Hi Dave,
You're a driver who under favourable conditions is able to drive quite error
free, i.e. you won't make too many unforced errors, but you haven't
developed the strategies yet to stay out of trouble when things get rough.
Your two lpi's paint a clear picture of your characteristic as a racer.
And your lpi mirrors this. I.e., it shows a realistic picture of
your priorities. To me, the lpi has always been an at least equally
important value to the others, and my lpi shows this as well.
Please don't misunderstand this as a personal attack or criticism - this is
not what I am trying to do at all. I just really think that the lpi shows a
clear picture of what a driver has been doing. Not perfect in all detail,
but at least in terms of showing a tendency.
Apologies if I repeat myself, but I brought one ID from 0 to 5 on RC's in
about a week, with an lpi of currently around 50 (Littlefeat). I raced
mostly on the fixed setup Papy RC Loop servers.
I personally think an lpi of 50 will get me into most any race that'll be on
offer after the lpi patch, and am not in the least worried that this might
not be enough. Don't forget that we were all facing the same probs. Nobody
will on a large scale start asking lpi's of 100 or more on their servers, as
there simply aren't enough drivers who have such high lpi's (except for
newbies after their first race, if they're lucky :-)
Well I'm not saying this will all be perfect or anything. I'm just saying
it's a valuable addition to the ranking system, and I think we all should
welcome it. I don't see any major hickups even in the beginning as we're all
starting from the same situation and background, so there won't be any
wonder-lpi's anywhere. And as time passes, things will develop a clear
shape.
And as I said in another message, races will just get better with everyone
being more concerned about their lpi. It's to the best of us all.
Well, I have been working for this lpi ever since I started racing on
Sierra.com, as the lpi appeared to me always to be the most important
indicator for how good and realistic a racer someone is. I've always pulled
back when I could to avoid the accident (and it's brought me points anyway
as I've finished more often than otherwise), I've often rather braked when
things got critical than going through a melee at full speed with my eyes
closed, I've always driven with the guideline in my head that the most
important thing is finishing without having offs, as just one single off is
likely to cost me more time than I can ever make up in the entire race by
driving like an alien.
I've always aimed for a compromise between aggressive racing for
the win, and holding back when it seemed reasonable. IMO my
lpi's mirrors this, and I'd hate to lose the result of all the work ;-)
Well, you know my opinion. I would get a high lpi again (higher than right
now as I very often was the special target of wreckers who went for the
leader), but
I'd lose the result of everything I've achieved so far in that respect on
Sierra.com, while those who didn't pay attention to their lpi would get a
present :-)
Achim
