I never wanted to turn people away, I have not turned any drivers away. Maybe someone failed to meet the deadline and walked away or saw the bold/red line and took a stand? It's easier to ask drivers to not drive in qualifying, have them DQ themselves or quit and return than it is to enforce any "second wave" start. I've only seen that work once in a GTP/GTC Nord's endurance event.
Having drivers, especially quick drivers at the back of the pack, whether they're enjoying the run to the front or racing to make up for a late entry is not really a good thing in a grid full of drivers that are already stacked by laptime. A race can turn bad easily in the first few corners. We can use that tool only as long as races are not disrupted by the "punishment".
I threw out the options in jest and thinking they were good but I don't think they are the best. For right now I prefer to stick with the bold red as it is. I will continue to allow late entries until it and not signing up at all becomes the normal way of getting into a race again at which point I will start enforcing it because I think in the long run entries will be higher and that's all anyone wants.
Strange that at the time I set a bold red line and stop signing up for the Monday and Wednesday events that entries for both days drop to zero. These are days that are usually one or two entries lower than our best days. Do drivers only enter because I'm signed up,,,please
We do run the STCC tracks, we have even had GTP events at the smaller tracks but entries and comments indicate that drivers like to run on long fast tracks rather than ones with laptimes of less than a minute. No one seems to have liked Mini events run on shorter tracks for long lengths even though I think that all the lapping of backmarkers is a great way to bring on long battles. It's also a great training for slower drivers in learning to handle the pressure of someone coming up from behind.
As some of the latest racing sim releases like rf2 and Assetto Corsa come up to speed[they certainly are looking great] the builds and updates are bringing them to their full potential. The weeks racing calender will be shared and our schedule will change a bit accordingly. I have no intention to step on the toes of the other groups as they bring in the future. For a time and when I became staff, we were only running three races a a week, W/STCC, GT's[usually] and a Mini Friday. At some point Bram noticed that the servers were not populated with events and so I popped up daily events. In general each day has held it's own with a good number of entries for each day unless I happened to pick a bad car /track combination and let drivers take a day off. Now, it's not that the server is being overused but that the other clubs will be coming on strong.
I can keep populating the calender with events as long as drivers support them. Poor attendance, lack of entries will be the reasons for any reduction in the schedule.
I'll always try to pick good car/track combo's, sometimes they might not be the best for you and that's OK as when it's obvious, those cars that you hate to drive won't be called up as often. There are many legal tracks out there and RD has allowed the use of legal tracks. Personally I'm not big on car mod's but I like to see them in special events but for most all club events I find it best to use stock content cars. Recently we have used the low powered Cat's and Rad's, I'll keep that up and try a few other classes also. Everything seems to work for one or two events before drivers don't come back for more.
There are a few more things happening that will be coming up soon. Both will be driver initiated, one has been brought about by drivers and the other is for drivers. You will have to wait on more info on those.
Next week ends my fifth year here at RD. April tenth will be five years of racing here with tin tops after leaving a sim world of IndyCars and F1. I hope I've answered a few questions that have been in the air. I plan on staying staff for a while longer and racing as long as I enjoy racing, my hands/body stay in shape, and my PC doesn't crap out!
