Shouldn't it be better to use a mix of different ratings as base for a better server ? A clean slower driver might learn much more with good drivers than with not clean ones.
Being on track with faster drivers can be helpful, as long as your not a lot slower than them, so that you can't keep up with them to learn anything. They don't allow drivers that are way off the pace to take part in real world races because they act as rolling road blocks. In F1 isn't there 5% rule or something along those lines, if your not within 5% of the top guys time you don't get to race. If your a lot slower than the fast guys your not gaining a whole lot. You'd be better off with guys only slightly better than you.
Safety is a stupid word to use in relationship with racing though. Very few people race or watch races to admire how safe the drivers are.
Of course, if Kunos dropped the 70 SR requirement to 65, I probably wouldn't see a problem either. I'd be too busy having fun.
People don't go to races to see accidents either. There's complaints about low rated drivers in this thread so clearly people want to avoid being in with the low rated drivers.. Safety isn't a stupid word to use at all it's perfectly apt way of describing other drivers ability to avoid crashes, whether they caused the incident or not. Being able to avoid being taken out is also a racing skill that people need to know.
You've only seen few people complain because a) you need an account to merely access the forums, let alone post something and b) the community pretty much ridicules anyone who dares say something negative about the game. The people you don't see complaining are simply the people who stopped playing this game and the fanboys.
That's just your assumption though, people who complain make up the bulk of online discussion, the people who don't complain aren't heard of and are just as likely to be happy with everything rather than being upset about it. It's not about ridiculing people that complain, but some of these posts just go overboard when it's not really clear that the sim is being used correctly or that they're not just being impatient. The posts here are low on details just assertion that things are broken because they aren't were they want to be or the system is too aggressive in taking points away.
All I've pointed out is that I don't grind the game, I'm not the safest driver in the world but I've managed to get a rating over 70 giving me access to the comp. servers. So the system works for me. I think people that are having difficulty increasing ratings because other drivers are always crashing into them need to have a second look at their driving and make sure they are not putting themselves in dangerous positions. There's been a few videos about this in the community recently. I'm not saying that applies to you, maybe your just really unlucky but it is really worth taking that into consideration. Maybe your being too aggressive, putting yourself in dangerous positions, and maybe it is the other driver that eventually causes the accident but you created the conditions for that accident to happen.
I was like that racing against AI, still am a bit, but on line I treat everyone like an accident waiting to happen, especially the fast guys. They are super fast but can't seem to string 5 laps together without a visit to the verges. When I see two fast guys battling I just wait for them to have an accident rather than get in the middle of it and let them take me out too.
