05-22-2018, 07:22 AM
I think that the points calculation for championships is harming participation. Currently you can race up to five times in a week and your best point score will be counted as your entry for that week, but if you race more than five it will be calculated as an average of all your results.
iRacing does a far better job of this, where your entry is calculated as the average of the best quarter of your results. If you race 1-4 times it counts your best one, if you race 5-8 times it's your best two averaged and so on.
In terms of championship points it is detrimental at the moment to race more than five races and the system is easily gamed. If you are a driver that generally ends up in split 2 or 3 you can jump into a race at a low-participation time that only runs on one server and toddle around at the back for a huge points boost over what you'd receive racing at busier times in split 2 or 3. As long as you don't exceed five races this "artificial" result will then be taken as your entry for the week.
My suggestion then, is to move to a system like iRacing but using the average of the best half of your results. SRS runs less races daily than iRacing so it makes sense to scale the number down. With this you can run one race and then a second one to attempt to improve your result for "free". Most racers will want to run more than two races a week, so they certainly will run a third and then after that there will always be a running incentive to race more to bring up the average.
iRacing does a far better job of this, where your entry is calculated as the average of the best quarter of your results. If you race 1-4 times it counts your best one, if you race 5-8 times it's your best two averaged and so on.
In terms of championship points it is detrimental at the moment to race more than five races and the system is easily gamed. If you are a driver that generally ends up in split 2 or 3 you can jump into a race at a low-participation time that only runs on one server and toddle around at the back for a huge points boost over what you'd receive racing at busier times in split 2 or 3. As long as you don't exceed five races this "artificial" result will then be taken as your entry for the week.
My suggestion then, is to move to a system like iRacing but using the average of the best half of your results. SRS runs less races daily than iRacing so it makes sense to scale the number down. With this you can run one race and then a second one to attempt to improve your result for "free". Most racers will want to run more than two races a week, so they certainly will run a third and then after that there will always be a running incentive to race more to bring up the average.