Oh the irony. There's very little detail so far about how things actually work and almost all of it is on virtual paper or verbal so we haven't really seen much in action except cars on track. So, people naturally express their concerns. That's kind of what discussion boards are for. Then you come along and tell everyone to stop worrying or worse, they are wrong for being concerned, even though you have no more idea than anyone else how things are actually going to work
. It's especially ironic given the history of cryptic information around this franchise the last few years and how often what we think is a sure thing one day turns out to be something else a few months later or even vanishes in the mist.
No I told you you were wrong for worrying about something you imagined but was incorrect and when there are screenshots that show that clearly it isn't cryptic but you don't read my posts so you really have no idea what I said and so now you are doing the same thing to me you have been doing to the game, making assumptions to form a criticism.
If you had been paying attention I have said a number of times I understand peoples concerns when the concerns were valid.
I understand why people are concerned about the car numbers and I offered a couple of valid possibilities that might explain the number and even pointed out that Kaz himself hinted at the possibility of more classes after release but I discussed what would be required to ensure that can happen.
And I understand the fear of the game being too limited when they turn the servers off eventually. These are valid concerns.
But when people spread fear that is invalid based on information we have been given surely that is worth pointing out.
And there is a thread for criticism and this isn't it.
Not really catching what you're saying here.
Also not trying to be that guy, but your last paragraph is way too massive, you mind breaking it down a bit?
You will miss out on all the important stuff but here goes
- Ratings should be an option for non official lobbies
- Ratings should never be calculated in those lobbies because people will exploit the system.
- From the article it seems ratings will be calculated similar to iRacing with enhancements because Kaz obviously done his homework there to see what is wrong with the system.
- Sportmanship Rating (SR) will be calculated similar to iRacing by using a method similar to incidents per corner.
- The inclusion of Category in the calculation of SR is an improvement that will provide the ability have classes of racing where a bit of paint swapping wont effect you as much like you would want in oval racing or BTC fans might like.
- Driver Class ratings also seem like they will work like iRacing calculates iRating but with a significant improvement.
- Using Qualification in that calculation is something I am happy to see but might encourage sandbagging.
- I explained how the system works on iRacing.
- GTS improves the system by giving drivers a Driver Class instead of a score
- This will help participation unlike the score iRacing gives you which stops people from racing to protect their rating.
- I also explained why he doesn't need to worry about something he said he was worried about .
For explanations and details you need to read that post and that is why it is longer, I'm sure if I posted like this some people might prefer it but it would ultimately lead to arguments by people who think I'm making it up or don't understand how I came to that conclusion. For more reasons why I don't post like this read below.
Trying to find the point in your post, you may want to cut down on the waffle and make concise points that point out what you want to say without the fluff.
Anybody can write a ton of words to say what could be said in a sentence but if you really do enjoy writing as you have said that you do - why not focus on trying to get your point across before it gets lost in the haze of a text wall? It's hard not to disregard what you're saying because it requires a metric ton of effort to see what you're saying in the first place.
There's plenty of users (who frequent this thread a lot) who are precise and to the point meaning they never have to mince their words. Take a leaf out of their book if you want people to take you seriously.
This is just advice - feel free to disregard.
If you look at the summary I just posted of the post I made above you will see it contains the points but without explanations and disclaimers it is open to misinterpretation and unnecessary debate. And a lot has been left out. I have found posting like this is actually frustrating as it leads to arguments that can be avoided simply by posting the supporting information at the same time. For example when I say people will exploit the system and nothing else no one knows how this might happen.
The flow on effect is that a certain type of person reads my post and a certain type of person tends to avoid my post and then you also have a certain type of person who feels the need to announce to everyone that they are not going to read my post and another type of person who will respond to my post even though it is clear they have not read it.
This is good because my post tends to reach its intended audience and it also helps expose the personalities of the people I am talking to which is good because it is so hard to know what type of person you are talking to online. This comes in very handy when I'm trying to determine how credible someone is when they post.
