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Originally Posted by pktruckdriver
Where should this be set, and why?
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Do you mean '
Range of Daily Track Variant'? If so, it comes set at -50 ... +50, in otherwords, use ALL of the DTV in the adjustments. This also means that if a race has a -45 DTV (VERRY FAST times, compared to an average for that track, surface, distance), the final and segment times are slowed down by the time value of ALL of that supposed FAST surface, that day. This may be misrepresenting the horse too much (making it look too slow). Similarly if a DTV was SLOW (positive values) - the race times are adjusted faster by the time value of the DTV points.
I prefer to not speed up or slow down the running times past a certain point. I prefer to stick closer to 'reality' when possible, and so I set my range at -15 ... +15 as you show above. If I have a choice of representing a horse with one of 2 lines, relatively equal in SR or TE, I will choose the line where the DTV is rather closer to 0 (average), and try to avoid lines with high DTVs.
This is a general approach (as most are), but it is a guideline I use, and for the reasons given above.
Ted