Super Touring Rd America Nov 2nd

Because I didn't like the idea of a call out delayed start procedure due to the fact that not everyone can hear, some are not English speakers, and teams like to be in their own private party, I had to try to come up with a different way that would have a similar impact but was more automated.

What we will do instead, (due to game limitations I might add) is a reverse order grid with 4 groups and a 4sec delay per row.  The groups are as follows:

group 1-Copper/Bronze
group 2-Silver/Gold
group 3-Platinum
group 4-Pro

There will be a 4sec delayed start between rows for each group. There isn't a way to delay the groups, you can only delay start pairs of cars or single cars. 

With a full grid of 24 drivers this means that the slowest 2 drivers will have a 45sec lead advantage over the fastest Pro driver.  This 45sec max advantage is not enough for the slowest drivers to beat the fastest driver however.  Instead it represents a kind of average across the field.  Meaning that the closer you are to your rival the more the time handicap makes a difference.  

For example, lets say a fast Platinum level driver has a 4sec start advantage over a slower (within the skill level) Pro level driver, often, the faster Pro driver will still finish 5-6sec ahead of a slower Platinum driver.  So while the handicap start helps everyone, it's not enough to guarantee a win for the lower rated drivers.  What it does do is increase the pressure on everyone to run faster to catch up knowing that you risk breaking out at the same time. 

In this way the faster drivers will not be able to "coast" because they are leading and driving well under their dial-in. It forces everyone to run at their maximum the whole race in other words.  This effectively doubles the pressure because you can't go too slow and you don't dare go too fast.  In turn this makes having a great dial-in all important.

Obviously, the reverse grid delayed start helps the slower drivers stay closer for longer periods, for a more fair contest between skill levels.  It also allows for more passing opportunities and a better mix of cars on the track.

Here is the list of which group you are in based on your skill level/P.I. handicap.  Because there are no Bronze or Copper drivers this round there are only 3 groups.  This obviously means that the handicap delayed start for the slowest group (Group 1) will not be as large as it would be if we had 4 groups with a full grid.

To get to your correct group when you are in the lobby, press Y and change group.

	Group 1/Bronze-Copper
SirKane2	1984 Ferrari 288 GTO	S720
	Group 2/Silver-Gold
C1 ETIENNE	1987 Ford Sierra	S710
Co0L 5tory Br0	1964 Ford GT40	S710
LilAnt1090	2000 Nissan Silvia	S710
ZHP 2004	1955 Porsche 550	S710
fabiomqs	1964 Ford GT40	S715
GoSox2000	2002 BMW M3	S715
C1 Alkyra	1967 Nissan R380	S715
ianindy	1979 Opel Kadett	S715
	Group 3/Platinum
C1 KalashN54	1987 Ford Sierra	S705
IFCA GTDon	1979 Opel Kadett	S705
C1 Nemesis	1985 Toyota AE86	S705
IFCA Eries	1960 Porsche 718 RS	S705
	Group 4/Pro
RP Jonathon	2000 Nissan Silvia	A700
C1 Munz	1967 Nissan R380	A700
C1 CrAzY	1985 Toyota AE86	A700
xNoRacialx	1964 Ford GT40	A700
EarnedCarrot925	1979 Opel Kadett	A700
IlsImlI	1964 Ford GT40	A700
Papa creech172	1973 Ford Escort	A700
BULLETGTR89	1990 Mazda Miata	A700

IFCA GTDon wrote:Here is the list of which group you are in based on your skill level/P.I. handicap.  Because there are no Bronze or Copper drivers this round there are only 3 groups.  This obviously means that the handicap delayed start for the slowest group (Group 1) will not be as large as it would be if we had 4 groups with a full grid.

To get to your correct group when you are in the lobby, press Y and change group.

