Agree about rankings, Rushin, let`s hope we get something. I think this will be needed to keep people playing Wipeout HD in the long term, and could also be used as a stick to beat quitters until they change their ways.

I think quitting would also be reduced if people didn`t end up in long tours they weren`t expecting. The information before a race isn`t clear and you don`t always know when things have changed unless you`re focussing on that little box to the left, which people don`t always do.

Options changing isn`t always bad. Kanar`s Avalon sessions work very well with him changing the track after every 2 or 3 single races on the same one. There`s no need for a long delay after one track change like this, as you often have quality hosts like Kanar running a great room with a sequence of single races. This could be ruined if the lobby shut down or the race was always held up for too long after options changes. But if SR changes to tournament, or the speed class changes, or if the host changes the options too often, then there should definitely be some sort of delay to give people time to get out or change ship. If we do get rankings then mechanisms like this will definitely be needed, imo.

@Axel, yes this is very annoying, but in most cases I think it`s mostly just that and if someone thinks "tricking" other players, rather than practising, is the way to win races then they`re mistaken I think.