As zero mentioned earlier, this would be an example of what I consider a re-think and rewritten OLR.
Why penalize a driver further when they lose positions or are gained upon by other drivers, after hitting a wall or obstacle.?
Penalize a driver for driving OB where momentum/speed is maintained or gained.
I got this.
The rule cited as needing changing was put in place to address what the rest of Section 15 does not, but is addressed in what I think is an often overlooked or forgotten rule, taking for granted that everyone has read the SNAIL OLR. Those two rules have been in the OLR for as long as SNAIL has adopted the
GTP OLR. Those two rules are as follows;
01: S.N.A.I.L. OLR General Rules:
C:
You are expected to compete in a fair and honest manner. Fair and honest means according to the S.N.A.I.L. online racing rules, not according to your own interpretation of fair and honest.
D:
You are expected to drive responsibly in a way that’s not likely to ruin the racing enjoyment of your fellow drivers.
To re-enforce why rule 15A was put in place I will cite a not so hypothetical situation.
Driver A is in front of Driver B by whatever margin. For the sake of argument, will call it 3 seconds. Driver A uses specific objects outside the defined track surface to decide braking and turn in points. Driver B on the other hand, does not. After driver A passes one of these points, Driver B, all the while maintaining strict adherence to the rest of Track Boundary rules, knocks down those brake or turn in markers driver A uses, neither gaining or losing time that lap. Driver A continues on his lap keeping an eye on the splits, if he or she is in first place, gets back to that place and that marker they just used a lap earlier is no longer there. Driver A blows the brake or turn in point, trying to adjust, slides off in to the sand or grass, or just keeping his, or her, car on the track, and Driver B, who was 3 seconds back is now, if not passing driver A, made up that 3 seconds. It doesn't even matter if driver B knows driver A uses those markers for reference points, it matters that he exploited the OOB rules and gained that 3 seconds or more on the driver ahead. Rule 15A closes that exploit.
Don't try to tell me it hasn't happened in exactly this way. I've watched it happen, both in races I've been in and in many replays I've watched. The stewards hashed this particular rule out the last time the OLR was modified, which was last January. All of those rules in that post have been there for at least 9 months and the majority of it has been there for much longer.
So far as I'm concerned, that rule has a valid reason for being there and I will always vote in its favor of staying, exactly as written.
next to the rules that you don't really have to follow
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....never never correct el supremo....in public....
