Simple (ha what do I know..) idea for rolling starts

Tick box on sever settings to indicate rolling start for race
If true start lights are Amber instead of red with added text "Rolling Start"
Leave it to racers to police

"Ok Nurse...I am ready to go back to my room now....."

 

I know is simple, all they gotta do is make a checkbox in acServerManager and we have rolling starts.

 

so

Dim rollingstart as boolean

if rollingstart.text = 1 then
rollingstart = 1
else delete system32
end if

and everything made sense forever

@Lord Kunos hire me now.

 

Set rollingstart to true instead of 1 and you're hired.

 

give me a minute, gonna convert this to the brain**** language.

 

I wonder if they can do the same thing for rain?

Just make it "rain = true".

 

I suspect the issue is the penalties the sim would have to apply for people not behaving on the formation lap and the rolling start.

Irc some leagues already perform their own rolling starts. Lights go green, everyone starts a formation lap, but then everyone has to agree to play nicely, or someone sensible has to play steward...

 

People not behaving during formation lap would be bashed by Minorating or league admins.

 

I mean not following the rules rather than actually crashing into folk.

The actual rl rules can be complex, not driving too slowly, too fast, not overtaking before a specified track point which isn't usually start/finish, have to maintain position relative to other cars alongside...

 

ha what do I know..
Nothing, and you should refrain from talking.
I'm a programmer as well and I'm every day confronted to people that tell me:
- should be simple to...
- you just have to...
and all the variants you can come up with.

People that don't know can talk, people that do know usually don't talk & want to hide because of the first

 

The StopDropGaming rolling start procedure (happy to share)


Rolling Start Procedure:

1. All racers are to line up in single file for the formation lap in their qualifying position.
2. Always stay behind the car directly in front of you until race starts.
3. Pole position dictates the pace but must not exceed 130kph / 80mph until exit of the final bend on the formation lap.
4. The race starts when the pole/pace driver crosses the start line for lap 2.
5. There is no overtaking before you cross the start line - it's deemed as an illegal pass and will incur a penalty.
6. Contact rules apply to warm up lap.

It works but is reliant on driver honesty, pole sitter controlling the pace and stewards review of replay (which doesn't take long as it's only one lap).

Ideally rolling start wouldn't be single file but this simplifies things without an in built system.

 

IT WON'T HAPPEN BRO!
****ing get over it.

 

Directed at me?

 

Yes but I didn't mean it as an insult.
We just won't see it in AC that's all.

 

I was just posting our procedure - I wasn't making a request, in fact my post kind of suggests rolling starts work without Kunos development.....

ED. although if there was one built in it would be easier.

 

No worries

 

Unless you know that for sure, take your own advice and don't say anything. I bet the devs love randoms on the forum telling others what is and is not going to happen in their game about as much as you like randoms and their "should be simples."

I could care less either way, I don't race online, but seriously...

 

things have been said and repeated long over times - welcome to the forum though.

 

It won't work on an average open server with 24 random people where half of them haven't got a clue about even the basic racing etiquette. But works perfectly for leagues.

 

I think that for this type of game fast rolling start would be more suited.

But as mentioned it probably ain't gonna happened in any form