently

 

[Francisco Villar]

Even though it was nice to have a ranking, in order to "know" your competitors, I don't think the ranking truly shown the performance of the drivers, so I am not unhappy!!

 

[Yann Laprevotte]

Though I more or less agree with this, I belive Dan has a strong point here:

How will racers be penalized for poor conduct in a race ?

I know we have the RD Rules and Regs but if there is no punishment in place for breaking them I think racers will push the boundries of fair racing to the limit.

I think also its going to be to easy to hit that dreaded escape button when not doing so well in a race or after the first corrner pile ups.

I read somewhere in a comment about not having to practice so much for events, just being able to turn up and have fun. Surley this will only lead to madness, turning up to a track you don't know, with no setup and trying to race with 25 other people.

For me one of the point of the rankings was to establish an half-formal atmosphere, and limit ragequits/careless driving by giving negative points to those doing so. I hope no one is gonna take bad habits after they get scrapped.

Anyway, as Warren said the rankings didn't really have any meaning as a whole, since they were basically based on 2 sims, with events of very different nature and standards.