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Originally Posted by c0sie
Help..
How does 'Round by Round' work??????
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In each round of qualifying you get a number of points based on your finishing position (1 for 1st, 2 for 2nd etc.) ... sometimes you get an extra point for overall TQ aswell.
Then the round scores are combined (usually dropping a round or 2 .. ie. best 2 from 4 for example).
So for example if you got a 10th in round one, 7th in round two, 44th in round three and 12th in round four with best 2 of 4 to count ....... you final score would be the 10 + the 7 so 17 points.
The combined points totals are then sorted, lowest point scorer 1st in the A and so on.
It works really well to reward consistent driving but punishes you hard for a mechanical failure (as if you break in 2 of the first rounds you HAVE to get a score, any score, in the last round which normally forces you to drive at 9/10ths to be sure of crossing the line). It also means that if your going to the meeting to try different set-ups then your putting your self at risk as if something really doesn't work at all and you get a crap round score you have to be ultra conservative for hte rest of the meeting.
If your going to a track, knowing how to set the car up for that track and can drive clean for a full race you'll have a good result.
Some people prefer this way, others prefer FTD.
I personally like round by round for serious events like regional / national events as it means that the best package (car / driver / set-up) on the day gets the result and makes all the work worthwhile.
I equally don't think helps promote the "fun" side of RC at smaller / less significant events where I'd rather see FTD so as you could happily play with the set-up, for example, all day and even if nothing works you can go back to your base set-up and put a run in at the end of the day to get you into a representative final.
I have to be truthful and say that I'd run Micro at this event if it wasn't for the round-by-round qualifying in the 1/10th. This is for two reasons, firstly I have no "base set-up" for the Exotek and am changing something quite significant every run at the moment .... not a position I'd be happy to race round-by-round with. Secondly the same is likely to be true of the BJ4WE I'm running in tenth .... hasn't even had the steering trims set yet as I am still waiting for my cells to arrive ..... again not a position I'm happy to race round-by-round with but if I want to do the event I have to ..... but the added stress of the Mirco would probably push me into a bad mood all day ....so the Exotek stays at home