	Group 1/Gold-Silver
C1 ETIENNE	1987 Ford Sierra	S710
Co0L 5tory Br0	1964 Ford GT40	S710
LilAnt1090	2000 Nissan Silvia	S710
ZHP 2004	1955 Porsche 550	S710
fabiomqs	1964 Ford GT40	S715
GoSox2000	2002 BMW M3	S715
C1 Alkyra	1967 Nissan R380	S715
ianindy	1979 Opel Kadett	S715
	Group 2/Platinum
C1 KalashN54	1987 Ford Sierra	S705
IFCA GTDon	1979 Opel Kadett	S705
C1 Nemesis	1985 Toyota AE86	S705
IFCA Eries	1960 Porsche 718 RS	S705
	Group 3/Pro
RP Jonathon	2000 Nissan Silvia	A700
C1 Munz	1967 Nissan R380	A700
C1 CrAzY	1985 Toyota AE86	A700
xNoRacialx	1964 Ford GT40	A700
EarnedCarrot925	1979 Opel Kadett	A700
IlsImlI	1964 Ford GT40	A700
Papa creech172	1973 Ford Escort	A700
BULLETGTR89	1990 Mazda Miata	A700

Okay, 2 people have independently mentioned a potential issue with the way the reverse grid order start works, in that it could be abused by the more crafty drivers of us let's say.  

The idea is that if you hold back and run a slower qualifying lap you will then be gridded towards the front.  Well, we can't have that.  We can't make it an incentive to qualify poorly.  

As a deterrent we will impose a disincentive for this.  The driver who qualifies last in each group will receive a -1pt.  This should be enough to persuade everyone to do their utmost best and avoid being "that guy", the last qualifier in their respective group.  

If this isn't enough deterrent (perhaps because of team cooperation) we can consider progressively spreading this disincentive out to the last 3 drivers of each group.

It turns out that there will be 4 groups after all.  Sirkane is a lone Group 1 driver.

	Group 1/Bronze-Copper
SirKane2	1984 Ferrari 288 GTO	S720
	Group 2/Silver-Gold
C1 ETIENNE	1987 Ford Sierra	S710
Co0L 5tory Br0	1964 Ford GT40	S710
LilAnt1090	2000 Nissan Silvia	S710
ZHP 2004	1955 Porsche 550	S710
fabiomqs	1964 Ford GT40	S715
GoSox2000	2002 BMW M3	S715
C1 Alkyra	1967 Nissan R380	S715
ianindy	1979 Opel Kadett	S715
	Group 3/Platinum
C1 KalashN54	1987 Ford Sierra	S705
IFCA GTDon	1979 Opel Kadett	S705
C1 Nemesis	1985 Toyota AE86	S705
IFCA Eries	1960 Porsche 718 RS	S705
	Group 4/Pro
RP Jonathon	2000 Nissan Silvia	A700
C1 Munz	1967 Nissan R380	A700
C1 CrAzY	1985 Toyota AE86	A700
xNoRacialx	1964 Ford GT40	A700
EarnedCarrot925	1979 Opel Kadett	A700
IlsImlI	1964 Ford GT40	A700
Papa creech172	1973 Ford Escort	A700
BULLETGTR89	1990 Mazda Miata	A700

I just want to say that the racing was really good from my perspective.  Munz and I had a great back and forth.  I was right up against my dial-in to within 0.106 so I had to back off and stay out of the draft.  

I know the start was messed up and did not go as planned. Apologies for that. I will be changing the start procedure for the final race at Silverstone National in 2 weeks. 

Keep in mind that we are simply attempting to give everyone the fairest possible shot without making it too unfair to the fastest drivers.  Also, this is a pilot series intended for the purpose
of making corrections and changes as we go.  We are about 90% good at this point so that we can apply what we have learned to next season and have an amazing season to wrap up the year with.

Below is the actual physical finishing order before the break-out :30sec penalties.

