Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-30967537-20191217002026/@comment-39352489-20191223184853

I track position over the course of the week, but I tend to focus on absolute position.

The way I look at it, there is a finite and probably fairly stable pool of active racers/accounts who are just plain faster than me. Those racers/accouts will tend to beat me in the WTTT every week, assuming access to similarly equipped cars, unless they have an off week and/or I have a lucky week. Some are so far out of my league that even on my best week and their worst week, I don't have a chance. In my case, prior results suggest that the pool of folks likely to beat me in any given week is in the neighborhood of 250-280 active drivers/accounts, which means that I have a decent chance at squeaking into A when participation is high (above 300K), but less chance if participation is low (250-280K... unless I work really hard or get lucky or both).

With the big uptick in participation seen since the F1 update (350K+ now vs. 270-280K or lower in recent weeks pre-update), it's much easier to stay in A for those of us who have historically been borderline B/A drivers. Of course, over time, some of those new RR3 players will improve enough to work their way into the top .1%... but I'm hoping that takes a long time!