John(Gordon) I was going to quote your post but darn its long
So heres some answers or comments in sequence to what you wrote:
First - my post was not focused on the stupid brushed vs brushless item it was a general comment on the loose specs in ALL the classes at Marcca, and the willingness to make exceptions based on what people bring on a week to week basis.
1. Computer games have no relevance for this issue. Computer hardware is not limited in any form of gaming, but then again if you cant run the game that the tournament is playing (due to the GAME specs being higher than what you have or different) then you must invest in that change or not compete. I game a lot, and a faster machine than just a "good" box is rather moot on how it helps a gamer. Its all skill. Much in the way a tweaked stock motor or a regular stock motor is rather pointless when the driving is all about driver skill (one tap on a board could loose the gains that a tweaked motor gave the driver).
2. there are some comparisons to Carb to FI, but then again, I dont know many people who believe carbs are better in any way to fuel injection. Due to the fact you can tune and tweak a fuel injection map just as much if not more than a carb... and fuel injection starts in winter
3. Yes more classes hurt everyone (unless they are full or have a fair number of competitors). But then again you mention using the KISS principle which I fully agree with. If the rules are clear, solid, simple and non flexible it will give people a much more solid idea of what they need to compete. But then again you could dig your own grave on this one John because if Marcca was smart they would use the rule sets that the tracks around them support in order to hopefully pull some drivers from around the state on some weekends. Who didn’t want a spec class? I am all for it and Todd even posted specs on the 1/12th stock class BEFORE the season started! 27Turn motor, 4 cell, 8 min races.
4. the truck classes work great because Marcca is the only show that really does carpet truck racing like that. So there is no real status quo to follow or build on for that. And in honesty if all the tracks in the area would adopt a similar racing rank system that would be shared between the tracks it could make a cool on road class system. (But that has been tried in many forms of racing other than R/C and NEVER has worked in more than one venue from what I have seen.)
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And to the "high level" racers, since a used 1/12 scale and brushed set-up is so "cheap", just get another car for Trackside or wherever. Don't penalize me because you are so dedicated.
What? Why don’t you just go and buy another car and throw a brushed motor in it? I mean WE are the ones running in the spec class that was defined by Todd before the season started, why should WE buy more hardware to adapt to you? the logic doesn’t work there.
I don’t want this to turn into a 1/12th bash thing with brushed vs brushless because I believe the solution to this is in other parts of the club and restructuring of the club a bit.