Quote Originally Posted by Aphel View Post
This was pretty much explained in this guy's blog http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest.../blog/2077797/

But yes I do agree that Rating system should be adjusted to your current stats and not solely on Max Stats + Rank + Pedigree. Mine's a 15/20 Chocobo so the max rating I can get is 276.

Looks like I'll have to use it to farm and retire (TT is too boring for me). I'm just curious if a properly fed 15/20 can stand a chance in R300 races.
Of course. As said above, my chocobo is only Rank 41 and already able to compete. Of course it is still harsh. But it also depends on the skills and I would not take something like 1-2 stars in Max Speed or Stamina.

My chocobo is a foul weather chocobo, but since they lessened the malus, it should also be okay with a fair weather one.