Originally Posted by CCWS77
I just think fans and even IRL leadership falsely equate having a manufacturer involved as somehow equaling or leading to these exciting idea of bring whatever you come with that meets these fixed rules.
1(GOOD)fixed rules ahead of time, build and bring whatever you can to meet that
2(OK) SPEC rules with fixed suppliers
3(AWFUL) manufacturer negotiated and subsidized bendable rules
everyone bitches about 2, but that is not the real problem, 3 is. That is what the IRL has been doing all along and continues to fail at. People just get confused by the fact that only 1 company wanted to play.