GTP F1 World championship. *PS3* Interest.F1 2010-2016 

We are at 26 drivers at the moment, I dont really want to split it up into countries or controller usage so I was thinking about perhaps running a time trial qualifying event, ala the qualification for the WRS. Then everyone gets split into their respective division based on pace. Hopefully with enough drivers for 3 divisions of 12.

Could be an idea, let me know what you think and keep poisting ideas as well.
 
Sounds good, but people might get a bit angry if they're not in the top division. I know I might :lol:, but if someone's faster than the rest in their division, they get promoted up a division, but what happens to their points they got in the old one? All scrapped and you start over completely?
 
There really is a double standard that must be thought about, because you also should take into account how aggressive against over drivers people are when they are going for an overtake. Maybe we could have footage from a single player race as well as a time trial lap from the same track? Or could the series be Contact Off like the most recent F1:CE Series is?

Edit: How About Pre-Qualifying for people who are on the verge of going up a division Peter?
 
Pre qualifying could work.

I still think we should split into NTSC and PAL, and split into DS3 and wheel within the 2.

So, F1 2010 PAL Championship drivers

DS3:
1.
2.
3.
.....

Wheel:
1.
2.
3.
......


F1 2010 NTSC drivers

DS3:
1.
2.
3.
.......

Wheel:
1.
2.
3.
........


That's a total of 48 spots, hopefully we don't have too many DS3 or wheel users. We need do a head count to see what everyone uses and their region.
 
Edit: If you decide to do divisions you can take my name off the list as I'm not a big fan of the concept anyways.
 
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Why the hell would anyone want to be in divisions like that PJ?
I myself, know that I wouldn't stick to just the DS3 or just the wheel.
Most of the time I can't be bothered using a wheel. But occassionally I do.
Count me out if this divisions thing is happening.
 
lf l understand correctly , you can fit 12 players max. per lobby.
l propose splitting into 3 separate leagues of 10 players. Chosen randomly , or each league could conduct tryouts , with minimum criteria to be met . like lap times etc.
With 10 players per lobby you still have room to add 2 more players per lobby for future expansion , once you hit 36 players form another league etc. , and on it goes.
Then at end of season to decide championship race the top 3 or 4 drivers from each league face off for the trophies.
Just a suggestion , it seems the main problem is accomodating so many players , l think this could work , maybe as a starting point.
 
Could the two spots left over (if we do that), be used for Pre-Qualifying for drivers in a lower league to move up a league once we reach a predetermined round in the season? There are bound to be some drivers in the lower leagues that show that they have pace and they need a way to get into a league with drivers of equivalent pace if they weren't already in it.

Also, just throwing this out there, will contact between drivers be on or off?
 
Justin
Edit: If you decide to do divisions you can take my name off the list as I'm not a big fan of the concept anyways.
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Aldo
Why the hell would anyone want to be in divisions like that PJ?
I myself, know that I wouldn't stick to just the DS3 or just the wheel.
Most of the time I can't be bothered using a wheel. But occassionally I do.
Count me out if this divisions thing is happening.
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Well, ok then, nevermind divisions.
 
I'm in, but not sure which PSN I'll use. I imagine we will tinker with this game a week or so before the championship starts? I'll stay tuned, it also depends which days we do this, weekends are hard for me, depending on the time...you know, real life.

PS; Sorry, you addressed most of my concerns.
 
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I still think it's a good idea to have a Championship qualifier at some track, and divide up the championships by pace. So the fastest of us will end up with people of the same pace, and those slower persons will be with people of the same pace. Someone in the blower league is pretty damn fast and is close to the top league's times, they get promoted, and will replace the slowest person in the top league, and that person gets put in the next league. It'll prevent us from having some persons all out dominating the races and championship, while others are waay behind, playing the part of a Virgin and HRT, and it'll keep the racing close, and exiting.


Any opinions or ideas?
 
I like it. It's just your last idea got rejected and this is pretty much the same idea. Some people just don't like it. This could lead to a champcar/indycar style split, but more likely not :).
 
Sounds good to me, isn't this how the GT5:P weekly race series folks do it? If it is good for them, don't see why it wouldn't be good here.
 
Peter
I still think it's a good idea to have a Championship qualifier at some track, and divide up the championships by pace. So the fastest of us will end up with people of the same pace, and those slower persons will be with people of the same pace. Someone in the blower league is pretty damn fast and is close to the top league's times, they get promoted, and will replace the slowest person in the top league, and that person gets put in the next league. It'll prevent us from having some persons all out dominating the races and championship, while others are waay behind, playing the part of a Virgin and HRT, and it'll keep the racing close, and exiting.


