So as an added bonus, here are the Season 14 pace breakdown and overall Pace for all of GTS.
WARNING - Download the file from Google Drive, Excel online doesn't like Pivots..
Season 14 pace
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eviAH56A6GTICI076INLNq-IJqIL6Zj2/view?usp=sharing
Overall Pace
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17aRTRH72DkY8HSoach0FLdvcaZDgKjCR/view?usp=sharing
How to use
Don't be daunted by the sheer amount of data, we can trim that down.
Using the drop down arrow above the driver name in the chart itself, choose the Select All option which will unselect everyone. Now just scroll through the list to find the drivers you would like to compare too. Select as many as you would like.
Example
What does it mean & How is the data obtained
First up, the second question.
I take the FL and RT from the Fastest Lap data we obtain and break each time down to milliseconds using some Excel wizardary. I then compare those numbers to the Fastest achieved on the night. This gives you a figure.
The closer you are to 1 the faster you are.
You've linked 2 files, what's the second one for
That Overall Pace file stores ALL 14 Seasons of GTS data, allowing to see how you are going over your racing career. Obviously you know if you are doing well in a certain car, etc. But this allows you to compare to other drivers and see the good or bad in a pretty little chart.
Why?
I like data. I offered Hat and co my assistance in an attempt to even out the divisions so that the competition could be closer. I've in the past solely used the Overall pace to initially place racers, alongside the promotion / regulation system, however over the last couple of seasons I decided to change things up a bit and only choose cars of the type we are using (GR4, N400, etc) to seed the divisions better. There was a pretty big shakeup in divisions 2 - 4, which I believe led to some closer racing.
This season however we decided to again refine our qualification system, based off of the actual pace in the season car from the R1Q session. This led to some very interesting placements and with the benefit of hindsight, it needs some tweaking (of which we'll do for S15). As you can see, this is a constantly evolving beast, but we are constantly trying to get it as close as possible.
Personally
With the changes to how the divisions were seeded, combined with the Round 1 Qualifying (with me landing back in D3 from D2) the competition was going to be interesting with the few people I knew. I knew from the outset that I could be a front runner but everyone in the division had the ability / chance to stand on the podium, if they put in the time to practise. Especially given the R1Q results.
I had set myself 2 goals this season.
1. To continue to improve my pace and stay below the '20' figure. I nailed that this season by hitting a 14. This is getting very close to the top of Div 2...
2. Beat Emmo / Saturn
Given both Emmo and I were regulated to D3 given our less than stellar qualification times, I knew from the outset that he was going to be a serious contender. And all lordy, what a battle did we have
For the Championship decider to come down to the last race (which doesn't happen very often) and a mis calculation on my own behalf thinking that a First and 4th was enough to outright win a Sprint round, well, we all know how it turned out..
So close to finally nabbing that D3 Championship to go alongside my D4 to finally fully graduate to the smelting pot that is D2.
I'm stoked with again hitting the sub 20 mark (not by a small margin either). I did manage to beat Emmo in overall pace, but by the smallest of margins. Saturn got me once again
Anyhow, if you have any questions, fire away.
PS - No more s/sheets from me until next Season now. Signing off for the Season.
Last edited: Mar 27, 2021