JohnMaverick Wrote:
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> CaptinFranko schrieb:
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> > oensan Wrote:
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> > > What if a team, like One, who have only been
> > > running for a single season but have had
> great
> > > success, had their perfs reset at the end of
> > this
> > > season and were back to where they started
> just
> > > because most other teams had gone the three
> > > seasons since the last reset? That would be
> > really
> > > unfair!
> > >
> > > To be fair, all the team's perfs started
> within
> > > just 4 of each other this season. AMR and TSM
> > were
> > > pretty much evenly matched, even taking into
> > > consideration their drivers' perfs, but the
> two
> > > teams have had starkly contrasting seasons. I
> > > think the system is pretty much spot on for
> > > generating competitive racing at the moment.
> > > No-one's running away with it as they have
> > > previously, are they?
> >
> > Now I know I am going to court controversy for
> > saying this and really don't mean to but I
> don't
> > find it fair that the new teams have been able
> to
> > come in in their first season and win races.
> How
> > long have other teams been waiting to win
> races?
> > Some a lot more than three seasons. Barring
> last
> > year Christel and Mac have been at the back of
> the
> > field trying to work up, which is what new
> teams
> > do..its just been a bit gauling this year
> > realising how much of a one off last season was
> > for Christel. I think the new rules have been
> > geared far to much to the new teams and
> "narrowing
> > the gap" that in my opinion, never needed
> > narrowing. Yes AMR won all titles last year but
> I
> > bet they will again this year, because they are
> a
> > top team. I say put in a ceiling for the driver
> > and team perfs at a certain point and then over
> > the course of a few seasons the other teams
> will
> > catchup. Then when teams like AMR and TSM
> > eventually leave the whole process will renew
> > itself. The teams below will move forward and
> the
> > new teams will come in at the bottom.
> >
> > Now I know that sounds a bit processional but
> the
> > fact that boosts are, lets be honest random,
> and
> > that GP4 has a random element built into it
> anyway
> > I think would still make for interesting
> racing.
> > Plus it would bring back an element of control
> for
> > team owners as they try to sign drivers with
> > higher perfs in order to trump their way up the
> > system.
> >
> > Oh and please....GET RID OF SINGLE LAP
> QUALIFYING!
> > (We may as well just roll a dice)
>
>
> Now, honestly Chris, to me this sounds a bit...how
> to put it...jealous. After all, last season
> Christel had an extremely good season, from a
> position where this wasn't expected. Granted that
> the one lap qualifying might have had a positive
> effect for ONE, too, but to be fair, they're now
> just a proof that the artificial decrease of
> performance gaps is actually working. Like
> Christel was last season and SCR was the season
> before.
> As for the ceiling you mention, it would be just
> good to read the rules. In fact there has been a
> team perf cap for a long time already (810, 810
> points). And for this season, a driver's perf cap
> as been introduced as well, as announced before
> the season, which Ed has just hit after the last
> race, meaning that his driver perf won't increase
> any further for the rest of the season.
> Along with that, the actual perf gaps are
> massively shrunk for the next season starter
> perfs.
>
> As for Stu's decision to stop doing race
> coverages: I can honestly understand the decision.
> He is running the absolute most number of our
> races and is putting in a massive time for it.
> Interestingly it were mostly those people who have
> never done a coverage before who now take it for
> granted that they have a right for this or that
> kind of coverage. Do one yourself, experience the
> massive difference of time that is needed to do a
> coverage one way or the other, and then you can
> claim it again, while putting your own effort in,
> once in a while. Honestly, it's the race
> director's choice what kind of coverage he gives
> and all the others should be grateful to this
> person - whoever it is - for having put in the
> effort!
> With Stu not doing it anymore, you better prepare
> for way longer waiting times between races!
To be honest...I meant it to sound like jealousy because it was. Im jealous of any team that wins because I want it to be my own.
GPGSL - Christel VXR team Boss S6-S8, S12 Onwards