Removing weather is a joke. Again, this would steer people away from AOR, to forums where there is a chance races could be mixed up in wet weather as it always does.
While I agree with the rest of your statement, I do not agree with the above, as it's clear that you have not experienced the difference in traction between wheels and pads in the wet. TRL Rosberg (currently the fastest wheel drivers on X360 in AOR, who won several races in the top league last season), was 2,5 seconds a lap slower than TRL Martin (using a pad) who is also a good driver, but based on all past experience should be slower than Rosberg. There's a video of it
here. In the dry however the gap is much smaller.
I've also experienced the difference first hand in a wet qualifying session at Austria where my time was only good enough for 12th on the grid. 10 of the 11 drivers ahead of me were on a pad, all behind me on a wheel. However, a few days before in the dry, I qualified 3rd at the same track against a
stronger field of drivers.
I understand why people want to keep the leagues mixed, but if that is to happen in the current situation, wet weather can't be used as it exaggerates the traction inequality massively. While the difference between the inputs might just about be tolerable in the dry, it definitely isn't in the wet.
Also, please understand why we have to take this situation seriously. There's been way too many reports from drivers having experienced this first hand to ignore it and just put it down as "not a problem". The fact is, in the current situation we unfortunately have to choose between having competitively paced leagues where the racing is unfair, or having less competitive leagues where the racing is fair. Different people have different opinions on which one they value highest, as you can see in the discussion
here, and we value everyone's opinion, making this a very tough situation.
But anyway, the sign-up threads will be going up today. And this time I'm not messing around lol.
