Look What The Cat Hacked In - S03E05

He already got one

 

I mean he should become official kunos. His work with helicorsa and Minorating alone show his potential and that's without full access to developers and understanding of codebase.

It would really depend where they want Assetto to go. I see it as something where your best modders deserve official support so things like MR and helicorsa can get widespread access to the community.

Anyway, I feel that minolin would 100% add benefit to the team and has the proven work ethic and understanding of what makes Assetto unique

 

TM V10? Will our old setups still work?

 

I'm disappointed in Stefano's continued dislike of the "three tracks cuts and then you're penalised" approach to track cut penalties. That's the rule they have in the UK's Motorsports Association, as well as Australia's V8 Supercars. If it's good enough for real life, it's good enough for a sim!

You can't let blatant track cutting go unpenalised, and you can't immediately penalise every cut either, in case someone's had a spin or an accident. Warnings and then a penalty is the only way to do it.

 

A understand Stefano's approach....think about a race where a driver gets 1 cut-warning during the race and keeps his 2nd cut for the last corner and the win without being penalised

 

This is why I like stefanos idea of calculating the penalty based on the delta. It's the middle ground.

You have to be able to go off track without getting a penalty as sometimes it is completely necessary to avoid contact, but at the same time you should have to lift to avoid advantage.

 

Agreed.

 

The UK MSA rules:

In races, a rising scale of penalties will be applied according to the number of times a competitor is reported to have exceeded the track limits, as follows:

 Second report : Black & white warning flag
 Next report: Five-second time penalty
 Next report: Ten-second time penalty
 Next report: Drive-through penalty
 Next report: Black flag.

First penalty is on the third warning.

 

Implementation of a "cleanliness"-rating or something similar, which records those big jumps in delta (cuts) would be cool. If the culprit doesn't slow down to compensate the time gained before end of a lap, it's marked in his rating. In this way we get the "career" element involved in the online side of the game.

 

I like how the v7 tires are working. I hope the v10 tires continue in the right direction. Please not return to the v5

 

I was under the impression that Stefano mentioned something in the latest Live Stream about "you have to think of the experience for the majority of players, and not what a handful of wreckers or idiots can do to ruin a race"? If that's the case, then "three cuts and a drive through/Stop Go" penalty would seem to be preferable to the current "slow down" penalty.

 

IMO its quite easy to solve the issue. Its all in the surfaces. For example, in track making, one could assign a surface to a sensitive track part that if touched, gives a penalty straight away, while other parts, like usually the slippery outside of a turn will give nothing, and others not so sensitive would allow the server rules to apply, like 1, 2 or three wheels to cut.

 

Actually, I wouldn't. I would just mention the words "pathetic" and "laughable" a few times during a conversation with my monitor Seriously, the only clowns that really annoy me are the ones that deliberately hit me off the track.

 

No it isn't... Just take the example from @Minolin with Monza. Everyone would say yeah that's a clear penalty, but sometimes you are forced to "cut" there because of a big T1 accident. In a league race you would take this runoff area and sort yourself in without gaining an advantage (because most leagues run without penalties) and at public you are punished because of avoiding a accident. You can spent hours of work for more detailed penalty zones, but in the end you always need to find a compromise to get a system which can't be abused.

 

Aris, as you said in pickup races there isn't really anything important to win or loose so if someone is a smartass and tries to cheat cutting track, who cares? Let him win because others know who are their real oponents.
If someone isn't serious enought to race clean, there isn't anything you can do to 100% prevent that. He can do a late brake aka Rosberg and ruin others race or even worst. I think you guys shouldn't focus on preventing these situation at expense of settings that could bring a little more of realism to Assetto.
Doing that you are not protecting fair pilots but penalizing them because of bad people.
We already have tools for hosts to control these behaviours and to me these are the best options to do that.

 

I agree. I said this 2 years back, but I think its still valid. The best solution would be to set up pre-defined track cut zones, like T1 at Monza. The entire middle triangular grass section there would be one big cut "zone", however the gravel trap off to the right wouldn't be. The same applies to the tarmac section, with the bollards. That would all be parts of the cut zone. What you do once the car is in that zone would depend on what input the driver is performing at the time. Are they full throttle? If so, black flag. Are they coasting through off the gas = apply 10 second penalty, are they spinning or on the brakes hard = no penalty.