07-13-2018, 12:46 PM
I agree, this has always been the case in racing. Qualifying on top positions can be safer. It's just qualification, in any series without some sort of reverse start it has this effect. It's why people go and try to qualify on top positions, if it's not advantageous they won't do it.
Such as if a series starts reversing top 6 on grid? And gives no extra points for qualifying on better positions? Then you gotta finish 6th in Q to get the top spot as that is the best Q result you can get.
I don't see anything new on SRS really, it's the same mess as in any other racing. Collisions happen, qualifying on better positions is better, ... how SRS deals with wreckers and bumpers is not the best and I think it's unlikely to change. In more organized racing you would have several race officials watching corners and the whole pack giving penalties to offenders mid race to drive through, stop and go, or even retire, deploying safety car to remove dead cars, etc.
On public servers it's doable to weave and overtake a lot from rear positions to the top fast (such as 15 to 5th in 3 corners), but on SRS I don't think the driver differences are as big to allow for it, though there do seem to be people even on top 5 that do not start very well and give you this option to go past them fast. When you start that far back and do not have a big enough lap time advantage then of course it is difficult to pass anyone and avoid contacts.
Magione... I don't know much where to pass there as I don't drive that track if I can avoid it. I would say the best is straight-T1-straight-T2-straight-T3, do not even try and be smart in T4 slowest U turn as that will be a crash and as we saw in last race that's what happened, wait in T5 and overtake on main straight and into T6, the subsequent slow corners are again hard to overtake without driver in front making any mistake and keeping a good racing line.
With equal cars and not much drafting, Magione can be quite a bit about qualification. And if you don't setup your car for good top speed then you won't even be able to make those overtakes on straights by drafting.
Honestly, I expected way bigger carnage on Magione and having to pass blue flagged cars that ended up in crashes over and over.
Such as if a series starts reversing top 6 on grid? And gives no extra points for qualifying on better positions? Then you gotta finish 6th in Q to get the top spot as that is the best Q result you can get.
I don't see anything new on SRS really, it's the same mess as in any other racing. Collisions happen, qualifying on better positions is better, ... how SRS deals with wreckers and bumpers is not the best and I think it's unlikely to change. In more organized racing you would have several race officials watching corners and the whole pack giving penalties to offenders mid race to drive through, stop and go, or even retire, deploying safety car to remove dead cars, etc.
On public servers it's doable to weave and overtake a lot from rear positions to the top fast (such as 15 to 5th in 3 corners), but on SRS I don't think the driver differences are as big to allow for it, though there do seem to be people even on top 5 that do not start very well and give you this option to go past them fast. When you start that far back and do not have a big enough lap time advantage then of course it is difficult to pass anyone and avoid contacts.
Magione... I don't know much where to pass there as I don't drive that track if I can avoid it. I would say the best is straight-T1-straight-T2-straight-T3, do not even try and be smart in T4 slowest U turn as that will be a crash and as we saw in last race that's what happened, wait in T5 and overtake on main straight and into T6, the subsequent slow corners are again hard to overtake without driver in front making any mistake and keeping a good racing line.
With equal cars and not much drafting, Magione can be quite a bit about qualification. And if you don't setup your car for good top speed then you won't even be able to make those overtakes on straights by drafting.
Honestly, I expected way bigger carnage on Magione and having to pass blue flagged cars that ended up in crashes over and over.