rec.autos.simulators

>    I just got promoted to Club class and I have a great idea for a patch.
>    Since I only had to win one Amateur championship to move up, why do Valdez
> and Tillin keep winning and never get promoted? And now I have to drive with a
> completely new group of guys.
>    Why not run the game so that the AI uses the same promotion rules as the
> player. That way, the good amateur AI drivers will move up and be waiting for
> you in Club class and so on.
>    Also, it lets the drivers that aren't as good move up in the ranking just
> because they've been there forever and have more upgrades than the newbies.

>          Bryan

> To Hell with Valdez and Tillin, I don't want to ever see them again except as
> spectators, they caused me enough grief ;-) Paul

>    That's my point. If the promotion system included AI drivers, then you'd see
> Valdez for one season, Tillin for two, then they'd move up and out of Amateur.
>    After winning my one season and getting the Big Check, it seems unfair that
> Valdez gets to win several championships (and the Big Checks) to purchase equipment
> while I only get one before I'm kicked upstairs to struggle in Club class with a car
> that just isn't up to par in that class.

>  I guess it's similiar to real life in that there are many talented drivers(and people
> of other professions) in all types of racing that never get the opportunity to progress
> to the next level of competition.  Life was not ment to be fair, just tough. Paul

> >    That's my point. If the promotion system included AI drivers, then you'd see
> > Valdez for one season, Tillin for two, then they'd move up and out of Amateur.
> >    After winning my one season and getting the Big Check, it seems unfair that
> > Valdez gets to win several championships (and the Big Checks) to purchase equipment
> > while I only get one before I'm kicked upstairs to struggle in Club class with a car
> > that just isn't up to par in that class.

>    I just think it would be more fun if you could develop a kind of emotional attachment to
> the other drivers as you progress. You finally make Club and there's ol' Valdez and Tillin,
> waiting to taunt you some more before they move up. Maybe you progress a little faster and
> start to think, "I can catch those jerks when we get to Pro class."
>    But I think you're missing my point. I'm not whining about "fair". I'm saying that I
> would prefer to race in a more fluid system where drivers move out of the class and new
> ones come in while I'm moving through the seasons--which is like real life.

>          Bryan

> >  I guess it's similiar to real life in that there are many talented drivers(and people
> > of other professions) in all types of racing that never get the opportunity to progress
> > to the next level of competition.  Life was not ment to be fair, just tough. Paul

> > >    That's my point. If the promotion system included AI drivers, then you'd see
> > > Valdez for one season, Tillin for two, then they'd move up and out of Amateur.
> > >    After winning my one season and getting the Big Check, it seems unfair that
> > > Valdez gets to win several championships (and the Big Checks) to purchase equipment
> > > while I only get one before I'm kicked upstairs to struggle in Club class with a car
> > > that just isn't up to par in that class.

>To Hell with Valdez and Tillin, I don't want to ever see them again except as
>spectators, they caused me enough grief ;-) Paul

> I got nearly 20,000 laps at Taladega on TEN :)

> -Larry

> > I think John has over 1000 hours in racing sims, and I know I have :o).
> > With so much practice you really dont need much talent :o).

> That's only 250 hours, what's your point ;o). Seriously, 250 hours on one
> track is a lot of time :o).

> /Christer

> I think John has over 1000 hours in racing sims, and I know I have :o). >
> > With so much practice you really dont need much talent :o).

> -- http://home4.swipnet.se/~w-41236/ (Read all about the "Global online
> racing"-proposal under "For developers". Read it a couple of times, cause
> noone has understood it the first time they've read it yet :o)). If
> there's a six in my email replace it with the digit instead.