02-09-2016, 10:10 AM
This weekend was just a public test afaik.
So no races until the next testphase or the service goes live.
Don't forget, there are just ~150 people registered.
Let's say there are 40 registered users in your timezone (don't know how widely
spread the community is at the moment, so the number could vary a lot)
75% don't know that there even was a test weekend or had other plans.
Leaves you with roughly 15 drivers that are potentially available for races.
That's not a lot and seeing races with 5 guys in them really surprised me.
Once this community reaches 15.000 drivers everything will be different.
Having main events is definitely a good idea as long as only those count
towards the ranking or there are other benefits than just being the main event.
People would want to run practice races beforehand so they are well
prepared for the main event, meaning even the races prior to the main event
would see a nice grid.
The split in multiple sims is a double edged sword.
For one it's good to bring more people here, but it ultimatively decreases the
number of possible participants in the races.
(I just assume not everybody is a sim herder like me *g*)
Running a limited amount of series (just like in iRacing) with certain series
having specific requirements is in my opinion the best way to start off.
So for example everybody starts out in Minis or similar low power cars
(which usually make up for great close racing) and then progresses forward.
This should of course not be an endless grind, but would filter out those
reckless drivers and once you advanced you can pick the next higher class
or maybe then it's free for everything, don't know.
Sadly only pretty little is known about the plans of the SRS crew.
So no races until the next testphase or the service goes live.
Don't forget, there are just ~150 people registered.
Let's say there are 40 registered users in your timezone (don't know how widely
spread the community is at the moment, so the number could vary a lot)
75% don't know that there even was a test weekend or had other plans.
Leaves you with roughly 15 drivers that are potentially available for races.
That's not a lot and seeing races with 5 guys in them really surprised me.
Once this community reaches 15.000 drivers everything will be different.
Having main events is definitely a good idea as long as only those count
towards the ranking or there are other benefits than just being the main event.
People would want to run practice races beforehand so they are well
prepared for the main event, meaning even the races prior to the main event
would see a nice grid.
The split in multiple sims is a double edged sword.
For one it's good to bring more people here, but it ultimatively decreases the
number of possible participants in the races.
(I just assume not everybody is a sim herder like me *g*)
Running a limited amount of series (just like in iRacing) with certain series
having specific requirements is in my opinion the best way to start off.
So for example everybody starts out in Minis or similar low power cars
(which usually make up for great close racing) and then progresses forward.
This should of course not be an endless grind, but would filter out those
reckless drivers and once you advanced you can pick the next higher class
or maybe then it's free for everything, don't know.
Sadly only pretty little is known about the plans of the SRS crew.