Any opinions or ideas?
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If it were every week it would be a good idea. However doing it at the beginning of the season and no other times wouldn't work all that well. For instance if the qualifying race is at Silverstone and someone's not good there but are great everywhere else they will be stuck in a lower level for however long making it impossible to win the championship. There is also the problem if someone is say at the 2nd tier division on every track except one where they could probably beat the 1st tier racers, that one good performance surely wouldn't be enough to get them to the top tier so they would be stuck wondering "what if" when they should be given a shot to win the race.

I also can already see someone getting mad when they get demoted, it's overall a rather flawed idea.

I also would like to know what you plan to do with points if someone gets promoted/demoted.

icelt
Sounds good to me, isn't this how the GT5:P weekly race series folks do it? If it is good for them, don't see why it wouldn't be good here.
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Sort of, however a person isn't limited by their division, they can still win the event overall. It's also ran via time trials.

Basically with the way this will supposedly be ran, divisions won't work.
 
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Sounds good to me. Although I would just like to know how often the fast drivers get promoted and demoted. Maybe every few races, (When the Series goes to Spain, Valencia, and Singapore,) we can have the switch-over happen before Qualifying for those events. Just a thought, any tips would be helpful.
 
Justin
Sort of, however a person isn't limited by their division, they can still win the event overall. It's also ran via time trials.

Basically with the way this will supposedly be ran, divisions won't work.
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Fair point. How about, just as more thought fodder, if the season were divided into 3'rds? So every 6 races or so a demotion/promotion occurs. And to take care of the unpredictable race result aspect, promotion/demotion is based on avg qualy position (over that 3rd of the season) and not race position. This would also help make more people take qualy quite seriously as well.

Points wise... uncertain what might be best. But if we are only talking about the bottom 1 or 2 positions, an assumption might be they are not too likely to be in the running anyway.

Just more thoughts. I know a perfect system is not likely, but it is at least worth it to consider all options at this point I think.
 
I finally decided I am going to get this game. I wouldnt mind running in this if there is still room for people. I am sure I will be the slowest of the bunch, but thats ok, I just enjoy racing with friends online.

Will be playing under GTP_Asmoday66
 
The numbers are starting to come in... I think there should be a cut off time for the sign up... Just so we can properly oraganise this.

One way to spice things up though is to have random grids... so every race we race against someone new. That way we won't have to worry about classes and carrying over points won't be an issue either... Just a random thought...
 
All there has to be is a qualifying structure and you can take on as many racers as the forum can handle. If NASCAR can turn away pros from the 43 race field then this place shouldn’t be the judge and jury. The click thing just pushes me over the edge of that were to take place. Maybe use a TTC system to allow racers to post a static time to be allowed to enter the race as there entry fee so they can try to back it up the day of the race and if they can’t make the cut you have people in reserve to qualify that day until the classes are full. When Roger DeCoster was asked “how does it feel to be the fast rider in the world?” he replied “I was only the fastest in the world today”
 
I had the same idea on page 1 or 2 but it had a lower scoring race for the non-qualifiers of the top 12 but someone tought that there's was better and no one had said anything about it since. I think the problem with yours is that people would be angry if they weren't allowed play if they're not fast enough. Could you imagine how I'd feel if you turned me down in the shift leagues when I started. It's a good idea in real life it just isn't any good in games. Anyways I finished 2nd in a race the other day despite having bad laptimes in practice. I capitilised on peoples errors an defended.
 
akmuq
I had the same idea on page 1 or 2 but it had a lower scoring race for the non-qualifiers of the top 12 but someone tought that there's was better and no one had said anything about it since. I think the problem with yours is that people would be angry if they weren't allowed play if they're not fast enough. Could you imagine how I'd feel if you turned me down in the shift leagues when I started. It's a good idea in real life it just isn't any good in games. Anyways I finished 2nd in a race the other day despite having bad laptimes in practice. I capitilised on peoples errors an defended.
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There doesn’t have to be only one race but different levels of competitors each week, everyone would get to race but maybe you wouldn’t get to race in the A main, maybe for a given track you would compete in the B main where you weren’t able to qualify for the A main. Maybe that same person was able to qualify for the A main in the last couple of races but now for that particular wk they just wouldn’t get any points towards the track championship but everyone would get to race. It is after all F1.
 
Oh right . A bit of a missunderstanding there. I had that idea on page 2 but for some reason it wasn't liked. I think it's going to have to be a vote on this. I vote lefty.
 

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