About RPM
Now would be a good time to explain the RPM or
Racing Performance Measurement. Essentially
your RPM score is a running measurement of your
driving ability. It is a weighted system, meaning
the higher your opponents
scores the better
chance you have to gain
points; conversely, if you
have a higher score than those you are racing with,
you are at a higher risk of losing more points.
All racers start with 1200 points. Everytime you
race, you get 5 points. This means you can race
alone and still advance your RPM score. However,
if you are racing with others your score is computed
at the end of the race depending on how you
finished as well as how difficult the compeition
was.
For example, let’s say Joe has an RPM score of
1500, Bridgette has a score of 4250 and Dominic
is a new racer with 1200. If all three of our racers
enter a race and Dominic wins, he is going to win
a substantial amount of RPM points. However, if
Bridgette wins, she will win points but not nearly
as many as Dominic because she is besting racers
that are below her RPM level. Also, if the same
three are in a race, Bridgette is risking the most
points because if she loses to
Dominic she stands to lose a lot of points, whereas
if Dominic loses to Bridgette, he will lose points
but not nearly as many.
It should also be noted that points are only created
when a new user is created, meaning all the computations
and point winning and losing in races are in
direct correlation with one another, i.e., if Dominic
wins 125 points in a race with Bridgette, that means
Bridgette has lost 125 points.