Remote Racing car analysis

[coldcutca]

At my day job I am a data analyst and I actually love my job. So while there is some down time I decided to run some analysis on the remote races to find out how random or predictable they are. I've run about 50 races and put the results in a database to analyse. First thing I found was some interesting stats on cars that win. I thought folks on this forum would find them interesting.

The google spreadsheet results this one is here;

it's publicly viewable. Some interesting things I found so far;

-The Mercedes C9 wins all the time in Circuit De la Sarthe

-The Shelby Cobra in Laguna Seca does pretty well

- The Corvette Coup sucks in Laguna Seca

- The Lotus Europa Special in Nurburgring does well but four races may not be enough to tell definitively

- W12 in SS Route 5 is 4 first for 4 races

- Same for NSX Type R '02 in Tokyo R246

Besides cars I want to see if driver level makes a difference as well. Do certain races favor skill or randomness. That's my next step in the analysis, besides getting more races (and money, and XP).

 

[coldcutca]

Some more analysis in this spreadsheet here.

This one shows the average level of driver for each final position in each race. Races like Sarthe, Laguna, and Tokyo don't have much of a spread between first place and last. It's more random on those tracks (maybe due to cars?). If you your racing lower level drivers against your friends those tracks are better suited. If you have the higher level drivers your best to stay away from these tracks.

 

[GraphiteGB]

Bit late to the party this has allready been done in B-spec remote FAQ
Could have saved you some time if you had read it.

 

[coldcutca]

Bit late to the party this has allready been done in B-spec remote FAQ
Could have saved you some time if you had read it.

I see numbers for payouts and experience, but I don't see numbers on the FAQ anywhere if certain tracks favor driver level or just luck of which car you draw. I did my best to scan all 18 pages of posts in the FAQ but I don't see it.

 

[MattZR1]

LOL, I noticed on the the Le Sarthe race, that the Esperante GT1 almost always comes in last. Damn poor car....I always thought it was good. Of course compared to the competition, it is pretty pedestrian in comparison.

 

[GraphiteGB]

Ill repeat the info from B-spec remote FAQ.

The Super cars V lemon cars per track has been pointed out, each class of cars has one of each. Except Nascar which only has a 1 PP difference in cars.
They do not spawn every race this makes another car in the line up the super/lemon car.
The super car are the only chance for low level B spec drivers to win but as the car selection is random a level 40 B-spec driver can be selected for the Super car Just as easy as a level 0 driver, same goes for the lemon car driver selection. but a level 10 driver wont be able to drive a high speed class car fast just like B-spec ofline.

B spec level of driver alters the chances of winning. YES, level 40 will win more than level 20 YES. Level 20 will win more than level 10.

Grid spawn position is random which can totally randomize the race result.

Track selection does not allter chances off winning.

 

[coldcutca]

Track selection does not allter chances off winning.

My numbers say it can. If you pick a track that favours random outcomes than the level of the driver then you improve your odds if your driver is lower in level than the others. This is proven in my second set of numbers. Grand Valley has a large spread in the averages, so if you have a higher level driver your best to use that track which favours skill over randomness. Tokyo has very little spread in the averages which leads to more random results. If your bob is a lower level than your friends your best to use this track to up the odds he finishes higher. This could be due to the random assignment of cars or the nature of the track and the vehicles.

This is based on 70 races so far which is enough to show a trend. I've got the remote race widget running now and should have a lot more result to push through the databse to get a better picture.

 

[odyss3y]

-The Mercedes C9 wins all the time in Circuit De la Sarthe

Not even close... just came in 6th on my remote race. #1 was the Judd gv5, #4 was the bmw and 5th was a 908. Definitely need more data points..

All my drivers are level 40 and the rest of my competition is random but mostly high level (lots of other 40's). Driver level (and personality) definitely makes a difference in La Sarthe.