So as an added bonus, here are the Season 18 pace breakdown and overall Pace for all of GTS. WARNING - Download the file from Google Drive, Excel online doesn't like Pivots.. Season 18 pace https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VN-BDi06dT9sG5iD5awvvQlnSfoj8CbX/view?usp=sharing Overall Pace https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...ouid=113001223374499846937&rtpof=true&sd=true 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 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 future seasons). As you can see, this is a constantly evolving beast, but we are trying to get it as close as possible. Given the above, we'll trim back the importance of the R1Q so that we don't get a super un-balanced division where drivers of a lower division are placed out of their depth based on the sheer luck of a good qualification. Personally I knew from the outset that I was going to struggle with almost zero practise or actually zero practise, especially in D1. This was down to the constantly changing vehicles we had, some good, some REALLY bad. So, I had set myself 2 goals this season. 1. Aim for a Top 10 finish each round. 2. Don't get lapped. I managed the first goal, which was kind of handed to me due to sign ups, but I still has to work at it. The 2nd goal I almost had until that dreadful Honda 2&4... Anyhow, if you have any questions, fire away. Bonus info Trends If you look at the overall data below, you can see some really big peaks and some Rounds where the data is compressed. Basically, where there is a spike in data, overall the racers struggled with coping with the car that round. With compressed data, generally the car is easier to race and we end up with closer racing. Case in point of racers struggling, Rounds 4, 6.2 and 7 - McLaren P1, Honda 2&4 and Mazda 787B Races where racers coped well - Rounds 3 and 5 - Hyundai Genesis & the Toyota '86 There is a small group of racers who have competed in EVERY season of GTS. This is them. PS - No more s/sheets from me until next Season now. Anyhow see you next season.
