MULTIPLAYER Update 0.6 - MP & Ratings Rebooted

So why is it not a good idea, then? What if there will still be "free for all" servers and I want to race on them because other servers are empty? Then the radio message will greatly help because it's impossible to "read" careless aliens or crashers like you describe.

In the properly restricted servers, this message wouldn't be triggered, anymore.

I don't see a downside to this.

 

Because it's not representative. In my opinion you are not gaining much with that kind of comms. There is loads of kinds of drivers. PC rating? Maybe guy was grinding hotlaps for few hours but he's inconsistent and overall may be slower with his racing pace. SA rating? He may be driving open lobbys and have it ruined and not even causing any of crashes. You can go on and on. So downside for me is that your instincts and observation skills will fade away. Radio comms based on numbers will just cause confusion and you still wouldn't know who you are racing against. Would rather have CrewChief kind of comms. Like "guy behind you is slower xx of a seconds and he's falling back" or "guy behind you is gaining much time on you" etc.

 

I understand where you're coming from but I disagree. All good.

 

Funny, because RC is 75, CC is 92, CN is 94, TC is 87, PC is 96, while SA is 41... Just because I do a lot of hotlap and practice. SA is going down slowly every time.

 

Yeah. SA is dropping pretty quick when you are driving in clean air. I think even more on wet.

 

I'm not a programmer but why not make SA inactive when practicing and/or hotlapping?

 

Wait what, so SA behaves differently on pw protected server vs open. Now I understand why I dont see SA going up with close battles, as mostly racing in pw protected servers. Combined with long pw protected time trial events, my SA has gone to bottom

 

Gets stronger every day

 

I find a bit ridiculous that during a rainy race my CC rating went down from 81 to 38!!!
I spun 2 times...in a 30 minutes race.
We cried over for rain in AC, but now I don't want race in rain anymore...

 

When racing in the wet, also my CC is quite a bit lower than in the dry, but, according with @Minolin we're seeing the CC achieved in the laps made in the wet.
Once I start another session my CC, although lower than before the wet race, is much closer to the CC I had before the wet race, because, then, the CC shown is, again, the average skill, considering the effect of the skill achieved during the wet race, thus lower than before.

@Minolin
What could possibly be considered, if not already, and if it is, completely disregard this, is a different read of the skill during wet track sessions, compared to a dry session.
I've done some races in the wet with, what I think to be, a not very bad car control, but my CC in those sessions is hardly ever above 70/75.

 

Dunno...I don't think I drive kind of wrecklessly or slowly or badly in wet conditions. I was never the fastest guy but won several races thanks to my consistency.
My average laptime in wet conditions on Paul Ricard is 1:07-1:08 all within 1s.

 

That's pretty fast

I guess you mean 2:07-2:08

 

@Minolin - Are the CC graphs working as intended? Please see here:- Update 0.6 - MP & Ratings Rebooted

 

Oh dear, Minolin, you are not going to like what I say, but after driving more then 100 hours since 0.6... I strongly feel that you over complicated your rating system. Iracing looks clean and readable. Safety and Performance. While maybe (again maybe) it is suited for new racers , those who are doing well and eager to race online only are just hindered by seem like unlimited pool of wreckers undeterred with your fancy numbers in the right top corners. ACC is absolutely in 'driveable' state since 0.6 and yet rating system is meaningless. Iracing performance rating where drivers see the strength of field with corresponding ratio is clean and understandable for anyone for ANY PARTICULAR RACE, in ACC I have no idea how good the guy in front or at the back is.
I absolutely love what ACC is turning into in 'drive' dpt though.

 

Rating does not have anything to do with matching at the moment. Full focus is just to have runing multiplayer stable and no crashes.
Then they will ad rankings and penalities and pit stops and stuff like that

 

I know it's hard sometimes, but I think the best thing is to just look the other way and keep going...