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#41

General Chat - ZSC / Re: 25th anniversary celebrati...

Last post by Shoegazing Leo - November 10, 2024, 02:35:26 PM

The problem of shorter races is when we have shorter time to race.

#42

General Chat - ZSC / Re: 25th anniversary celebrati...

Last post by Duplode - November 10, 2024, 04:14:21 AM

All sorted out, then: 25 races with the 25h Anniversary Countach

On a more serious note, I'd prefer something that doesn't radically change the structure of the competition, and, as Akoss says, that doesn't make it much more time consuming.

Now, to put something on the table: Argammon's suggestion a few days ago got me thinking about holding a race with (almost) all ZakStunts cars at once under balanced bonuses, as an off-season special event. If you feel that would be fitting as a celebration (among others!), we might as well carry it out with some rebranding 

#43

General Chat - ZSC / Re: 25th anniversary celebrati...

Last post by Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister - November 09, 2024, 09:48:55 PM

- a season with only custom cars
- a season with 25 cars
- a season with 25 (shorter) tracks
- we find old pipsqueaks and force invite them back

I guess a season with only original cars would lure old rácers back easier than using custom cars...

Hard to say it, but I'm 41 now... some of the old drivers are even older... with family, children, good jobs... I am still before my PhD defense (I hope I can announce its success within a few months)... so... I don't think anyone of us could focus on 25 tracks... even if they are short ones...

Btw, there is a 25th Anniversary Car... even though I don't like it...

#44

General Chat - ZSC / 25th anniversary celebrations

Last post by dreadnaut - November 09, 2024, 09:36:16 PM

Should we do anything? Throw your ideas in this thread, however weird they are!

- a special race
- a season with only custom cars
- a season with 25 cars
- a season with 25 (shorter) tracks
- a season of tracks from previous years
- a season with two tracks every month, a new and an old one
- we find old pipsqueaks and force invite them back

#45

Competition 2024 / Re: Guest tracks 2024

Last post by Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister - November 09, 2024, 09:18:31 PM

Thanks!

Track is ready. I'll have a sleep to find out a track name in my dreams, tomorrow, I'll send the track before travelling to our capital city. In the next days then, we can test the track to avoid unwanted cheap tricks.

To persuade myself to race this time, I think I'll adjust the car bonuses to have an IMSA race.

P.S.: Hungary-Slovenia 6-2    , though the Slovenes has come with a very young team.

#46

Competition 2024 / Re: Guest tracks 2024

Last post by dreadnaut - November 09, 2024, 08:53:53 PM

I have noticed this date a few days ago, so I know that you expect a track from me tomorrow at latest. I'll design it tonight (after watching the Hungary-Slovenia ice hockey match on tv, I can start it maybe), because tomorrow I'll travel to Budapest, to attend an Accept concert there.

Thank you Akoss! The early submit date is there in case there's something to fix, like dual-way or too easy powergear. You probably know what you are doing already, so it's alright if you send it (by email, yes 👍) early next week too.

#47

Competition 2024 / Re: Guest tracks 2024

Last post by Duplode - November 09, 2024, 07:57:26 PM

What is the current way of sending a track to the competiton? To Dreadnaut by email, as earlier?

Exactly.

Any requirements regarding the track?

The main thing we've been trying to be careful about this year are accidental openings for powergear. It should be a different matter, of course, if you intentionally want to make a PG speedway -- but do tell @dreadnaut of your plans if that's the case.

As for the car percentage bonus modification, is there still a +10 and -10 option?

Yup, +10 and -10 to spread across the cars, with the total sum of the adjustments not needing to be zero.

#48

Competition 2024 / Re: Guest tracks 2024

Last post by Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister - November 09, 2024, 07:01:25 PM

• ZCT281 (submit by 10 Nov) - Akoss Poo

I have noticed this date a few days ago, so I know that you expect a track from me tomorrow at latest. I'll design it tonight (after watching the Hungary-Slovenia ice hockey match on tv, I can start it maybe), because tomorrow I'll travel to Budapest, to attend an Accept concert there. What is the current way of sending a track to the competiton? To Dreadnaut by email, as earlier? Any requirements regarding the track? As for the car percentage bonus modification, is there still a +10 and -10 option?

#49

Competition and Website / Re: Balanced bonuses estimatio...

Last post by Duplode - November 09, 2024, 02:54:24 AM

That would be a very good variable, actually! It's easy to interpret for PG cars, and for non-PG cars we could just set it to zero and forget about it. For GTO and Vette 225 mph (the rigid PG limit) would be suitable, while for Indy and NSX I think it makes sense to use their flat track top speed (216 mph and 172 mph respectively).

This should not be difficult because cartography measures the speed continuously anyhow, or does it? 

Yup, it's technically feasible to do. Cartography relies on repldump to obtain frame-by-frame data for the replay, so in principle it's just a matter of running repldump on the replays and having a little program to process the output and calculate the ratio. (Automating the whole sequence of steps is a sensible thing to do, because the number of replays to be analysed is potentially large, and also because repldump has to be ran through DOSBox, making it a relatively slow tool for this sort of task.)

#50

Competition and Website / Re: Balanced bonuses estimatio...

Last post by Argammon - November 08, 2024, 06:08:38 PM

As an alternative, the continuous variable could measure the percentage of time the car has spent in power gear on a given lap. For the Corvette/GTO/Indy a speed above 225mmph (230?) may be a good proxy for that. So, for example, if the GTO drove faster than 225mph for 1 minute on a 2-minute track the variable takes a value of 0.5.

This should not be difficult because cartography measures the speed continuously anyhow, or does it?