Extra Lanes

[3phase]

Would race results be different if there was six lanes , the outside lanes only for filler cars specifically built to be for that job and classification ?
Or if you have a winning car, does it win in any lane ?
Take away the outside lane advantage,.

 

[ngyoung]

All cars get a run down each lane so there is no advantage if a lane is faster then others.

 

[3phase]

I've only watched the BASX race so far and I'm no TXChemist...
Prelims
Blue - 7
Black - 7
White - 4
Red - 10
60% of the races where won on the outside.
Five racers had their only win on the outside.
Finals
Blue - 2
Black - 0
White - 1
Red - 1
75% on the outside.

 

[3phase]

I've slept since i posted earlier, the outslide lanes do not matter because the best make it to the finals.

 

[ngyoung]

And that is why everyone gets 1 run down each lane in the prelims and again in the finals. They all get the same amount of runs on the outside lanes. Cars are effected by the cars next to them. Having 1 on each side creates more dirty air. That's just one dynamic of racing, your opponents can be a factor.

 

[3phase]

Rewatched the finals of BASX and it seems like WK makes the cars next to him run better. CamCar set a track speed in the outside lane but was also next WK.

So good cars make others better and bad cars slow you down ?

 

[bracketracer]

Rewatched the finals of BASX and it seems like WK makes the cars next to him run better. CamCar set a track speed in the outside lane but was also next WK.

So good cars make others better and bad cars slow you down ?

YES!

 

[Guest]

Would race results be different if there was six lanes , the outside lanes only for filler cars specifically built to be for that job and classification ?
Or if you have a winning car, does it win in any lane ?
Take away the outside lane advantage,.

What a cool idea!
The dummy cars on the outsides will be equipped with video cameras.

 

[3phase]

If i remember correctly, Eliminator was the only one in the finals that was never next to WK.
Not in the prelims but in the finals is there an easy way that the cars can run every lane and at least once next to the different cars(so everyone gets some side by side time)?

 

[Guest]

TX Chemist.

Calling TX Chemist.

We need that big brain of yours!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbjGNW67-cw

 

[ngyoung]

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2413
3142

 

[Guest]

Cool mathematical answer!

Who needs letters and words!

 

[Kinser Racing]

If i remember correctly, Eliminator was the only one in the finals that was never next to WK. Not in the prelims but in the finals is there an easy way that the cars can run every lane and at least once next to the different cars(so everyone gets some side by side time)?

Nope! It's the luck of the draw. The program sets it up.

 

[Guest]

If i remember correctly, Eliminator was the only one in the finals that was never next to WK. Not in the prelims but in the finals is there an easy way that the cars can run every lane and at least once next to the different cars(so everyone gets some side by side time)?

Ahh.. Nothing like a little side by side time.

According to NG it should have happened in some form or other.

Are you sure 3 Phase?

I think the main question for me is:

Do fast cars make slow cars faster?

 

[ngyoung]

I didn't pay attention to the order for the race. Not sure how the program is set to arrange the cars. I would guess it is randomized to start then rotates from there or continues to randomized the order till all lanes are used.

 

[GravityX]

I want to say a four car line up plays out this way. At least this is the way I thought I seen it Saturday.

4 3 2 1
3 2 1 4
2 1 4 3
1 4 3 2

 

[Guest]

Remarkable that you kept track of that GX!

So #4 never gets close and personal with #2 for instance?

 

[Crash Enburn]

The GrandPrix Race Manager V13.0 software has a few different ways of configuring the races. One method is to simply have a car start in lane 1, then 2, etc., until it has raced in all lanes (lane rotation). Another configuration (Perfect-N) does a better job of randomizing when a car races in one lane — which randomizes which cars are racing in any single heat — and appears to be the schedule typically used by the NPWDRL.

I noticed in the Street Rod finals for April (I believe), that the races were simply a lane rotation — the cars had the same cars beside them throughout. In SR, the cars really are sensitive to the cars around them, and really need better randomization as to their lane buddies for each run to give a truer representation of who is fastest.