Reasoning of the GDC

[EricVanWyk]

I'm actually a fan of the 0.32CV rule, and I forgive it for appearing to be petty and random at first blush. It reduces cost to teams for free, so I hope we see similar changes in the future.

In the past, we were only allowed to use specific part numbers for valves. Now we can use any valve we have... that isn't better than those specific part numbers. Combined with the 24V ruling, it allows teams to use many valves that weren't available last year, thereby reducing probable cost. Even though your particular valves aren't available, many teams have been able to tap into existing unused resources.

Your complaint is that it doesn't go further, and I agree with you in principle - not enough to complain this year. 0.32CV is low hanging fruit, because we've proved it out over the last however many years and increasing the flow rate could arguably require testing/validation/etc. I'd rather the GDC pick as much low hanging fruit as possible before moving up the tree.

That said, I do hope it opens further next year.