Can we Up/Dwn, Rate & Label Car Setups in ACC?

Just wondering if this dynamic will be allowed in ACC?

Upload and download
Label Setups on certain cars for certain based on best times per track:
-Per Tracks and Per Car
-Weather Conditions
-Race vs Qualifying
-Indicator that lets you know if the setup is gamepad or wheel
-Preview of the Setup before you download it

And to rate those setups so we know which are good, decent and simply not good.

 

Thats quite a cool idea, one of the best features in Project Cars 2 is in Time Trial, all recorded times have the set up available for everyone to download and use, which is fantastic for people who dont know anything about set ups.

 

I hope you guys have featured into your request that there is about half a million differing driving styles for one and the same car, yes ?
If not, maybe take a quick rethinking break .
Don´t get me wrong though : per se I am not against such a feature, but it could get extremely confusing for drivers that don´t really know what their driving style is .

 

Yes, I have thought about it. And what one can do is to adjust that setup to your own style of driving. Just as Echo_29 suggested the player base there has adapted to make those minor adjustments even between wheel and gamepad based players.

So, it's very possible to take someone's best lap setup and use it as a base for yourself as you tune in that setup for your own personal driving style. Or, if it's too oversteerie or too much understeer and you cannot fix it pick another setup.

That's were the rating system comes into play. Based on your experience with that setup you can leave a 20 character limited message that the setup was either not right, understeer, to much oversteer, etc. Hopefully the person who left the setup for download would have left a a note in it's Label letting you know if that's the case.

 

Despite this, people have been sharing setups on the internet for ages with no problem at all. If one setup doesnt suit you, just download another.

 

I wouldn't be upset if a dedicated website was offered either though if time was a factor. As long as you can get there through the GUI of the game.

 

I fully know this, but what I really was pointing at with my remark was more to the likes of : and how much did the setup downloader learn regarding driving style analysis and actualy setup knowledge ?

 

A downloadable tune based on leaderboard performance is great. Very educational and helps those with “slow” driving style to better understand why their style isn’t competitive. But it’s linited without the telemetry. But just having the confidence you’re running a tune that is competitive lap after lap keeps the mind open if you have basic driver acumen.

I’d argue, slower drivers have yet to develop a style. Style is the difference of driving technique between two equally competitive drivers.

 

If you're a beginner, the last thing you need to focus on is learning how to set a car up. You're probably so inconsistent that you won't see any difference between the changes you make.
Also, if people don't want to bother learning how to set a car up, that's up to them. People who want to learn how to make a setup will learn it anyways, regardless of having the possibility to download a setup from another person.

 

Even though this usually leads to a spin in the first 2 corners... it is interesting to sample and understand what the others are doing.

 

I think it's common to come across setups that don't work for you. But it should not hinder you from wanting a system like this. With a good rating system that would be reduced.

 

I wouldn't expect this implemented in ACC but LFS got an awful lot right when it comes to online racing.
It also has the ability to share setups during the race (in the pits) and also to be able to takeover someone else's car.