. The bar is high ATM, that could be one the reasons why there's no new participants.. Hell, before i even thought of joining, i knew that PrestoGP is one of the hardest leagues in Race series.
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It is good to hear the opinion of a new member about the league to understand how they see it from their point of view. Thx Kennet..
The bar is high I agree but as is the race enjoyment , it actually is at its best ATM, in regards to the subject that we are isolating ourselves from the rest of the world and that we made it very hard for new members to join us , the way i see it is that through the past seasons we have established for ourselves a unique environment that is based on the solid contribution from each member of the league to the league and the friendly relationship between each member in the league that gave our league that unique touch that you can’t find anywhere else .
I believe we have reached a point where we are in a great sync with each other and with this mod that makes any person who has interest to join us facing a greater challenge to adapt quickly to this environment unless this person takes a serious step and willingly accept the challenge to attend all the races , understand , accept and implement all the rules and to be safe and competitive at the same time , few people found to be that serious to be up to the challenge but that is the type of members that we are after and here we have the like of Kennet , Marko and Jonas , i see them as Presto champions , they could in a short time break through the barriers and adapt to the system that took us years to create, well-done guys your contribution to the league is highly appreciated ..
Some other members could not stay for various reasons, they were very happy to stay but did not find the time to be loyal to the league, but some of them in my opinion they could not stay because they found these challenges a bit tough to deal with for a longer period , the challenges they faced were taking over the excitement and the fun , and were killing the motivation and made it hard for them to establish a good ground to take off , so they preferred to withdraw , but on the other hand , if we are enjoying the races recently is because of all those rules that PrestoGP has created and implemented through the years and the commitment of the league members to those rules to make our races at the maximum of fun , that is what we are here for after all right?
I believe the system is fantastic and proved to be working perfectly, the racing experience is great, the safety on track is at its best, so what is missing then? ..
In my honest opinion, we need to reset the racing standards, what I mean by that is that we are now almost experts with this current mod and the people from outside are finding it hard to join us ,even the internal members can sometimes find it hard to participate if they do not do enough practice with this mod, we need to get the field closer on track and we need to find a mod that provide us the same excitement and the enjoyment of the racing that we are all after without taking too much time of our private life to do all the necessary preparations to be safe and competitive on track , we need to keep the system as is but we just need to change to a simpler mod.
we are all moving towards a busier life style, I moved to a new restaurant and i barely have time to see my family, and i believe any one of you has some sort of commitment that keeps him busy for most of the time , Tim is married now and I guess has less time than before to practice , Reik the same has a new baby to look after , some others have work or other commitments etc.. As Tim mentioned, we need to find a solution, something different to suite the life style of all of us, I suggest something to be between the F1 and F3000 that is popular amongst the mods to attract new members but definitely to be an open wheel, at the same time that is not too complicated to drive but still provide that challenge and the excitement that we are all after..
At the end of the day no one can beat talent, we will always have aliens in any mod we race, the only way a person can enjoy a race is by accepting and appreciating the gifts he has got and enjoy every single moment on track regardless his position in the race ..
Sorry for this long story, I could not help throwing in my thoughts ..
Anthony