As long as there is a stable platform to work with thats all STC needs to be successful.
This sentence sums it all up for me: Once I am on the grid in other sims/series (not going to mention them) and I know (99%) that I am going to get to the end of the race unless I have a problem my end (connection, power-cut, front door, house-mates, operating system self-distruct).
I don't have the same confidence ATM when I see the start lights in STC. I literally sit there with my fingers crossed that I am not a ghost-car, won't have a car land on top of me - as it drops from the sky onto the grid, won't get a mini-dump on the parade lap, won't leave the pits with an empty fuel tank, won't lag into another dimension of time and space... blah.. blah... blah
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And the most frustrating thing about it is that it kills my motivation and makes me question my sanity in persisting: I race online for enjoyment, not the same frustration I get when I go to work. So I implore everyone involved to compromise a little (a lot in some quarters) and help us make some decisions that will benefit everyone, rather than hold out for an idealistic scenario that we may not be able to deliver at the moment.
An insight into my motivation for STC at the moment: I don't practice the track much anymore. I sit around and wait to be called on by my team in the event that I am needed as a reserve, but I refuse to run lap after lap learning the car or track.
Compare that to seasons past... I would take to the grid with at least 500-1000 laps of practice under my belt, I would have run race stints to compare 2-3 different race strategies, I would have pawed over lap after laps worth of MoteC data, I would have compared this with data from my team mates, I would have searched for a 10th of a second in lap time, I would have taken to the grid 100% confident that I was as ready as I was ever going to be and I would look forward to the race with the kind of excitement that is embarrasing in a grown adult.
Now? My free time (like everyone else involved in STC) is precious and right now I cannot convince myself that doing any of the above would not be wasting it
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