E.g. last round at Modena would have worked out like this (ranked by average fastest lap times over the 3 races). So Freezer would have earned least; Rob would have earned most.

 

Freezer	60.566	1
Joe	60.572	2
ab156	61.400	3
Dave O	61.532	4
AbleArcher83	61.602	5
killagorilla	62.303	6
buellersdayoff	62.361	7
Bird	62.410	8
RussG	62.422	9
JamieP	62.438	10
Wally	62.462	11
Mael	62.526	12
Phil.8	62.562	13
Bacchulum	62.565	14
bradc	62.821	15
Rob	63.561	16

Quote from: Wally on March 22, 2019, 09:10:44 AM

...from this round, I'll change it so that you don't get money for your finishing position, but by your fastest lap times. In other words, the fastest guy won't earn any cash; the slower guys will get more cash. This way, even if you don't start or finish some races, your cash reserves won't be artificially boosted.

So if you dnf a race, you won't cash in? eg if you drop out halfway due to damage?  Or is it for dns (did not start) situations? 
Or is it simply a measure on laptimes, nothing to do with dnf's directly?
What if you don't finish a single lap?  (like myself in r3 last round)

It's based on the averages of your fastest laps. So if you drop out half way through a race, you'll still post a fastest lap for that race, and that will be used. If you only start 2 of 3 races (or don't even complete a lap in one race), your fastest lap times for the two races you did race in will be averaged.

When you look at the race graphs for Modena, Joe and Freezer were clearly too fast for the field, off in a race of their own. The point of this car dealer is to promote closer racing (with a strategic element). Joe and Freezer both got their cash by having a bad round with DNFs, not by being slow, which is not really the intent. So from this round, I'll change it so that you don't get money for your finishing position, but by your fastest lap times. In other words, the fastest guy won't earn any cash; the slower guys will get more cash. This way, even if you don't start or finish some races, your cash reserves won't be artificially boosted.

As I've said many times, and everyone should know this by now:

• Hitting someone from the rear, when the following car has visibility of the car in front, will nearly always attract a penalty.
• Dramatic moves from one side of the track to the other in the first two turns and hitting someone beside you will nearly always attract a penalty.
• Unsafe track re-entry, out of impatience or frustration will nearly always attract a penalty. Track re-entry where you're out of control, or sliding on grass etc, will not.
• I am lenient on side-to-side impacts due to the poor side visibility in sim racing.

It's simple and clear, consistently applied over many hundreds of incidents, acknowledging that often a degree of judgement needs to be applied.

As for your penalty, you dive-bombed at speed down the inside of turn 1 into a group of slow moving cars and hit and spun Killa - a clear penalty of the "hitting someone from the rear" kind.

Thanks for the write up Russ. I'll take another look at the replay when I get a chance.

Quote from: Wally on March 20, 2019, 10:46:35 PM

Quote from: RussG on March 20, 2019, 09:51:37 PM

Quote from: ab156 on March 20, 2019, 08:15:55 AM

I respectfully disagree with the judgements but won't dwell on it.

I must agree with ab about R1. It's very clear.

How do you know which judgements AB is disagreeing with? Who do you think is clearly at fault in R1, and why?

Would you like a PM or to post here on the forum?

Well, let's discuss it here. These judgement calls have to reflect "community standards". If most people think it should have attracted a penalty, then I'm happy to change my standards.

Just wanted to throw something out there!  Having acquired the Abarth last night I thought I owned it, however
is see today that I am back to the three bottom cars as a result of achieving damage etc.
Would it be beneficial to keep your car? 
Keep a better car and earn less cash, or only choose to buy a modest car earning more cash with the aim of
holding back your cash for later in the season!  Bit of strategy!
Thoughts...

That's what the entry fee is designed to do - make you slowly drift back down the car list (especially if you do well in it), so you can't just "fluke" a faster car after having a shocking round, and then get to keep that car forever. In the Porsche trial, people tended to go up and up the car list. This way, the people up the pointy end will slowly change.

As for the strategy, you can already decide to go with a cheaper car and maybe sacrifice some points to earn more cash for later rounds, especially if there's a future round coming up that might suit a faster car. For example, the people that drove an Abarth at Modena could have chosen to buy a cheaper car and not do so well, and then have the money for the Alfa 4C at the much faster Thruxton.

Thank you AB for your contribution!