04-01-2018, 08:20 AM
More recently I've had races on here that make me wonder why I bother.
Yesterday I took part in the 1 hour Euro Porsche 911 race. Having spent 3-4 hours practising offline I end up 10th on the grid, half way round the first lap when things have settled a bit I get hit on the way out of a corner placing me last and 10s behind the next guy. Keep it together and drive as smooth as I can. End the race 8th having been hit by people coming back on the track, people being lapped and even the second place guy coming back on the track having just lapped me!
Ended the race with 9 incidents with 1 of them being my fault. This looses e 27 points. the guys who do 5 laps then quit end up with more points than me, and I loose a position in the overall standings.
Even if I send in a protest and they are up held the points are not corrected, and what I find harder, is the overall standings that I work hard to improve.
I understand the idea of using the points penalty and incident system to encourage good driving but as it is at the moment it works like a sledge hammer to crack a walnut, which is counter productive.
Yesterday I took part in the 1 hour Euro Porsche 911 race. Having spent 3-4 hours practising offline I end up 10th on the grid, half way round the first lap when things have settled a bit I get hit on the way out of a corner placing me last and 10s behind the next guy. Keep it together and drive as smooth as I can. End the race 8th having been hit by people coming back on the track, people being lapped and even the second place guy coming back on the track having just lapped me!
Ended the race with 9 incidents with 1 of them being my fault. This looses e 27 points. the guys who do 5 laps then quit end up with more points than me, and I loose a position in the overall standings.
Even if I send in a protest and they are up held the points are not corrected, and what I find harder, is the overall standings that I work hard to improve.
I understand the idea of using the points penalty and incident system to encourage good driving but as it is at the moment it works like a sledge hammer to crack a walnut, which is counter productive.