What constitutes not completing a race for minorating?

I seem to get to A/B during the day, but overnight, my rating seems to drop to C (while I am not racing ). I was wondering if I am misinterpreting the rule about completing a race. Maybe someone can clarify the following for me.

If I do some qualifying laps and decide not to race and leave the server while it is still in qualifying mode - does that punish my rating? What if the server flips over to racing mode, I am in the pits and I decide not to join the grid - is that too late?

 

Just wanted to add, the trigger for me to ask the above question was that one of Marty's servers just told me I was C, but immediately after posting, I logged onto another server a European one I think, and it told me I was A/B. How can they be different?

 

I may be wrong but I think the Australian based servers use some sort of cached MR data to prevent lag when people join, as they are so far from the MR server.

 

Hmmm, maybe if they only updated daily.

 

My servers use a local cache which I am not sure how often it updates but think its around 15 minutes. If using the regular auth on the servers at times there would be very noticeable join lags to all when a new user would join.

@Minolin did make the local auth cache program, I just run it and have no control over when or how it updates. It has solved the join lags but there may be some delay in MR grading for when people join my servers.

I dont know how many others use this form of MR auth.

 

Well, it seems to let me in today, so it's OK now. Thanks guys.

Still curious about what constitutes "not completing a race" though. How late can you decide not to compete and leave? I am hoping the answer is anytime before the red starting lights go out.

 

Thanks, I was away since Thursday and did rs the servers and auth so maybe there was an issue with some downtome with the backend over that period.

I will try and rs the auth each day as maybe having it up too long may cause some issues if there is ever any downtime with the backend.

 

Found it in multiple places. Here's one example http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=578213084

and a short quote from it...

Minorating observes several variables of the drivers behaviour such as*:
off-track (evasive maneuver/unmotivated)
loss of control (spinning out + drifting)
cutting (evasive maneuver/cheating)
collisions (cars/objects)
rejoining the track (safe/unsafe)
blue flag (ignored/obeyed)
rear-ending s.o.
parking on track
doing donuts
abuse of chat (swearing + bad language)
abuse of voting system (spamming votes)
quitting before the race is over

*(as soon as the server api gets updated by kunos and sends the needed data, minolin will try to implement
the missing variables. For the time being just assume they all work.)

 

Read the last line. Not all of these features work (yet).

 

This is more for contacts/km calculations. So if you have X contacts in the first kilometer of the race then leave the server, your contact/km count will be high, thus giving you a poor MR rating. If you complete the whole race (more km's) then your contact/km count is lower, therefore your MR rating is not affected as negatively, and so long as you complete the race with minimal amount of contacts your rating should go up.
Leaving the race early because you've had contacts just puts your contact/km count up, which is bad for your rating.
MR does not say 'You've left early, let's give you some negative points'

 

Then it says - assume they all work... so how is a new user to know? This is why I asked the question. It will still leave us wondering when/if it has ever been implemented in the future (near or far).

 

It means: it doesn't work as of now, but act like it does and would affect your rating. Just play by these rules regardless if you will be penalized or not for doing what's "allowed" by MR.

I think it's a question to Minolin and looking at that last line from the part you quoted also to Kunos.

 

MR really doesnt need to have exact rules as such explaining exactly how it works. Then people may exploit this by saying ive got 2 contacts free etc so I will take this guy out.

Best to just drive as clean and fair as you can and it will give you a good rating. You need to allow some room for other poor drivers and mistakes so its never a good thing to do any dirty stuff on purpose.

 

Couldn't agree more. It was just that the real world sometimes calls, and I was wondering if pulling out before the race finishes might cause a MR problem. Over the last couple of days, my A/B rating seems to have settled down and not flash back to C unexpectedly. I suspect I will have no further problems, so thanks to all .

 

I need to update that part of the guide...soon.
Thank you for pointing it out, you can ask things like that in:
Minorating guide on AC forum