andyhui01
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I wish to propose to fellow LFS members for Team FG to maybe implement a new qualifying method where qualifying times are determined by Hotlapping done on singleplayer and the .spr file is emailed to a person by a deadline before each race and the grids will be according to the fastest as usual. This has never been raised before but I think one of the major LFS racing leagues use this qualifying method and I think its more fair in a sense that we actually place the people who are fastest in front.
There are mainly 3 reasons why I believe this would be better:
ONE
I noticed today that people like mischief said he kept getting stuck in traffic and also bad luck and therefore had a poor qualifying position which might have affected his outcome of the race.
TWO
When qualifying today, besides running into bad luck, I experienced that I had racers who were faster right behind me qualifying for fastest lap, he was much faster than me and both of us were going for pb and I know I was severely blocking him but was not willing to give way as I was heading for pb too.
THREE
This will encourage people to also practice more as they set their qualifying in pb in Hotlap and save the spr to qualify and get a competitive position. Otherwise, they will qualify automatically at the back.
CONS
People who join the race on last minute will not have a chance to qualify and therefore might not be happy.
One final small note that might not affect everyone but I know certain members (ie. MXM) need to leave right after race ends and usually cannot afford any delays, so this might be a good solution. As for someone having to do all the work, I have no problems at all with downloading all and determining qualifying positions.
Please discuss and maybe after everything has been layed out and everyone understands what I mean, we could setup a poll to see what people think. If all goes well, we could decide on a deadline and a person incharge of collecting replays (via. Email).
Andy
There are mainly 3 reasons why I believe this would be better:
ONE
I noticed today that people like mischief said he kept getting stuck in traffic and also bad luck and therefore had a poor qualifying position which might have affected his outcome of the race.
TWO
When qualifying today, besides running into bad luck, I experienced that I had racers who were faster right behind me qualifying for fastest lap, he was much faster than me and both of us were going for pb and I know I was severely blocking him but was not willing to give way as I was heading for pb too.
THREE
This will encourage people to also practice more as they set their qualifying in pb in Hotlap and save the spr to qualify and get a competitive position. Otherwise, they will qualify automatically at the back.
CONS
People who join the race on last minute will not have a chance to qualify and therefore might not be happy.
One final small note that might not affect everyone but I know certain members (ie. MXM) need to leave right after race ends and usually cannot afford any delays, so this might be a good solution. As for someone having to do all the work, I have no problems at all with downloading all and determining qualifying positions.
Please discuss and maybe after everything has been layed out and everyone understands what I mean, we could setup a poll to see what people think. If all goes well, we could decide on a deadline and a person incharge of collecting replays (via. Email).
Andy