	Driver	Car	P.I.	Dial-in	Best Lap	Break Out	Total time with penalty
1	C1 Nemesis	1985 Toyota AE86	S705	2:13.234	2:11.976	+1.258	1:31.33
2	RP Jonathon	2000 Nissan Silvia	A700	2:11.722	2:11.786	-0.064	1:01.41
3	C1 CrAzY	1985 Toyota AE86	A700	2:13.705	2:13.587	+0.118	1:32.00
4	C1 KalashN54	1987 Ford Sierra	S705	2:12.220	2:12.780	-0.560	1:02.02
5	LilAnt1090	2000 Nissan Silvia	S710	2:13.764	2:13.653	+0.111	1:32.05
6	fabiomqs	1964 Ford GT40	S715	2:13.406	2:13.419	-0.013	1:02.06
7	C1 Munz	1967 Nissan R380	A700	2:12.048	2:12.441	-0.393	1:02.07
8	IFCA Eries	1960 Porsche 718 RS	S705	2:12.555	2:12.871	-0.316	1:02.14
9	C1 ETIENNE	1987 Ford Sierra	S710	2:13.197	2:13.105	+0.092	1:32.25
10	GoSox2000	2002 BMW M3	S715	2:15.016	2:15.038	-0.022	1:02.46
11	ZHP 2004	1955 Porsche 550	S710	2:14.568	2:14.477	+0.091	1:32.57
12	SirKane2	1984 Ferrari 288 GTO	S720	2:16.506	2:15.048	+1.458	1:33.12
13	EarnedCarrot925	1987 Ford Sierra	A700	2:15.749	2:15.416	+0.333	1:33.44
14	IlsImlI	1964 Ford GT40	A700	2:17.043	2:16.190	+0.853	1:34.08
15	Papa creech172	1973 Ford Escort	A700	2:17.139	2:16.441	+0.698	1:34.09
16	ianindy	1979 Opel Kadett	S715	2:17.530	2:17.457	+0.073	1:34.24
17	Co0L 5tory Br0	1964 Ford GT40	S710	2:13.090	2:15.084	DNF	DNF
18	IFCA GTDon	1979 Opel Kadett	S705	2:13.185	2:13.291	DNF	DNF

Below is the finishing order after the :30sec penalties were applied.  It is this order that your race points are then based upon.

	Driver	Car	P.I.	Dial-in	Best Lap	Break Out	Total time with penalty
1	RP Jonathon	2000 Nissan Silvia	A700	2:11.722	2:11.786	-0.064	1:01.41
2	C1 KalashN54	1987 Ford Sierra	S705	2:12.220	2:12.780	-0.560	1:02.02
3	fabiomqs	1964 Ford GT40	S715	2:13.406	2:13.419	-0.013	1:02.06
4	C1 Munz	1967 Nissan R380	A700	2:12.048	2:12.441	-0.393	1:02.07
5	IFCA Eries	1960 Porsche 718 RS	S705	2:12.555	2:12.871	-0.316	1:02.14
6	GoSox2000	2002 BMW M3	S715	2:15.016	2:15.038	-0.022	1:02.46
7	C1 Nemesis	1985 Toyota AE86	S705	2:13.234	2:11.976	+1.258	1:31.33
8	C1 CrAzY	1985 Toyota AE86	A700	2:13.705	2:13.587	+0.118	1:32.00
9	LilAnt1090	2000 Nissan Silvia	S710	2:13.764	2:13.653	+0.111	1:32.05
10	C1 ETIENNE	1987 Ford Sierra	S710	2:13.197	2:13.105	+0.092	1:32.25
11	ZHP 2004	1955 Porsche 550	S710	2:14.568	2:14.477	+0.091	1:32.57
12	SirKane2	1984 Ferrari 288 GTO	S720	2:16.506	2:15.048	+1.458	1:33.12
13	EarnedCarrot925	1987 Ford Sierra	A700	2:15.749	2:15.416	+0.333	1:33.44
14	IlsImlI	1964 Ford GT40	A700	2:17.043	2:16.190	+0.853	1:34.08
15	Papa creech172	1973 Ford Escort	A700	2:17.139	2:16.441	+0.698	1:34.09
16	ianindy	1979 Opel Kadett	S715	2:17.530	2:17.457	+0.073	1:34.24
17	Co0L 5tory Br0	1964 Ford GT40	S710	2:13.090	2:15.084	DNF	DNF
18	IFCA GTDon	1979 Opel Kadett	S705	2:13.185	2:13.291	DNF	DNF

As everyone can see breaking-out of your dial-in has a big impact on where you finish in total time.  About half the field did not or came very close to not breaking out which is better than what we had at Sebring.  So we will keep the +0.3sec dial-in formula.  In fact we had 6 drivers who nearly nailed their dial-in but it was fabiomqs who came to within 0.013 of a perfect dial-in gaining him a 2.5pt bonus! GoSox was just 0.009sec behind him!  So I think this works.

Fastest clean lap under their dial-in went to RP Jonathon in his Nissan Silvia with a 2:11.786 a mere -0.064 under his dial-in!  Pole bonus went to C1 Nemesis in his Toyota AE86 with a 2:12.177.  The winner was Jonathon, 2nd place was C1 KalashN54 in a Ford Sierra, and 3rd went to fabiomqs in a Ford GT40.

