Decreasing confusion for new players, so they dont ragequit the server after 1 minute

[RaceFreak]

There are many new players coming to this server each day, but too many of them are discouraged by confusion and quit, never come back.
I have seen way too many times, a new player, stock car, and he joins the custom race against a A class, after 1 lap he realizes that he has no chance, since other cars fly as fast as UFOs compared to his car.
In this Thread, I will point out the reasons why new players are leaving, and propose my solutions to the problems. This server deserves more players, but because of a few simple problems, they all leave after few minutes, and this server suffers low numbers as a result.

Problems:

1. New players do not  realize that car score number is the performance rating of their car.
2. New players do not realize, that quick race game-mode has matchmaking, in which they can race against similarly fast cars, and have a pleasant and fair race, compared to the custom race madness.
3. None of the new players read the F9 tutorials, right after joining the game, they did not start a game, to spend their hours reading a wall of text. (F9 tutorial is well done, and provides good info for players who have some problem later in the game, I am not saying that its bad, but simply none of the new players will read it in the first minute of their time on this server)

Solution: All that needs a change is the "Race" window after pressing the "race" button in the garage.  

changes to the "Race" window:

1: Lock out the new players out of the custom race, until they finished 3 quick races (or whatever number you deem appropriate)
2: change the text below the "Quick race" from the current text to "fair racing against cars with similar performance car score" to make it clear,        that this is a fair way to race.
3: Grey out the "Custom Race" column
4: Add a counter "0/3 quick races played" above the "Custom Race" column, to make it clear why a new player cant access it.

Seriously, this server is amazing, has many hours of work poured into it, its a shame that new players ragequit after one minute. I welcome suggestions of other players on this topic, as I am sure many of you have more elegant solutions, than to lock custom race.

In the attachment, I uploaded my mock-up of what the race window would roughly look like. (I am no photoshop prodigy, I know its not well done )

   

[bamers]

Great suggestion, i personally love it
5 thumbs

[Apples]

Why did you think they invented the score limit in your custom races

[RaceFreak]

Why did you think they invented the score limit in your custom races

Everybody uses car score to make sure, that there isnt any player in their race with higher car score than their car score. But nobody EVER sets a lower car score limit, that will prolong the waiting time, since the noobs cannot join, and even if you have 500 car score, and set the lower car score at 300, that is high enough, that people played the server long enough to understand what car score means, and every single player will leave the race, because he knows that his 320 car score has no chance against 500 score car. If you dont set the lower car limit, you will get many more players connect, and much faster, but its very clear, that they have no clue what car score is, since they have 175 stock primo, and spam "start start, go go" even if they have no chance. And what happens then? during the race, you see "player (QUIT)" you dont see "normal leave", because they did not go to the garage, but they LEFT THE SERVER, and are never coming back. Congratulations, another lost player.

[whiteseed]

The problem is that there is to much ways to gain RP and racing is not even the best way. Thats why only those are racing, who likes to do it, not to make game progress but for fun or to beat some top times. There are no levels you can reach after meet specific requirements, and new players with weak cars and low skill can race against experienced players even if it makes no sense. The whole progress system requires improvement and some lobby changes is at least something but not enough to make a change.

[Jamesrobinson]

Good idea

[DareDevil42]

This needs to be posted on bartek's fridge.

[Madman]

I never tried to think about a solution for that
but your solution is so good, so simple and so well explained
+1

[Jamesrobinson]

This needs to be posted on bartek's fridge.

lol

[HanzoITS]

Ye. Would be better if there'll be some Newbie Races without "booster-guys" in them, due to their skills - it can be stressfull ofc.