Yeah I like my driver and he is cheap but if I do not get promoted this season I will lose him . Surely a high motivation is good? My pace at the moment in this race is not good, hopefully my strategy will bring me back into contention for good points though.
ye motivation is good coz he is motivated and is eager to excel but its bad coz ur drivers oa shoots up more as ur motivation rises. keep his motivation low and ur drivers oa will remain low. u can certainly win without motivation so weigh the pros and cons and especially in rookie keep his motivation down
Just signed up and waiting to be activated. Anyone currently doing good and in what group are you? More fun to follow someone from here. Is there a group with several of not606 members in it maybe?
Back in the points with a 6th place but will have to look for a new driver to finish the season.. If you guys want to add your names to the list below to see where we all are and maybe we could have our own league for Not606ers: El_Bando / Rookie 24 / 7th 16Pts
My slump continues , 10th place, strategy good but pace not so good and crap final pitstop was nail in coffin. Rookie group 219 - 10th 10pts.
haha ye i finished 4th my highest finishing place. im happy! i had a perfect setup and i mean perfect!! and got a bit lucky in the end to finish 4th but it makes sense that they wer much faster coz they were using x soft tyres that proved to be a 3 stopper where as i used soft wich was just right. im sorry to hear mifune. where did u think u went wrong? and congrats el bando
Oh I am all in to it now.. Seeing as I start 6 races in I have gone against the general beginner tips and spent some on my facilities. I also placed a overbid for contract on a phatty boy called Coulthard lol.. lets see if i get him tomorrow I added you Ben and Bando to friend list. I am Christian Parsa (chrispa) in Rookie - 234, 29th on 0pts
I was just slow and had bad pitstops. I think I am going to hit the test track to try and get back my early season form.
chrispa76 i would advise u not to spend money. i kno u started late and u wanna catch up but reality is that most ppl wouldnt have spend much at the start of the season its easy to spend money but ull realise when it comes to say race 10 that u havnt been managing ur money properly and wont have the luxury of replacing wear parts and training driver etc. the only facility i get is the pitstops up to level twenty and could have a major advantage with say between 5-10 seconds per stop tho it takes a few races for ur pitcrew to get better consistantly.to begin with ull need a new driver as ur driver is prob not as good. what are ur driver attributes maybe u got lucky. mifune to be honest i think it was too hot for ur driver and his stamina and possibly his weight let him down. rookie 45, 9th, 9 points and closing in leaders
Thanks Ben for your time! My current Driver: Overall: 74 Concentration: 166 Talent: 92 Aggressiveness: 7 Experience: 96 Technical insight: 0 Stamina: 0 Charisma: 230 Motivation: 38 Reputation: 0 Weight(kg): 95 Age: 30 Trying to recruit: Overall: 78 Concentration: 50 Talent: 219 Aggressiveness: 5 Experience: 60 Technical insight: 99 Stamina: 0 Charisma: 34 Motivation: 21 Reputation: 0 Weight(kg): 94 Age: 24 Maybe Charisma is something good but it sounds pretty pointless, at least as a starting stat. So I wanted a driver with max talent and also some part in tech insight should be good while testing and such? They are both "heavy" with 0 stamina so it shouldn't change much. Also aggressiveness is low but I think it is nothing to focus on as a start? Instead trying to drive safe and consistently try to score a few in every race? Well well.. I offered 1mill per race for 10 races and one extra mil per win and 250k per podium as a motivational(if the game works that way). I doubt I will be a top contender anyway I only updated my facilities very little but not upgraded any car parts yet: Windtunnel: 5 Pitstop training center: 3 R&D workshop: 3 R&D design center: 3 Engineering workshop: 5 Alloy and chemical lab: 3 Commercial: 5 Right now I have 20 mil funding left and wasn't planning on touching them until I know what i am doing. Reading the newbie forum intensely trying to pick up as much as possible before I start testing and qualify for my first time in about 2 days before it closes. My take on the funding is that it's gonna be extremely hard to end in the top to advance a division or get those extra 5 mil for next season when I now start 7 races in to the season. So I might as well mess around a tiny bit this season to learn more faster. Very much appreciate any tips I can get
Started 19th went to 24th after first lap (ouch), got stuck behind a slow car for ages. In the end I made a good fight back to 12th with an on the limit 2 stop strategy (finished with 3% tyre and fuel). Gotta sort qualifying out and improve the car because the pace was midfield . I think a 1 stop strategy was the best for this race, ill remember that for next time. Rookie 62.
