Clubs - Feature Additions/Improvements

Also we need to be able set date and starting time on our clubs like dirt rallies before. Also we are forced to make several clubs if we cant mix locations and have multiclass for use. This game is close to perfect for online rallying. These litlle thing s we have waited since dirt rally 1

When you create a club you only can fix the category, not a car.

We are a community that manages some championships with a fixed car and there is no option... and then some people choose the wrong car and it is disqualified.

Also, I agree with the OPEN / MODERATED / CLOSED option.

It's really an extra work to have more friends for managing a new club. Previous three options were absolutely better.

Hi everyone. I agree and agree with all the previous findings and suggestions.
It seems to me that no one has mentioned the names of the championships and related events. Now they are defined by default and this is anachronistic.
I think all the organizers of the club championships want to decide on the name they prefer.
Anyway, great work. Well done Codies!!!

Another suggestion:

- In DR2 we could open a Club while waiting for the bus using our smartphones. Now you can open it but you can't creat a Championship as before, you have to be in your home using your PC or console.

In order of importance, here are the issues that we are having within our league with clubs:

1. Quitting the club, and returning with no damage

If you quit a club event after a stage and then return, your car is fully repaired and punctured tyres are replaced.

2. Event standings not showing after each stage

You can't view the overall standings after a specific stage on the game, or on the Racenet website and app. In quick play and other single-player modes, the overall standings are displayed straight after the stage times. Not knowing where you are overall throughout a rally is pretty rubbish, and you only found out once you've completed the entire event so are having to add up numbers in your head throughout the X stage event.

3 Times for retired drivers / DNF drivers showing in the event standings

Retired drivers are not showing in the stage results or overall event standings, which makes it very confusing when trying to work out who finished where in the lower places - especially when you can only view individual stage times on the app, and not an overall standings after each stage like you could on DR2. Like the last game, it would be great if retired drivers had times of 15 and 30 minutes (depending on the stage lengths) and that they would show in all leaderboards. 

4. Setting up the start time and duration:

We currently have the option to either start an event now, or in 1 day + time. Please allow a '0 day' option when setting up the time until an event start, so if it's 17:25 my time, I could set the event to open at 19:00 of the same day. This is how it was for DR2, but appears to have been removed for EA WRC.

Requests:

In clubs, the stage ends at the finish line like in time trial, but it would be great if drivers had to drive to the marshal like in DR2. This is how it is in other game modes such as career mode and quick play in EA WRC.

If I'm busy but need to set up an event, in the past I could jump on my phone and set the event up there, but now I have to wait until I get home and set it up through the game - which is going to delay the start time for some our events. It would be nice to have the ability to create events through the browser.

Could the 'reset to track' option be only selectable when a car is stopped at 0mph? Currently drivers can begin to fall down a cliff in clubs at somewhere like Greece and Corcisa, so they will quickly pause their game and select 'reset to track' meaning they only get a 5 second time penalty instead of an instant terminal damage which of course is not fair.

There doesn't appear to be any split times in clubs anymore - I quite liked this on DR2, but I suppose not everyone will be against this change! Maybe the option could be available to include split times so that you can see where you rank compared to the fastest time so far? We make the fastest drivers in our league run first, so it was always a good indicator for drivers running after to see where they place against the big runners.

Thank you for listening to our suggestions EA / PJ!

@Dom93iom  You can view the overall standings of a club by going to "Event Overview", clicking on the current event and showing the leaderboard via the prompt in the bottom right corner

I'd like to "add to the pile" as it were, but more so to the admin-side of things.
Focusing on Racenet...

1. Compiling all stage and event results into one CSV file
Rather than having up to 16 individual sheets for the stages alone, it would be far easier to work with one csv dedicated to all stages.
If this isn't possible...

2. Fix/Adjust the naming scheme for Stage CSV files
So far, all Stage CSV files are named "wrc2023_event_yadayada_stageundefined_leaderboard_results", which results in duplicate files of the same name.
EG: ( 1 ), ( 2 ), etc at the end of the csv names (See first image)
Fixed as of 6th Dec

*Small edit to add some other suggestions for clubs, aimed at settings in Game Preferences, which are missing necessary info for each:

1. Ghost Sharing: "Toggles Ghost Sharing in Time Trial mode."
This also applies to the Analysis tool in Clubs. If turned "Off", you are not able to watch yours/others "Ghosts" for comparisons.

2. User Generated Content: "Changes whether user created liveries are visible in Quick Play Multiplayer."
This also applies to Club Names. When turned off, all clubs are called "WRC Club" bar the Official EA clubs. (See second image)

@Irish_Fox74 yes, if you back out to the main menu after each stage, which as we know gives drivers automatic repairs. We also make all our drivers compete their stages in one go anyway. 

Not sure why the event standings can't just be shown after the stage results in clubs

@Dom93iombrought out very good points, I was going to make almost the same post.

* Event standings not showing after each stage - The most important part of clubs is the overall time, what's the point if I can't keep track of overall diffs in standings after each stage. This is not time trial. This in not only true in-game, but I also want to see the standings after each stage in racenet. DR2 had a somewhat working solution, although not the best. The official WRC live timing has a good view with two parallel tables, one for stage and one for standings after that stage.

* Times for retired drivers / DNF drivers showing in the event standings - Good point! I have already seen this problem in my small club with friends where we have to ask separately why didn't they finish the event or when are they going to do it, only to find out that they had actually retired in a ditch already.

* 'reset to track' option be only selectable when a car is stopped at 0mph - Also a good point I hadn't thought of. Resetting shouldn't be available unless the car is stationary or should have a much bigger penalty (if the stationary detection is hard to implement for getting stuck on a rock or something)

* Create events through the browser - very important for bigger clubs

New request:

A separate request is to make the service area/event details view more compact during an event. When I'm in a service and want to see the upcoming stages and the weather, I have to open the "event details", then see all events, then open the current event and only then can I see the relevant info. I don't need to see the whole championship in a service area. At least not as the default view.

But as a response to @Dom93iom, you kind of can see the split times in racenet if you open another player on a stage, but you can only compare the splits to your own time.

@Dom93iom  You misunderstand me. After a stage, there is the option to look at event overview. You can see the current standings through there. You do not have to return to the main menu to see them.