Can you be demoted DR ranks?

[DakotaXIII]

I was racing the new Gr.4 track last night and I was WAY too tired. I'd posted a 2:12.1s earlier in the day running quali laps on my own, but then my races later on were... not great.

I'm DR B and I've noticed I'm now getting grouped with some people who are C and have slower times than earlier races.

Can you be demoted?

 

[JulesDennis]

I was racing the new Gr.4 track last night and I was WAY too tired. I'd posted a 2:12.1s earlier in the day running quali laps on my own, but then my races later on were... not great.

I'm DR B and I've noticed I'm now getting grouped with some people who are C and have slower times than earlier races.

Can you be demoted?

Why not?
Your SR can go up or down,so the same must be with DR.

 

[Darwock]

Yes. I was B/B and qualified on pole for Alsace. Halfway through the first lap I got disconnected from the server.

Reconnected, started the next session on pole again but swiftly got bashed off track and then used as a billiard ball, earning around 18 seconds of penalties which I worked off and finished last.

At the end of that race I was D/E. That's hella-demotion.

 

[CodeCmdr]

Yes, if your DR goes down, you're more likely to get grouped with others who are in a DR below you, and if you lose against them, you may end up in their group. I was in DR-C in the demo and at launch, but dropped down to DR-D.

I got my DR-D up to about 80% the other day and got grouped with a mix of DR-D and DR-C drivers. Then I had a couple of bad races, or didn't try as hard, my DR went down to about 50%, and now I'm mostly in DR-D-only groups again.

 

[Matt368]

Although sometimes it seems you get a random grouping. I have had it twice now, my DR has been steadily improving and never dropping but then I'll be grouped with an entire field of D drivers whilst at the time I was B. This then led to me winning by some 15 seconds.