Jack,
it makes sense to change the scoring system in tha way you comment. (In fact there is a post in the spanish forum with exactly the same suggestion).

I propose to change it in this terms: your accumulated points will be the sum of the 10 best results of previous ten days.
The result of an individual race, the score, being calculated as it is today (6*beaten users+1*beaten robots).


As for the auto-pan function... Are you using the mouse to center the window when you need to see some part of the field?
Of course wind cannot be seen far away (that would be cheating) but I've found very useful to use the mouse those times that you require seeing in one specific direction or advancing the automatic pan. Try it.

aestela.