Driver Rating System to Be Included in Project CARS 2 - do we need it in AC2??

Hello lads!
Driver Rating System to Be Included in Project CARS 2
https://www.gtplanet.net/driver-rating-system-to-be-included-in-project-cars-2/
So do you think we need a Driver Rating System and a Matchmaking system in AC2?
My personal opinion is that this two systems are the future of online multiplayer gaming whitch allow to quickly organize and arrange players based to their skills and behavior.
What are your thoughts?

 

Although it would be nice to have, unless races are popular enough that they are going off with multiple splits a rating system is pretty pointless.

 

I would prefer something like a built in Minorating. The rating and grading system as it is in iRacing is not that great IMO. I'd rather race the MX5 Cup or Legends Ford than the GT machines or F1 in the higher grades.

 

I think games that have a built in rating will have a huge advantage over others. I have read posts where people say that they arent that happy about the physics that iracing have but yet only play it because they can get clean and fair racing easier.

R3E are also working on a system with rating. AC have 2000+ players each evening, if it was possible to get clean racing many of them would probably race online. Lets say that 200 play online every evening, that would get people to fill 8 servers with 24 drivers in each.

 

A system like that might actually encourage more people to actually try online racing though. You're less likely to be matched up with field of wreckers and people have a smoother online experience.

 

Maybe it might not be so critical for PC version, but consoles would benefit a lot from this kind of things, where people just want to have a quick and clean race without loosing too much time on searching the servers etc.
Just pick the car, and here you go.

 

I dont think thats something that only console players would want though.

 

Of course its not, but the console players will benefit more, because they are more casuals, if you get what I mean...

 

Problem is 150 of them want to race different track/cars, so they spread out very much.

 

Theres a whole bunch of casuals on PC too, just look how many Nordschleife Tourist servers there are That is pretty casual to me.

@Thomas Gocke
They could have something like a combo (matchmaking) each week, i think that would attract alot of people.

 

Just hire @Minolin and everything will be fine.

MR does a fine job, but an internal system has some advantages. For one, you can rate drivers without even driving online and second you can take more variables into account, like the pedal positions, wheels speeds or whatever.

What are my thoughts with respect to such a system in pCars2? Well, good for them …

 

Well, it can be sorted by classes, there are a lot of exaples, lets look to forza multiplayer, every car have it's rating. Of course, some tracks will be more populated some less, but if you can see whitch tracks are more "wanted" or the amout of players waiting for it to race, then you can get in to the race pretty quick.

Wondering what thoughts have @Minolin about implementing such a system in AC, and how should it work from his point of view.

 

I do like the idea (as long as the choices suit my taste ), but I'm not sure it is worth the effort. iRacing has this niche covered, and while some people do complain about the physics of iRacing, it's just because people have to complain about something, if it's not online racing quality then it is something else. I don't think many people would change away from iRacing unless someone else is putting in the same or even more effort into online racing, and I don't see that coming.

 

Yeah, it will be difficult to get people from iracing to any other sim. Many have spent alot of time to get their rating and alot of money on content that they will lose. It takes something special for whichever developer that gonna compete directly with them.

 

You can read about that in the MR drivers thread. This discussion isn't exactly new.

 

Honestly your thought is a bit pisimistic, iRacing doesn't have the best system in this case, and I'm sure Kunos could do a good one also if they are really interested in it. But if PCARS2 if will have it, GT Sport will have it also, not having such a system will be a big impact in the next title, because this kind of systems like battle rating for action games, and driving rating for racing games also with matchmaking system is how the games work now and will work in the future...

 

Of course that doesn't mean online racing should be dropped or not put in any effort, I just think an online ranking system is not worth it. Include some nice features for casuals and private leagues, and it should be fine. And MR does it's thing, I really don't have a problem with AC online racing quality.

 

Not difficult at all, people who are not iR fanboys trying AC physics will hardly return back to it.
The same thing how it was with one of my friend, he used to race in iR but after trying AC, he have some hard time driving iR again.

 

pessimistic - realistic, I don't know. I think community tools like MR and RSR are sufficient. But time will tell, I really hope online racing across sims gets a big boost, somehow.

 

There is no better way on doing it than making the life easier for players...
In this case you only have to select a car from a series (A,B,C,D etc), select a track you want to race on (but keep in mind this might increase the waiting time) and click RACE.
What can be eaiser than that?
Also the cars might be arranged on the grid based on their specs.
Another good thing is that it can be separated in different categories, like:

• Arcade Races - just pick the car and jump straight in to the race also with aids allowed.
• Simulation Races - with a short qualify and maybe a bit more amount of laps/time.
• Official Championships - self explanatory.