After some figuring we have a new qualifying and delay start formula that I will share later today.

				Skill
1	C1 Nemesis	1985 Toyota AE86	S700	Pro
2	RP Jonathon	2000 Nissan Silvia	A700	Pro
3	C1 CrAzY	1985 Toyota AE86	A700	Pro
4	C1 KalashN54	1987 Ford Sierra	S705	Platinum
5	LilAnt1090	2000 Nissan Silvia	S705	Platinum
6	fabiomqs	1964 Ford GT40	S705	Platinum
7	C1 Munz	1967 Nissan R380	S705	Platinum
8	IFCA Eries	1960 Porsche 718 RS	S710	Gold
9	C1 ETIENNE	1987 Ford Sierra	S710	Gold
10	GoSox2000	2002 BMW M3	S710	Gold
11	ZHP 2004	1955 Porsche 550	S710	Gold
12	SirKane2	1984 Ferrari 288 GTO	S715	Silver
13	EarnedCarrot925	1987 Ford Sierra	S715	Silver
14	IlsImlI	1964 Ford GT40	S715	Silver
15	Papa creech172	1973 Ford Escort	S715	Silver
16	ianindy	1979 Opel Kadett	S720	Bronze
17	Co0L 5tory Br0	1964 Ford GT40	S710	Gold
18	IFCA GTDon	1979 Opel Kadett	S705	Platinum

Race Points

        

Finished	Driver	Car	P.I.	Race points	Practice	Pole	FL	Clean	PP-Bonus	Total
1	RP Jonathon	2000 Nissan Silvia	A700	48	3.5		1	0.25		52.75
2	C1 KalashN54	1987 Ford Sierra	S705	47	2.5					49.5
3	fabiomqs	1964 Ford GT40	S715	46	1				2.5	49.5
4	C1 Munz	1967 Nissan R380	A700	44	3.5			0.25		47.75
5	IFCA Eries	1960 Porsche 718 RS	S705	42	2			0.25		44.25
6	GoSox2000	2002 BMW M3	S715	40	1			0.25		41.25
7	C1 Nemesis	1985 Toyota AE86	S705	39	2	1		0.25		42.25
8	C1 CrAzY	1985 Toyota AE86	A700	38	1.5					39.5
9	LilAnt1090	2000 Nissan Silvia	S710	37	1			0.25		38.25
10	C1 ETIENNE	1987 Ford Sierra	S710	36	1.5					37.5
11	ZHP 2004	1955 Porsche 550	S710	35	1					36
12	SirKane2	1984 Ferrari 288 GTO	S720	34	1			0.25		35.25
13	EarnedCarrot925	1987 Ford Sierra	A700	33	1				-1	33
14	IlsImlI	1964 Ford GT40	A700	32	1			0.25	-1	32.25
15	Papa creech172	1973 Ford Escort	A700	31	1					32
16	ianindy	1979 Opel Kadett	S715	30	1			0.25		31.25
17	Co0L 5tory Br0	1964 Ford GT40	S710	29	2.5					31.5
18	IFCA GTDon	1979 Opel Kadett	S705	28	2.5				-1	29.5
Finished	Driver Order	Team	Avg Finish	Race points	Practice	Pole	FL	Clean	Total
1		Team Penske II	5	24					30
	1	RP Jonathon			3.5		1	0.25
	9	LilAnt1090			1			0.25
2		C1 Camembert E-Sport	6	23.5					27.5
	2	C1 KalashN54			2.5
	10	C1 ETIENNE			1.5
3		C1 Racing	7.5	23					27.75
	8	C1 CrAzY			1.5
	7	C1 Nemesis			2	1		0.25
4		Titans	10	22.5					26.25
	17	Co0l_5tory_br0			2.5
	3	fabiomqs			1			0.25
5		Tailwind Racing	10.5	22					24.25
	15	Papa Creech172			1
	6	GoSox2000			1			0.25
6		Team Penske	11.5	21.5					26.25
	18	IFCA GTDon			2.5
	5	IFCA Eries			2			0.25
7		C1 Baguette E-Sport	11.5	21					24.75
	4	C1 Munz			3.5			0.25
	19	C1 Alkyra

Season Points
https://ifca.forumotion.com/t6543p75-ifca-seasonal-points#142235