So... the nature of this sort of thing means that your version from your point of view is subject to all the latency that you're subject to and may not reflect the "real" events.
Did you save the replay or got a screenshot of the finishing results for this race? As others said already, its likely latency skewing the result of this race.
Ah interesting. I was the host, but the replay is not mine (replay was only saved by the Mini driver so we can't check different perspectives). Both parties were surprised by the result, thinking that the Pallas had nudged in front.
Replay as Replay file should contain all information, shouldnt it?
As far as I can tell, replays (files) only replay from the point of view of the person who saved the replay. Any lag from other players will be present on the replay.
Exactly this. It's a telemetry file, and that includes the telemetry received from other players - and when - just as it was in the race you took part in.
I'd be more inclined to believe that the replay of the host is the same as anyone partaking : just his telemetry + the telemetry received from other players during the race (with all the issues it can show where some players have a not so good connection).
Definitely, but for timing purposes there must be a definitive version of events - and that's either some weird calculation based off several (or all of the) machines or one of the machines is the "master" timekeeper. In the latter case it makes the most sense it's the lobby host, but that's only why I suspect it rather than anything more concrete.
The jerkiness isn't really part of it though, because that'll happen regardless. We're not looking for cars jerking about or not, we're looking to see whether the host console is the timing master or if something else is.
I guess the best way to test this would probably be a head to head drag race with each person driving the same completely stock cars on auto transmission (preferably a car that doesn't wheelspin so much) to get a very close finish.
By perspective of the screenshot this isnt 100% clear, but I dare say the driver of the mini is further away from the line by looking at the hands of both of them.
Hm. Interesting that it's based on the driver, I didn't know that. I'll try to take another shot, but the Pallas was the one overhauling the Mini, so considering the drivers look pretty level in this shot, I'm not sure how the Mini driver would cross first.
I was gonna say, maybe it’s which driver’s arse crosses the line first - but then I read the rest of the thread.
