[Ted Craven]

Some clarifications:

1. NewPace numbers can be based on either the TrackMaster Speed Rating, or on the Adjusted Speed Rating. Patrick's examples first posted above are based on the TrackMaster SR (according to the caption above the horizontal bars). You cannot make any changes to the TrackMaster SR by ANY settings.

2. The Adjusted SR, which is displayed on most screens throughout the program can be changed depending on Configuration Settings you choose: what percentage of the DTV to include (100% 50% 0%), whether or not to included the TrackMaster ITV, the Mode (Val4 or Default) and what range of DTV you will accept (i.e. set the 'sliders').

3. The Composite Speed Rating, which appears (currently) only on the NewPace screen is based on the Adjusted SR only (and not on the TrackMaster SR), and thus can be modified by whatever Configuration Settings you choose. It is a weighted composite of the last 4 valid Adjusted SRs, with more weight given to more recent lines.

As pointed out above, if you want to change Configuration Settings and rerun the figures, you must clear that race from the Cache first, otherwise the existing figures will simply be re-displayed and your changed Configuration Settings will be ignored. (Use the Cache Mgmt button, drill down to the folder representing the race in question, delete it).

I suppose it would be proper that when a change is made to Configuration Settings that the current race should be prompted to be re-assembled. However, you could have dozens or hundreds of other races previously calculated with various settings. Currently, it is up to the user to keep track of these differences in settings, if you are changing the defaults and keeping separate workups of differently derived numbers.

Ultimately, different sets of numbers for each race will co-exist if you want them, and the Settings basis for each displayed for your (and others') reference. Right now that doesn't happen.

I have not seen any formal, large, workups of Composite SR (and any workup would have to include the Settings basis for the Adjusted SR used). And so I don't know its real utility as a broad contender factor. Which is why it is still sequestered on the NewPace screen (i.e. unproven usefulness).

In my own personal work, I use the following Configuration Settings:

1. All the defaults
2. DTV range: -15 ... +15
3. NewPace: based on Adjusted SRs (when I refer to it, which is only casually)

Ted