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I'd like to bring the attention back to the original suggestion of Rastislav: no special characters in Driver/TD names. The initial assumption about manager names being incorrect doesn't invalidate the main idea.
In case there comes a question why bother. In the csv market sheet (possibly other too), all special characters get replaced by their code (e.g. driver Robert Müller /gb/DriverProfile.asp?ID=20089 is shown as Robert Müller to me). This results in annoying things when processing the file. I usually just remove the name column but still find it annoying.
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Ania, they're HTML entities representing those odd characters.
Don't know how you're "processing" the file but most (if not all) programming languages have some form of library to encode/decode these.
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Quote ( Miel Soeterbroek @ February 19th 2019,19:34:16 ) Ania, they're HTML entities representing those odd characters.
Don't know how you're "processing" the file but most (if not all) programming languages have some form of library to encode/decode these. yes but when you dowload à csv file it was encoded with a character set and html code wasn't one of them...
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Well i do agree there Sebastien, html encoded entities have very little purpose in a CSV :)
I assume the XLS export came first here, which is nothing but a HTML table really, and the other exports were based on that one. That or the driver names are html encoded at their very source (a database far far away)
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Quote ( Miel Soeterbroek @ February 19th 2019,19:34:16 ) Don't know how you're "processing" the file but most (if not all) programming languages have some form of library to encode/decode these.
This helps if I interpret the whole file structure, but I'm rather thinking of one-line scripts. An example from the top of my head, filtering the file on the second number in each line (usually should be OA, but is 252 in the provided case) to be below league limit.
I also sometimes shoot myself in the foot when I import the file to Excel and forget changing the characters for fields splitting and realize that my whole file is shifted only after spending some time on it. That's obviously my fault, but it's still annoying to be defeated by something that doesn't have to be there.
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Quote ( Ania Piekarska @ February 19th 2019,19:16:28 )... In case there comes a question why bother. In the csv market sheet (possibly other too), all special characters get replaced by their code (e.g. driver Robert Müller /gb/DriverProfile.asp?ID=20089 is shown as Robert Müller to me). This results in annoying things when processing the file. I usually just remove the name column but still find it annoying. The similar problem (html encoding string in the name) is with the managers' names when you want to download png image of the Lap chart. I have reported it some time ago but GPRO couldn't fix it then. ...But I didn't want to take the topic to this point today.
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It would be nice if we were allowed to downgrade 0% worn parts (in order to get better PHA Matching). Currently it is impossible to downgrade a brand new part.
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Quote ( Maxim Kotov @ February 23rd 2019,17:21:50 ) It would be nice if we were allowed to downgrade 0% worn parts (in order to get better PHA Matching). Currently it is impossible to downgrade a brand new part.
Why the hell that would be beneficial to downgrade brand new part, when after that race you will have to buy it or downgrade even more in order to race without smoking ...
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Quote ( Maxim Kotov @ February 23rd 2019,17:21:50 ) It would be nice if we were allowed to downgrade 0% worn parts (in order to get better PHA Matching). Currently it is impossible to downgrade a brand new part.
We are allowed to do that already. Nothing stopped you from downgrading it last season.
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His wishes for Race 17 may have stopped him from doing that.
Besides, the same issue exists in case you had a start crash.
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Quote ( Dainius Vaškys @ February 23rd 2019,18:26:00 ) Why the hell that would be beneficial to downgrade brand new part, when after that race you will have to buy it or downgrade even more in order to race without smoking ...
He says it in his same post:
Quote ( Maxim Kotov @ February 23rd 2019,17:21:50 ) ...(in order to get better PHA Matching)...
If PHA has become more important now, I guess it makes a perfect reason, and while you can do it in every other race between R1 and R17, not being able to do it between R17 and R1 makes it not possible to maintain a 'continue' PHA car / track adjustment.
So, if the PHA in the tracks differ between both tracks, you can make downgrades (or upgrades) to adjust the car for the R17 track, but then you can't do it for R1, being forced anyways to maintain for R1 the same PHA you prepared for R17 (regarding parts levels at least).
Yep, this would extend the 'problem'. You can also +upgrade+ parts before races to adjust PHA. So, a fix to ensure adaptation continuity between R17 and R1 should consider both options, to be fair.
Since upgrading just after R17 could be somewhat potentially 'exploited' depending on cases (for instance, to reduce casual taxes paid, or indeed to relegate if balance would become negative), it might have sense (or at least I don't see a reason not to) to allow it after the season reset, like a normal parts adjustment between any other races.
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To ensure proper continuity we should not have parts reset to 0% wear over the reset, it just messes up our matching.. as it is now it's impossible to arrange to have high wear on certain parts in race 1.
Am I helping this argument? :) *runs*
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Quote ( Jasper Coosemans @ February 23rd 2019,18:49:25 ) His wishes for Race 17 may have stopped him from doing that.
