EA Staff (Retired)Why do I get a .500 sec time penalty for trying to improve my weekly online event qualifying time. That makes no sense at all.
@Wh1teL1ghtning wrote:Why do I get a .500 sec time penalty for trying to improve my weekly online event qualifying time. That makes no sense at all.
I think it's worked this way for years? I don't think it's anything to do with the 1.09 patch.
Somebody who gets a top time on their first attempt has done better than someone who needs multiple goes to achieve the same. The former therefor gets more points than the latter. Perhaps your objection is that this is done via the mechanic of a time penalty? There is also a logic of the matchmaking putting drivers in lobbies with others of a similar standard, and again, someone who is faster on a single attempt has done better and the time penalty approach recognises this.
