Good question mate. I think this is likely due to the kind of confusing, mixed cars, half-serious season we are having right now. I think a few rounds of this kind of thing is great for a break but I am assuming most drivers are looking for something they can really get their teeth into with a single car choice and a good competitive vibe. We have already capped this one at 10 rounds down from 15 but it may even be a good idea to bring this down to 8 and get cracking on a 'proper' season 4 sooner rather than later.
Also in season 2 I think we made a mistake by changing a few drivers class without really any warning, and we had never done this before so I don't think anyone expected it. Of course the intention was to correctly place a few drivers that hadn't set a qualy time anything like their 'real' pace (we are talking 2 seconds slower in the qualy server than their race pace on the same track) and to make the competition close and more exciting - but I think while this worked for some drivers and improved their second half of the season, it actually discouraged a few others who lost interest. Perhaps this season was also a bit long, I'm not quite sure about that. In any case we started off Season 3 with much reduced momentum overall.
In the meantime, it has been a bit tough to sort everything out what with the GT4 DLC dropping just as this season started and the changes in admins etc - but I think we are back on track now and can resume something approximating 'normal' service.
Over the last two weeks we have been working really hard on creating a new system for allocating driver classes that we hope will avoid any issues in future and make things much fairer and more transparent.
Also, thanks to everyone that has voted in the Season 4 poll and/or commented there - all of the feedback has been taken on board for Season 4 planning and is proving very useful. More on this soon.
If anyone has any thoughts or ideas to put forward, please do. Now is the right time to talk about it as we lock down the details for the next season and start to try and build some enthusiasm/hype!
Last edited: Aug 18, 2020