Annual Speed Circuit Rule Update
I've made some draft changes to the Speed Circuit rules I'll run at the World Board Gaming convention this summer. Included are an interesting tweak, a correction of a modification from last year, a table re-configuration (with minimal odds changes), and a tournament structure change.
The Sprint
The interesting tweak was a suggestion from Christine Hancock, who has raced at WBC for several years. Having witnessed in person the mayhem that is the first corner at the Indy F1 race, she suggested that all front straights should be effectively 1 space wider at the very start of a race.
I like it.
That said, some tracks effectively already do this. [ See Estoril, Hungaroring, Kyalami, Monaco, and Ricardo Rodriquez. ] So we need not add a column of spaces to the front straight for any track that already thins right before or in-side the first corner.
Slipstreaming Adjustment
Last year I increased the range of possible start speeds. An unintended offshoot of this is that you can now buy a 100 start speed, push it to 120 and have someone get a slip when the car in front was at a standing start the turn before. That seems a bit wrong and also brought up, yet again, the fact that you can theoretically get a slip if you spin out right behind a car that goes 120 or more the next turn.
So the adjustment is that neither car involved in a slip can be plotted 0 mph the turn prior.
Passing Table
Blame Darin for this one. He's been harping on me to adjust this for years. I resisted for logical reasons I've gotten over. The passing table is now configured the way all the other tables are: good results are low and bad results are high.
The raw odds on this table remain unchanged, but when the passer uses more skill chips then the passee the chance of a collision will go down. This is the part that bothers me a little, but like I said, I'm over it. Really.
Long Live the Semi-Finals
I liked the semi-finals we ran last year. I really did. I liked the smaller 10 car fields of the last two races. I liked the greater challenge (even though I became a finals spectator last year). But, we also saw a drop off in attendance. Who knows what the other factors were, but having a semi-final does up the commitment level required for the tournament. So, out it goes. I didn't like it that much.
Full Speed Circuit Rules for WBC on my Speed Circuit Web site.
The Sprint
The interesting tweak was a suggestion from Christine Hancock, who has raced at WBC for several years. Having witnessed in person the mayhem that is the first corner at the Indy F1 race, she suggested that all front straights should be effectively 1 space wider at the very start of a race.
I like it.
That said, some tracks effectively already do this. [ See Estoril, Hungaroring, Kyalami, Monaco, and Ricardo Rodriquez. ] So we need not add a column of spaces to the front straight for any track that already thins right before or in-side the first corner.
Slipstreaming Adjustment
Last year I increased the range of possible start speeds. An unintended offshoot of this is that you can now buy a 100 start speed, push it to 120 and have someone get a slip when the car in front was at a standing start the turn before. That seems a bit wrong and also brought up, yet again, the fact that you can theoretically get a slip if you spin out right behind a car that goes 120 or more the next turn.
So the adjustment is that neither car involved in a slip can be plotted 0 mph the turn prior.
Passing Table
Blame Darin for this one. He's been harping on me to adjust this for years. I resisted for logical reasons I've gotten over. The passing table is now configured the way all the other tables are: good results are low and bad results are high.
The raw odds on this table remain unchanged, but when the passer uses more skill chips then the passee the chance of a collision will go down. This is the part that bothers me a little, but like I said, I'm over it. Really.
Long Live the Semi-Finals
I liked the semi-finals we ran last year. I really did. I liked the smaller 10 car fields of the last two races. I liked the greater challenge (even though I became a finals spectator last year). But, we also saw a drop off in attendance. Who knows what the other factors were, but having a semi-final does up the commitment level required for the tournament. So, out it goes. I didn't like it that much.
Full Speed Circuit Rules for WBC on my Speed Circuit Web site.
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