After being " TIMED OUT" of yet another exciting race i was wondering if
anyone knows if this effects our skill level. Not that I am ***ing cause
I am a 4 and I still suck so skill level means little except that I am a
Vetern, I guess.
Not fast but I guess i am fairly clean and a little lucky.
Gene Gagne
" Speed, my ***, my lover. The nervous, sweet faced girl who wil
kiss me goodbye one sunny afternoon and smash me head first into a wall."
" Bob Judd"
> After being " TIMED OUT" of yet another exciting race i was wondering if
> anyone knows if this effects our skill level. Not that I am ***ing cause
> I am a 4 and I still suck so skill level means little except that I am a
> Vetern, I guess.
It does effect your skill level in a minor way. The skill level calculation
uses the best 8 of your last 10 races. This ignores two bad races or
perhaps, two system glitches.
If you get "timed out" in the later stages of a race, you are credited with
the laps you have completed and your finishing position in that race may
still result in "positive" skill points. Of course, if you got "timed out"
2 laps from the end while leading a 32 car field of 6s all of whom were on
the lead lap and they all finished the race, than that might delay your
skill level advancement for a race or two <G>!
The best way to improve your skill rating is to finish races. I got
caught in a first lap "incident" last night but I stuck it out at
the bottom of the track and ended in 3rd! The drama for me was that
I miscalculated my fuel and the projected laps was 1 less than the
remaining laps (and 4th place was still around). I had to slow enough
to get lapped by the leader without letting 4th get by. You don't discover
these things if you <ESC> after your first incident.
Regards,
BRad
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>The best way to improve your skill rating is to finish races. I got >caught in a first lap "incident" last night but I stuck it out at >the bottom of the track and ended in 3rd! The drama for me was that >I miscalculated my fuel and the projected laps was 1 less than the >remaining laps (and 4th place was still around). I had to slow enough >to get lapped by the leader without letting 4th get by. You don't discover >these things if you <ESC> after your first incident.>After being " TIMED OUT" of yet another exciting race i was wondering if
>anyone knows if this effects our skill level. Not that I am ***ing cause
>I am a 4 and I still suck so skill level means little except that I am a
>Vetern, I guess.
I was told by Papyrus that if you fail to qualify, i.e. qualifying speed is
shown as 0.00 and you do not start the race (DNS), then the skill rating
system ignores that score completely.
Dave "davids" Sparks
Sequoia Motorsports
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I have seen guys start on the ple in a no damage race and lead ,say, 12
laps and get caught in a wreck and then next thing you know they are OUT.
I say good one less car to pass. I to stay out with the car all beat up.
my best was a 1st lap crash in a 10% ATLANTA race that left my car with
the hood bent up. Had to stay out there and ended up finishing 3rd out of
over 20 guys. Just like that pink bunny, kept going and going.
Gene
>I have seen guys start on the ple in a no damage race and lead ,say, 12
>laps and get caught in a wreck and then next thing you know they are OUT.
>I say good one less car to pass. I to stay out with the car all beat up.
>my best was a 1st lap crash in a 10% ATLANTA race that left my car with
>the hood bent up. Had to stay out there and ended up finishing 3rd out of
>over 20 guys. Just like that pink bunny, kept going and going.
Well, I had that happen to me once, I was in the lead, got taken out by
someone, and blew my engine when I geared down too far trying to get the
car back up to speed.
Dave "davids" Sparks
Sequoia Motorsports