no problems chrispa76. whatever u do do not get that driver plllllz although he has good talent his concentration is very low and in rookie concentration is a must. charisma u shouldnt worry about except for the fact that if charisma is high then other things will suffer so low charisma will help and especialy that u hstill have 10 races left on ur sponsor contract. look for a driver that has good concentration, good stamina and talent (possibly between 80 plus). aggression should be kept low along with motivation. too much motivation and u may lose ur driver if not managed correctly. u should never overpay ur driver, 1 mil is good but u should never give him boneses as his motivation will go up and if ur that good it could chew up ur money. driver wage should be up 1.5 mil per race and some ppl even think 1.5 mil is considered high. i will look for some good drivers for u. but dnt do anything else just yet, u wouldnt wanna practice and do q1 and q2 before gettin ur new driver coz his style may be totally diff and ull be stuck with a driver who doesnt like his setups coz its just not him if that makes sense. i say wait for ur new driver then start worrying about the upcoming race. http://gpro.net/gb/DriverProfile.asp?ID=19998 http://gpro.net/gb/DriverProfile.asp?ID=297 (my fav) http://gpro.net/gb/DriverProfile.asp?ID=16474 (great stats but stamina a bit low and may be a bit pricy) http://gpro.net/gb/DriverProfile.asp?ID=1513 (great stats but stamina is low and cheap) http://gpro.net/gb/DriverProfile.asp?ID=19777 (bit pricy) http://gpro.net/gb/DriverProfile.asp?ID=22488 (low talent but great stamina and good concentration with low motivation) theyre good drivers but if it were me i would choose Miguel-Angel Tuero his average points per race is 2.25 and hes affordable. u would just need to work on his stamina but u have a good platform for it just train him with fitness and his stamina will go up and ull keep his motivation down. hope it helps
@Ben EDIT: I saw your new edit after writing this, gonna read it now /EDIT EDIT 2: All of your suggestions with pretty low or just average talent. Am I over evaluate the Talent trait maybe ? My thoughts are that Talent is the ultimate bottle cap as you can not train talent. Talent will always be the limit of how good he CAN be eventually.. or?/EDIT 2 Aww I really wanted a driver named Coulthard O well I'm gonna check for someone else then. Btw, the driver i was assigned says he have 3 races left. Will I still be able to switch him out before that if i sign someone else? And I understand about not testing yet because of upcoming driver change, that's exactly why I haven't done it yet. IN the parameters you mentioned you didn't say anything about Technical Insight, a trait which I think sounds very good to have? Wont that help me loads with setting up the car during testing and qualify? It is a bit time consuming to search for a driver because i don't have a pro account yet and can only sort by one parameter at the time. I was also thinking I should get a pretty young driver that I can work with and train over time. Like his stamina and such, which means i don't necessarily have to have very much more than Talent to start with. It also means he will be cheaper? You are saying my driver wage should be "up 1.5m/race". Is that even if he only ask for lets say 700k? I offered 1 mil thinking that should me more than enough because of his low demand. And okay, nothing extra than the per race salary? Nothng for podiums or points bonuses to keep motivation low. Gonna look for max talent(really want that) and some stamina/concentration and maybe Tech Insight? And a young one does it matter much? I used to play BATracer.com but this game is 1000 times better imho. Haven't even started racing yet and I soo love it!
My race was OK, started 3rd and finished 4th, so not too bad. chrispa76, I would say that if you are unsure about what type of driver to hire, try hiring a few different ones for 1 or 2 races and see how they perform. I'm still working out what means what, but from what I've found so far is that talent doesn't mean much at Rookie, it helps in the rain, that's about it. Stamina doesn't seem too important either, unless anyone know any different.Concentration seems to be the most important figure for a driver in Rookie. A young driver is only useful if you want to keep him, train him and keep him all teh way up, if you are looking for data, or some points then any old driver will do. Tech Insight only really seems to help get your driver into a "satisfied" range, so for example, if he has high tech insight then he might be satisfied with a setup number only 50 away from a perfect setup, whereas a driver with low tech insight might be satisfied with a setup number 100 away from a perfect setup. Pay your driver as little as possible, I personally wouldn't pay over 1 mil per race, if fact when I replace my current driver I will be looking at paying approx 300K per race, and train him up to be a decent driver. So if a driver is asking 700K per race, and you don't think anyone else will bid for him, try offereing 675K, or 700K. If you think other people will bid for him you'll need to bid a little more.
Thanks Al, Yea I offered a little to much because of his name(I know its stupid but Coulthard is king! (seen his "nipple comment" interview? lol)) I don't want anyone else be interested in him. My plans were to hopefully be able to keep him for the long run, all the way up to ultimate champion ;P But I will keep looking here trying to find someone with more concentration as both you and Ben have suggested. Cheers!
chrispa76 tech insight aint as inportant coz it could get u a fast qualifying lap but it def wont win u races and if ur tech insight is high then it means something else that could be concentration or talent or whatever will suffer. if u have 0 tech insight i think the rage is 150 so u can still get a good setup if ya kno how to do it well. talent is good but more towards the higher divisions like pro or elite where ur driver needs to be really good and talented, but in rookie u need good concentration. as far as the stamina goes i mean happyal might see his driver and what he wants out of him a lil bit different to what i want out of my driver but to me stamina is good to keep pumping in those quick laps to work well with ur strategy and especially if u have good concentration. stamina also works well in hot weather and long races. as for the the driver wage when i said 1.5 what i meant was that never bid more than what he wants unless there are couple of other bidders and u really want him. 1.5 is what others regard as a high wage in rookie. im sayin that u should not be spending more than 1.5 a race on ur driver. my driver wage is 1.3 and i can cope with that but everyones different in what they want out of their driver and how they manage their money. another thing is it will be hard in rookie to find a few with all those good things. ull usually have one or two attributes that will stand out so ud have to find the best combination, u might have to sacrifce say tech insight for good concentration or sacrifice a experience for talent etc. it all depends on what u want out of ur driver