His wishes for R17 could have taken into account his wishes for R1. Choosing between R17 and R1, he went with change the rules. An odd move but well in line with a trend I've seen on the forum lately.
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Right, the magical rejuvenation of parts during the season reset should be optional. :)
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@Sven: tell me one good reason why it should not be possible to downgrade fresh parts.
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Well, it's not like he didn't know what part he would start the season with or that he couldn't downgrade it. If his season depends on this race and on having that part downgraded, he should have planned better.
I also don't think the burden of evidence should be on the one suggesting the rule should stay the same. Show me a valid argument in favor of his suggestion.
His argument is "I would be faster in the race if you changed the rule", but wouldn't that be the case for everyone around him as well?
Isn't it then more interesting to have some managers plan ahead and downgrade the part while it was still possible and let them reap the benefits in R1, while Kotov could enjoy a slight advantage in R17 by not downgrading?
Do we not get better racing with that setup than if we let everyone have identical cars and identical strategies?
Nothing is broken. Don't fix it.
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It is broken - you cannot downgrade fresh parts after a start crash, which means you get punished 2 races in a row.
You say the argument for the change is because Kotov would be faster, but I'm afraid to say you made that up all by yourself because he didn't say anything like that at all...
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You're right. He was probably looking to match PHA better by downgrading parts in order to go slower...
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Quote ( Jasper Coosemans @ February 23rd 2019,20:30:02 ) would be faster, but I'm afraid to say you made that up all by yourself because he didn't say anything like that at all...
Any person with a single intelligent bone in them and capability to form thoughts can see it even if he didn't directly say it
Quote ( Sven Bojkowski @ February 23rd 2019,20:32:24 ) You're right. He was probably looking to match PHA better by downgrading parts in order to go slower...
:LOL:
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Quote ( Sven Bojkowski @ February 23rd 2019,20:32:24 ) You're right. He was probably looking to match PHA better by downgrading parts in order to go slower...
He proposed a modification to a game mechanic which would be available to everyone. You then turn it into a personal argument by saying he's proposing it for selfish reasons, for his own benefit. Your argument makes no sense at all. Now can you puh-lease come up with an answer related only to the content of the suggestion without making it personal?
Quote ( Mikko Heikkinen @ February 23rd 2019,20:54:05 ) Any person with a single intelligent bone in them and capability to form thoughts can see it even if he didn't directly say it
I'm lucky my brain is not in my bones then.
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While we are at this, we could also make another rule about hammering and puncturing parts in order to make them more worn at will.
On a serious note, it is strange you can downgrade a 1% worn part (I assume you can) whereas you can't do the same with a new one. It's silly as hell we are living in an era in which downgrading a new or almost new part is the way to go, but we are already there. The downgrading thingy ability is peanuts within this madness.
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So many words, guys.. come on!
I just wanted to do some research - compare my net times before and after downgrading some part(s). Of course I had an option to do 1 stint of testing and then downgrade my part, but I just thought why shouldn't I be able to do it with a brand new one? It was not really that important to me in terms of speed gain. So there were no selfish reasons - just trying to make a game better for everyone :)
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You can not plan a whole season just because you have a degraded part without spending, I wonder in any case if it would not be interesting to use the parts used to take advantage of them in the tests?
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Just something I noticed looking through the tutorials for new managers. On the driver information section there is no mention of favourite tracks and their effect on driver performance. It may seem obvious to us old hands but it could be a useful addition for new managers.
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Request: The ability to see the current weather conditions when no driver is signed. It might influence your choice of signing...
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Quote ( Chris Shaw @ February 24th 2019,19:20:58 ) Request: The ability to see the current weather conditions when no driver is signed. It might influence your choice of signing...
/gb/weatherforecast.asp
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Quote ( Max Watson @ February 24th 2019,19:26:48 ) Quote ( Chris Shaw @ February 24th 2019,19:20:58 )
Request: The ability to see the current weather conditions when no driver is signed. It might influence your choice of signing...
/gb/weatherforecast.asp
Suggestion: make the link to that in 500pt font? More serious suggestion: It's not the most intuitive place to look for it, not that it's particularly hidden but it'd be easier if we just have access to the practice tab which is where most people would first think to look. obviously the practice buttons would need locking, but that to me is better than blocking the link to the full page.
Anyway, cheers Max
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Idea
Can we have the "Testing standings" tab Highlighted in yellow when other managers do testing as with other tabs like forums, q1 and q2 standings, etc etc
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Quote ( Gavin Bosence @ February 24th 2019,22:59:17 ) Can we have the "Testing standings" tab Highlighted in yellow when other managers do testing as with other tabs like forums, q1 and q2 standings, etc etc
testing shouldn't be advertised, as is with other things like when people doing car&other stuff update isn't advertised
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