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Help with xkoranate
Posted: 26 Jan 2013, 18:36
by adriojim
Hey, so I just discovered xkoranate but thing is I don't quite understand it. I would like to add bonus to both teams and participants. And what is with Lap record (is it in seconds?) and Variance?
Regards.
Re: Help with xkoranate
Posted: 26 Jan 2013, 18:42
by FMecha
Lap record is in seconds, yes. And variance is:
The Babbage Island, at NationStates forums, wrote:"Variance" means the gap between the fastest and slowest lap times. A small variance will produce a very close race; a large variance will result in fewer cars finishing the race without being lapped.
If you need more questions, I suggest you ask Ferrarist or
this thread at NationStates forums.

(By the way, do you play NationStates?

)
Re: Help with xkoranate
Posted: 26 Jan 2013, 19:02
by adriojim
FMecha wrote:Lap record is in seconds, yes. And variance is:
The Babbage Island, at NationStates forums, wrote:"Variance" means the gap between the fastest and slowest lap times. A small variance will produce a very close race; a large variance will result in fewer cars finishing the race without being lapped.
If you need more questions, I suggest you ask Ferrarist or
this thread at NationStates forums.

(By the way, do you play NationStates?

)
Thanks.
No, I don't play, but I'll take a look, it sounds quite interesting.

Re: Help with xkoranate
Posted: 26 Jan 2013, 20:07
by Ferrarist
adriojim wrote:Hey, so I just discovered xkoranate but thing is I don't quite understand it. I would like to add bonus to both teams and participants. And what is with Lap record (is it in seconds?) and Variance?
Regards.
Lap record is indeed in seconds. A 1:30 would be 90 seconds for example. The variance decides on the gaps between the laptimes. For example, if you use 15%, a car with zero skills will roughly be 15 seconds behind a car with overall skills of 10. For oval races I'd suggest a variance between 2,5-5%, for road races I'd suggest 7,5-15%.
As for the bonus: I normally turn it off, because I don't quite get the bonus system.
By the way, since this might be a sort-of xkoranate thread, may I revive the idea of drivers/season/series databases?