This is my first season, thoroughly enjoyed racing and meeting new ppl by moving up and down a few times, but others being promoted from Div 5 for example to 3 and 4 (which i am happy for of course and myself when i did
) and getting a bag of points while I wasn't able to does make it hard to catch them unless you get up in a division/room as well and various incidents, spins etc can play a big part in getting promoted and relegated as well which some times is out of your control as you all know.
Wasn't here for the old system but battling the same ppl for that season does seem like more fun and creates a bit of friendly banter (key word friendly) etc. and if they/or yourself spin we are in the same div and cant get extra points coming last.
I have another thought but highly unlikely it will be taken on board, what about random track selection at 8pm with practice starting at 8:20 for example for 40min and then 5min quali session?? Someone said it before sometimes they have a 3 hrs practice in a week sometimes 20min or none. I think this will make it very even and fair week in, week out in each division, doesn't need to be a full random selection it could be short list of 15/20 tracks and selected randomly, so at least for some that want to play during the week they can select that track to practice on with the chance it is selected? (if its not it could be next week so time is not completely wasted) I've done something similar in past and it brought those at the back of the pack closer to the midfield and some to even get podiums especially when more stratergy was in place hence my next recommendation.
What if we increased fuel and tyre wear to like 5 or 7 and mandatory to use two types of compounds to add a level of strategy, some will go for the longer but slower stint, some could even pit an extra time for a faster tyre, also throws a spanner in the works because when the tyres go they go and you could be building sand castles for a while, so practice isn't about fastest laps ( well maybe a few laps) its about consistency and seeing which tyre is best, it will create a bit more chatter between everyone also for intelligence/data.
Sorry for the long post!
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