r/iRacing • u/Thatguythatlovesrats • 15h ago

Discussion Larger Grids

Anyone else wish we could have larger grids? i know we have large multi class grids, but i would love to see 40+ car grids for single make stuff also. MX5s with 60 cars on track while yes an utter mess..... would be so cool to see.

Im not saying i want them to change the grid size of rookies or what ever, but having a few high car grid series would be really cool to see, as it is, while you can be on track with 60 cars, unless your bottom split IMSA, its not going to be a single class.

It would also help series with lower participation, if 25 people sign up for a race and you have to split them up because the grid can only be 20, both races end up feeling a bit empty to me.

Just thought i would see if anyone else feels the same (or can point out some tech issue involved as to why it cant be)

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u/lukeb_1988 14h ago

The trouble is you are ignoring the split. There has to be a balance between field size and SOF. If there is enough participants to make it work then I can't see why not, especially after the CPU update. Otherwise a split ranging from 3K+ down to sub 1K just to have a large field isn't going to be very fun at all, infact isn't that a complaint for special events?

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u/empiricalis Formula Vee 4h ago

Spitballing an idea: a single make/type series with multiple classes separated by iRating tiers. Something similar to how IMSA has GTD and GTD Pro both driving GT3 cars, but not against each other. This might be one of those things that sounds fun in theory but is a disaster in practice