Me next Hamish !
Your Rank is entirely based on what you know you can do. You could submit a
totally fictitious driver.ini file which puts you straight into the top 500
but where's the satisfaction in that ? You are playing GPL because you are a
Gentleman ( or Lady ) and you appreciate the satisafaction of
acheivement through hard graft.
You are comparing yourself to others but really you are assessing your own
driving ability.
example 1 : If I clip the barriers around Monaco I consider that a mistake
for me and would disregard the time if it were a personal best , damage on
or not.
example 2 : My fastest Kyalami time is .02 faster than my next fastest , I
submitted the slower lap-time because I was happier with my driving on that
lap. On the quicker lap I slid wide in one bend. That's just me though.
If you run into someone with a similar GPLR to yourself in a race you know
your in for a laugh ,
if your GPLR is a little "optimistic" you're going to be found sorely
wanting. Sidenote - fast hotlaps
don't always indicate a "Good" driver - but that's a whole new topic !
SO ! only you will know what your GPLRank reflects ; you could have two
accounts - one for damage on , one for off , perhaps ?
Lucinda Wong ( GPLR -16 )
> Since I'm first to reposond, the times are just read from your PLAYER.INI
> file, so what ever you did to get that time counts (except change engines
or
> otherwise fiddling with the default settings of the program.) By
> <Shift-R>ing through a lap, you are costing yourself time, so it isn't a
> help unless you can't complete the lap without crashing (like me at the
> Ring.) It doesn't matter which damage mode you run either.
> Book.
> > I'm looking at submitting times etc. to GPLRank to see how well I'm
doing
> > against other GPL drivers (too embarassing to submit this week, but I am
> > improving)
> > The site is a little sparse in terms of conditions of submission, so
I'll
> > ask here.
> > Are you allowed automatic shifting (I can do the throttle and braking
> > without assistance, but I have trouble co-ordinating the gear changes
> along
> > with everything else).
> > I've currently got the damage mode set to realistic, which can be a bit
of
> a
> > pain if I'm 7/8ths through the warmup lap at Nurburgring and end up
> crashing
> > catastrophically. Obviously using a result in which you used Shift-R
would
> > be inappropriate, but it can be useful if your just about to cross the
> > start/finish line for the start of a (hopefully) hotlap and you crash.
> > Cheers
> > Hamish Strong