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Feature Request: Display Incident Average for Drivers on Pre-Race Start Screen
#1
Since the HTML/PHP pre-race page is capable of displaying the drivers' rating, I assume it's an easy SQL operation to also read in the incident average and display it on the pre-race screen next to the rating. It would give other drivers a sense of who to be aware of going into a race. An additional benefit is if the incident average can be made a bit more public in this way (seen by all your competition immediately before going into a race), it may increase safe racing since drivers may feel more accountable to their incident average.

I've made this request to our SRS administrator at simracingsystem@gmail.com, but perhaps other SRS drivers could chime in to agree/disagree or suggest an alternative approach.

See screenshot below for where I could see this information being displayed:
[Image: 4F31EBg.jpg]

Edit: My apologies for originally posting this to the wrong forum. Thank you for moving it to the correct place!
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#2
It would also make people more aware of their own incident average and might make some people pay more attention and motivate them to be more clean.

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#3
TBH with the standard of driving in some of the series atm it could be useful.
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#4
Good idea, you have my vote, sir!
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#5
Nice idea David, I completely agree with you.

It would be a good way to promote clean driving style,
and at the same time be aware of our own reputation.
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#6
Let me be the first to disagree. I don't see any additional value adding an incident rating. It doesn't tell you anything more than someone's behaviour in a specific race. It will only lead to more preassumptions. I've seen people with very low incident ratings behave like absolute d*cks in races. I myself for example have a rather high incident rating. This because I joined SRS before I had any business being on public servers and when I started I raced more on Nordschleiffe rather than any other track. I'm a different driver now than I was when I started, yet I still carry a high incident rating along with me.

What would u do differently if you'd see someone with a high incident rating in a list of drivers that'll participate in a race?

Also, I don't see how adding this will magically start promoting a cleaner driving style or cleaner race.
There's plenty of drivers who don't care about their ratings, or incident rating. Adding this won't change that.

I actually would think it would have a reversed effect. Because whenever there might be an incident, then hey "it must be the guy with the highest incident rating to be blamed"
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(09-03-2018, 05:49 PM)David Weber Wrote:  Since the HTML/PHP pre-race page is capable of displaying the drivers' rating, I assume it's an easy SQL operation to also read in the incident average and display it on the pre-race screen next to the rating. It would give other drivers a sense of who to be aware of going into a race. An additional benefit is if the incident average can be made a bit more public in this way (seen by all your competition immediately before going into a race), it may increase safe racing since drivers may feel more accountable to their incident average.

I've made this request to our SRS administrator at simracingsystem@gmail.com, but perhaps other SRS drivers could chime in to agree/disagree or suggest an alternative approach.

See screenshot below for where I could see this information being displayed:
[Image: 4F31EBg.jpg]

Edit: My apologies for originally posting this to the wrong forum. Thank you for moving it to the correct place!

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(10-17-2018, 01:38 PM)Dennis Ipenburg Wrote:  What would u do differently if you'd see someone with a high incident rating in a list of drivers that'll participate in a race?
I would try to get away from them, same as I already try to do with high ping guys. Just trying to be a little more careful than I normally am already.

In general I like the idea, although I also agree it probably wouldn't stop people who don't mind their ratings at all.
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#9
(10-17-2018, 01:38 PM)
Quote:Dennis Ipenburg Wrote:  Let me be the first to disagree.
I agree with you disagreeing. Wink 
In a T1 pileup it is easy to get 5-7 incidents, add to this two classic racing incidents, you end race with 9 incidents. I regulary see people who brake late enough just to touch the defending car and use him as additional braking power - they don`t care about inc count at all.
I don`t have empiric evidence but to me inc count don`t mean much, if it is not very high eg. 7,0. If you`re a midpack racer you will get those incidents from the sheer number of cars you interact with. And yes, also every now and then when I got close to being in top 3, I faced the drivers being VERY aggressive.
I`ve been cheering for licence system in SRS so that the slowest and most contact oriented players don`t enter servers. That would get me mostly in split 2/3 I tihnk yet I don`t mind if it means not letting in hotheads to ruin our race.
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(10-19-2018, 10:55 AM)Matthias Wauer Wrote:  
(10-17-2018, 01:38 PM)Dennis Ipenburg Wrote:  What would u do differently if you'd see someone with a high incident rating in a list of drivers that'll participate in a race?
I would try to get away from them, same as I already try to do with high ping guys. Just trying to be a little more careful than I normally am already.

In general I like the idea, although I also agree it probably wouldn't stop people who don't mind their ratings at all.

Fair enough. I appreciate your honesty. But this is exactly the reason why I'm so much against it. High pings I would avoid too. That is a guarantee for trouble. a High incident rating is not imho. The assumption that someone with a high incident rating is "trouble" is wrong. As I said before, I've seen ppl with low incident lvl behave like idiots. My incident rating is high for reasons explained earlier, yet these days I race "cleaner" than many... Should I continuesly held accountable for ignorance and inexperience I had in the past?
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