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Volunteer
12th June 2009, 08:45.04 PM
Sorry to be a pain. I have another question. In the robot you have fast dirt and wet dirt. For turf you don't have a firm turf/wet turf option you only have turf. I know you can get some erractic results with wet track as a general rule. Is there a reason you don't have a firm turf/wet turf option? Is it because unlike a wet dirt track a wet turf track is more in line with a firm turf track? Or is it because you don't have a good way to track a wet turf course in the robot?

Thanks.

km
13th June 2009, 02:09.52 PM
Vol , thank you, yes, been discussed and requested many times with other users over the years -

There is no separation currently because it was too nuanced and most non-stakes are taken off the grass when it rains. So sample sizes for non-stakes wet grass would be miniscule compared to the same for wet dirt.

The Export has the turf conditions and you can use a database to mine the variations as you can with the wet dirt. (there is no surface separation for Poly tracks by Equibase).

I may add Negative filters in the future to the Robot II that will filter away various track surface issues, such as "No Races Taken off the Grass" - or "No Wet Turf", "No Rails Up" etc. But i don't want to alter the Race Filters screen as it would require a complete overhaul to add new surface categories.