Trip saving for bicycles

[RevLeon]

(2023-09-09 06:11)Chuck Wrote:  I'd really not like having two classes of vehicles, the one that may be saved and the others not. That creates unnecessary complexity and just another unfairness.

Imo, every car in a hopeless position deserves a rescue. At a certain price, ofc.
The current price is the 10% distance loss, and people who have experienced it will likely say: "it is indeed a price". Well, a 500€ fine would also be a certain price, but bearing in mind, the main goal is to rescue people who got innocently into this situation, e.g. crashed by someone else, the price is very unfair.

From a technical standpoint, I have multiple scenarios, of which not all can be detected by Insim.

1. Car flying OOB (and leaving the track) => easy to detect
2. Car flying OOB (and remain on ground, maybe flipped) => unable to detect
3. Car somewhere stuck elsewhere on track => unable to detect

I made a test for #2 if the Z value could be a help, but it's not possible

As you can see, other parts of the track are actually higher than this icy invisible ground.

I do have some other means available:
- Maybe a forced spec time?
- The rescue button does sound interesting. Maybe only a certain time after a heavy crash?
- The rescue button could start virtual "helicopter rescue" that takes a few minutes.
- Maybe a RES unit with a crane can rescue over great distances?
- Maybe multiple RES units work together?

I never liked the idea from the start, maybe because I don't drive bycicles or maybe because every time I lost my trip is wasn't really that big of a deal. Anyway the main reason I didn't like the idea is because it takes away from the MED/RES/TOW roles. If there would be a way to make medium distance rescues using a crane of some sort that would be the best option imo.