Minorating.com (drivers thread)

Everything has to be entered by some human - timing sectors are done by the track creators, meters are done by the track creators (and very often wrong), corner names done by the track creators... off-track vs. on-track is marked by track creators, pit lane has to be set, and so on... if you use anything automatic, it will fail because track creators are not 100% consistent.

I don't think the rate that new high quality tracks are added is a real source of concern, especially since the plugin just reports "this track is not mino-ready" and puts those crashes in the 'unread' queue.

 

Your current statistics

Your steam ID: 76561198096017242
Your driver names: Andy Riches
Contacts0
Laps56
Corners784
Contacts per Corner0
Pretty perfect so far. Keep on, but remember: contacts are something to worry about, the first one will crush your soul.

 

Pretty perfect you say, can it get more perfect then no contacts.

I did run a few races but got 3 contacts all hits from behind and 2 of those were from cars I had just lapped and they got me into the next corner, lucky the blue flags saved mp like people said they would.

The other one was a guy I passed at Imola t1 mid race and I stayed inside yet he dives inside behind me just before the brake point and nails me. That one was more puzzling as I was already on the far left side of the road and he had 3/4 of the track to the right but he wanted my line once I cleared him as he couldn't drive through me with the rest of the track I left him . Still amazed nobody has hit me into t1 of the race yet but I'm sure it will come.

Your driver names: Marty Cerven
Contacts3
Laps79
Corners1337
Contacts per Corner0.00224382946896036
This says you have a collision every 445 corners. This is above average, well done!

 

Are contacts weighted based on the number of cars on the server? If there are no other cars then are corners without contacts still counted?

 

So AC doesn't report distance driven by a driver? Because that's the distance I mean not the track info stuff, that one is useless. This way there would be no monkey data entry stuff.

 

I think it reports GPS-distance on the client side, no idea about the server.

 

Laps completed should work if distance isn't reported. I'm sure passing the start/finish line must be reported somehow.

 

It's not cunning, it's just obvious.

Although I'm puzzled that anyone took my post to mean I imagined someone would sit and drive the clean laps - come on!

 

I can't imagine my stats would be all that good. People have a habit of finding my car, and crashing into it Mind you, I tend to visit dodgy establishments populated by denizens of the underworld. It's probably why I encounter Jaye on a regular basis

 

Yes, it will be possible to use driven distance instead of completed laps, will make it both easier(no manual lookup filling for mod tracks) and more accurate.

 

I managed 3 races today and had two contacts. Both were not my fault (naturally) however nontheless it was frustrating. One was the result of lag, (lots of cars began to warp back and forth) and the other was some guy that tried to drive into the rear of my car at the Spa Chicane.

 

I totally agreed with you, but...
what should i do for avoid these 3 contacts in a quarter of lap in your server?


@Minolin sorry for the little ot and compliments for your work!

 

ops you're right sorry

 

There is nothing that can be done on your end for people rear ending you. No matter what the guy ahead does its up to the person behind to avoid contact, this is the same at any point of a race and even if lapping others. Though people defending under blue flags is another thing but the flags in AC have no meaning as there is no penalty for not obeying flags. They just help a fair driver but the poor ones wouldnt even know they exist.

The beauty with this once it takes full effect the way I hope it, does those that are doing the rear ending wont be on the higher rated servers. This means it should happen less often. Any reasonable driver shouldnt have issues with too low a rating and should be able to fairly easily get into the better servers where it wont be as much of an issue.

In most cases the worst guys are out of the way before half the first lap is done. This is why I keep full damage on my servers, sure it hurts you at times if someone cleans you up but they never get to finish a race. Eventually they either leave or will be kicked for repeated careless driving but with this app they should simply have too low a rating to get into many servers once that kicks in.

The guys with a low rating will need to build it back up in an open kamikaze server with other poorly rated drivers. So if they get through this they should be fine to race in the higher levels and will hopefully know how to make sure their rating stays at a level where they can race anywhere.

I think lap 1 contact should actually be rated higher as should be contact with anyone after they have been lapped. Monitoring how many off track excursions someone has would also be usefull to determine a drives hazard level. Same as contact on re entering the track should likely be rated higher then regular racing contact.

 

I did a lot of racing on Saturday my only issues were t1 and lapped cars.

Most of the lapped cars were new joiners and I understand there to be things in place to keep those in the pits. There was even one guy who felt the need to race us which was disconcerting when trying to race and overtake.

You'll always get a few bumps at t1 but I think server messages announcing minorating and mino-monitoring on join and on collision help to keep this to a minimum.

It's just a shame chat isn't on by default.

Edit: mino-monitoring you'll have to get a snazzy new logo for that!

 

The short answer to your question is; do all that YOU can to avoid these contacts. It's your rating so you also have a responsibility to protect it.

The 1st incident at the end of Kemmel Straight was avoidable. Granted, he probably out braked himself and wasn't going to make the corner, but had you been aware of this you might have used the run off area instead of just taking your usual line and turning into him.
In the 2nd incident you really could have left more room.
You might have benefited by using Helicorsa.

The whole idea of this rating system is to change the mindset of racers out there. Public servers shouldn't be a place of 'All out War' where winning is everything. Respect the fact that other players can and will make mistakes and expect the unexpected. Your fun factor will rise dramatically

 

I hope this system will succeed. It’s something which has the potential to clean up public multiplayer in AC.

 

I think it should all be public. Public safety board with all drivers, ability to display everyone on a server's Minorating, announcement of a drivers Minorating when entering a server.

Making everything public is a motivation in itself. The one's that drive clean have nothing to be concerned about.