Hawaii Racing - Guys! enuff already ehh?

Hey all I've been reading and reading and reading all the posts regarding everybody's opinions on the caliber of Racers on Hawaii. I hate to say this but it LOOKS like when Papyrus does make this thing (which I think is a blast) a little more affordable, that the system is going to develop a small problem. Your going to have a bunch of guys out to have a good time, getting all bummed out over the Demolition Derby guys. Flaming is going to be a regular part of things I think. Then the blacklist's are going to start. And everyones going to break off into thier own little groups and only want to race against certain people. It's a shame too, Yes there are unfortunatly those who don't wish to invest the time and effort to run lagite. But what are ya gonna do about i? Eventually they will get bored and go away but if a FLame war starts even if ya warn your pals not to race with "John Doe" . John Doe will simply change his name and come back after you and keep the antics up. THEN we'll start seeing all the good, clean racers start dropping off. If the 'gangs' do form who won't race against a new guy here and there everybody is gonna loose out. Who knows? a *** Jeff Gordon could be out there and never be able to get in on the good action! Hell , don't we all have enough stress in our daily lives to be acting like this? This is supposed to be Entertainment. I think given some time ED and his crew will all help us reach a happy medium but lets not ruin this thing before it even gets really fired up! And PLEASE gang! Stop bashing Papyrus if ya find bugs or quirks in this thing. After all it *IS* in Beta. THey'll work it out just work WITH each other instead of complaining. After all it's obvious Papyrus is broken new ground with this type of entertainment, ***ing won't make it better. So if your out there Wrecking everyone intentionally cut it out, Try learning the Sim. and come race competitivly. It's alot more fun than seeing how many pieces these cars will break into. Just another 0.02 worth..... Andy A

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>Hey all >I've been reading and reading and reading all the posts regarding >everybody's opinions on the caliber of Racers on Hawaii. I hate >to say this but it LOOKS like when Papyrus does make this thing >(which I think is a blast) a little more affordable, that the system >is going to develop a small problem. Your going to have a bunch >of guys out to have a good time, getting all bummed out over the >Demolition Derby guys. Flaming is going to be a regular part of things >I think. Then the blacklist's are going to start. And everyones going >to break off into thier own little groups and only want to race >against certain people. It's a shame too, Yes there are unfortunatly >those who don't wish to invest the time and effort to run lagite. But >what are ya gonna do about i? Eventually they will get bored and go >away but if a FLame war starts even if ya warn your pals not to race >with "John Doe" . John Doe will simply change his name and come back >after you and keep the antics up. THEN we'll start seeing all the >good, clean racers start dropping off. >If the 'gangs' do form who won't race against a new guy here and there >everybody is gonna loose out. Who knows? a *** Jeff Gordon could >be out there and never be able to get in on the good action! >Hell , don't we all have enough stress in our daily lives to be acting >like this? This is supposed to be Entertainment. I think given some >time ED and his crew will all help us reach a happy medium but lets >not ruin this thing before it even gets really fired up! >And PLEASE gang! Stop bashing Papyrus if ya find bugs or quirks in >this thing. After all it *IS* in Beta. THey'll work it out just work >WITH each other instead of complaining. After all it's obvious Papyrus >is broken new ground with this type of entertainment, ***ing won't >make it better. >So if your out there Wrecking everyone intentionally cut it out, Try >learning the Sim. and come race competitivly. It's alot more fun than >seeing how many pieces these cars will break into. >Just another 0.02 worth..... >Andy A

Leagues have already formed to screen out people, it makes for better racing but at a cost. The levels don't seem to help either, it fact I think they hurt. You have to carefully pick and choose races to avoid losing levels. I seen good racing from 0's and bonehead moves from high levels. I think tiered racing would be better, ie start with reduced power, easier tracks, forced setup and no damage. This would allow the newcomer to develop skill and move up to more difficult leagues when it's appropriate. Most of the new people on the network seem to avoid the iroc forced setup races and choose to drive faster and looser setups of their own. It's one thing to drive a loose car against AI that is totally predictable and another on the network. A huge advantage of league racing is that u get to know your opponets, the disadvantage is that it locks out a lot of good people. 5% spint races r an invitation to destruction derby racing, if your not up front in the 1st couple of laps it's over.

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> Hey all > I've been reading and reading and reading all the posts regarding > everybody's opinions on the caliber of Racers on Hawaii. I hate > to say this but it LOOKS like when Papyrus does make this thing > (which I think is a blast) a little more affordable, that the system > is going to develop a small problem. Your going to have a bunch > of guys out to have a good time, getting all bummed out over the > Demolition Derby guys. Flaming is going to be a regular part of things > I think. Then the blacklist's are going to start. And everyones going > to break off into thier own little groups and only want to race

... And that's why Papyrus has deviced a rating system. In short: Misbehaviors will race misbehaviors. -- --- Terje Wold Johansen --- http://www.ifi.uio.no/~terjjo/ --- "I am your inferior superior." O.W.