>I read a lot of people gripping about the speed factors but
>I do not understand what the real problem is here. I think
>they work very well and am trying to understand what the
>worries are about.
>
>Are you saying there is a better system? Or are you saying
>Seeding worked better, or what?
IMO, SpeedFactors were a solution in search of a problem. The existing Seed system (with occasional subjective start order adjustments for safety) worked well. The current SpeedFactor system (with occasional subjective start order adjustments for safety) works well too, but has similar issues.
>Speed factors exist to keep cars from needing to pass other
>cars on stage, thus their goal is simple, make sure you do
>not have Car A that will do a stage 1 min faster than car B
>start after car B. This simple goal allows a lot of room
>error in the speed factor thus I think most worries are
>misplaced.
There wasn't a problem before we had SpeedFactors.
>I do not agree that club rallys will mess up the factors, I
>expect it will be real close to predicted.Looking at last
>weekend's DooWop rally, Carl wins the event with a time of
>34.85 and a speed factor of .93 thus the 1.00 car would have
>finished in 32.57.
But there is no communicated process/rule to adjust SpeedFactors for ClubRallies, so he should be a 1.00 if the DooWops are counted into the SpeedFactor. Unless, of course, there is a secret adjustment factor...
I'm not particularly worried about ClubRallies where the baseline car is a very fast driver. I'm more worried about the ones where the the baseline driver is someone in the .89 to .85 range (or below).
>Hintz speed factor = .85 Event Speed Factor = .88 so he goes
>up.
>
>Hardly earth shatering changes, Hintz moves .03, but he does
>have a new car he is only on his 3rd rally in the car so we
>could expect him to improve.
As you so aptly point out, SpeedFactor is not only driver ability, it is also dependent on the car they are driving, but are there adjustments to SpeedFactor when a driver changes classes? It also rewards driving fast over finishing... (but driving fast AND finishing even more).
Any system has flaws. We replaced a well understood one with one that is still obviously a work-in-progress for no particularly good reason. But, we have the SpeedFactor system now, so we have to work with it.
Adrian