Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-28401107-20190117111544/@comment-27798333-20190220021856

QuickNick wrote: RandyMc wrote:

Maybe it's just me (likely)  but I liked it better when it was a flat out DQ for off track, instead of these silly penalties. I generally abort a lap when I get a penalty (because the next couple corners are pointless as I’ll have lost speed) but occasionally (as today at Monza) I’ll carry on to try to work out one particular corner, sometimes going back and forth a few times! So, not that I take advantage of the new system much, I can see the benefits of it.

RandyMc wrote:

As far as the track limits, yeah it can be a pain, but just watch speed junkies video and you get a very good idea without wasting a lot of time. Having spent the last half-hour trying to get one clean lap at Monza and frequently being as much as 0.4s faster than my current time and then getting an off-track penalty when I tried to take advantage of one of the valid cut points which has an undefined limit ... I’m not sure I agree with this. I think it’s wrong that FM refuse to correct the track limits or at least show us where they are. When you do 10 runs and 8 of them result in an off-track penalty, even though you didn’t knowingly do anything different, you start to wonder if it’s totally random. This could be so easily resolved by FM showing us the track limits and explaining what constitutes off-track because they’re definitely not following F1 (and other MotorSports) rules. No point in saying anything (again!) on Reddit or Facebook as they  never  respond. Yeah, but their secretive fickleness is a totally different issue than the penalties.

If it get an off track penalty, it ruins my time.

If I get a DQ (as it used to be) it also ruined my time.

But in either case, I could keep going if desired, to learn and refine my knowledge of the track,

But in both cases, I would restore, because both instances are useless.

The only people this new system helps, are those who can't make a clean run at all, are too lazy to keep trying, or are satisfied with a very low standing.