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Question - car develop over 200

Three suppliers give bonus with no negative:

• Engine: Cosurworthit +5 Tyre Economy


• Fuel: Chavon + 2 Fuel Economy


• Tyres: Komehome +3 Tyre Economy

Currently there is little prospect of Maxing the big 4 plus TE and FE, even in a 22 race season.

At L30 your research will drop to 10%, even with 30dp from your design HQ I still think it is unlikely you will hit 200 in 6 attributes.

To get to 200 in the six main attributes will require a total of 1200 dp

In a 22 race season, assuming you have a 5 star CD with a strength in one of the big 4 and weakness of either Reliability or Cooling you will begin with a total of 286 in the six attributes (excluding Rel & Cool)

21 races at 30dp per race = 630, add your 286 starting design and your total design for the final race of the season is 916

That is 284 short of the points you need to max out 6 attributes, so you would need an average research yield of about 12dp per race to max everything and with 10% research this isn't going to happen.

Edit: Sorry, I just re-read your post and yes, if you don't want to develop TE or FE you will have a problem, but that is already the case now in a 22 race season.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding because I'm not sure where you get the 30 for all 6 attributes (180 in total), the L30 engine can only have +30 in one attribute.

It's all drifted slightly off-topic, but seeing as the original question has been answered I suppose it doesn't really matter, so...

Even with L30 managers it will still be impossible to max all important attributes in a 15 race season. You are correct that you might get close in a 22 race season but personally I don't see a problem with this.

If you don't want to compete in a league where it's possible to maximise design then choose to compete in a league that runs a shorter season. This leaves the longer seasons for the many people who do like the challenge of competing with equal design.

Early season the balance is tipped in favour of the managers who are more skilled at tuning their design to the requirements of the circuits, later in the season, when all cars are getting towards maximum design, it will maybe favour those who excel in optimising strategies and race management.

Personally I don't agree that 10% research is a bad thing, if nothing else it will see a change to the tactic of points hoarding. With such low research there will be little to be gained for L30 managers to save points. It will be much more important to spend your design points wisely and tailor your chassis development to the calendar.

As with every update we've had over the years, it is going to be a case of adapting the way you manage your team to take advantage of the changes. Every update we've had over the years I've played this game has made almost no difference to the pecking order, the same guys/girls who were at the top of the game before the latest update will remain at the top.