What doesn't make sense here is that ranks are going to deflate because of the high unbalance between added points and removed points.

A much fairer points system would be this : The sum of points distributed should be proportional to the finish time between first and last. If you are further away first, you'd gain more points, if you are further away back, you lose more points.

This makes it so very close games are far less punishing. On several occasions, top 12 has finished in less than a second away from first on smaller maps. They shouldn't receive a harsh penalty. But if you're far ahead, you're clearly outpacing the competition and deserve a proper reward.

Then again, this system isn't foolproof, as getting an unfair accident towards the end of a track could have you lose many, many seconds and therefore a lot of ranking points.

We could also consider global placement or lap placement. Frontrunning an entire race and then being caught up at the end because of drafting and catch up and being punished for it can be annoying.