Supplies!
By Jack Basford
Last updated: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 13:16
On the 27th January iGP's suppliers will release revised engines, tyres and fuel. This will shake up the order and is aimed at creating variety in the choices people make in which suppliers they select in-game. Thanks to everyone for their suggestions on the forum regarding this idea, we have taken in all your feedback and will be doing our best to balance the update in such a way that there is more than one supplier for each component that can be used while remaining competitive.
Originally when iGP was developed I had intended for new engines, tyres and fuel to be released on a cyclical basis. This idea was later scrapped when we completely rebuilt the supply system and car attributes for the version 2 update. Unfortunately the release of that update has been postponed several times due to unforeseen circumstances. We hope that early this year we will be able to refocus our efforts on that project and get it released, as it is very near to completion.
In in the interim, we are also looking at other possibilities to spice up strategies. One idea is to have more dry tyre compounds, which will allow for much broader strategic choices, and switching to a new in-house weather system, creating more weather variety all year round. I will update you once we have more news on those developments.
This announcement is just to give all managers some forewarning of the coming changes. Be prepared to switch suppliers on the 27th of January to keep a competitive edge!
Sorry but i don't see a change, only one is the indication about the single parameters
To me it seems to be no change...
Wouldnt it be nice to upgrade your engine trough development that would be a nice addon like the design for your car ..?
They were launched about 30 minutes ago while no races were running.
Still waiting
Well to day is the 27th, and they promised us new engines on the 27th...
Why the suspense and surprise factor? Some commercial suppliers would have planning information to their customers in advance of their changes.
Jack, can I suggest that the new stats be made known to the managers? The fact is it would be trivial for a motivated manager to find out all the stats anyway. If all the stats were made well-known, at least it is tactical..
Does the number of available engines reset with this update?
Or allow for really mixing it up with different compounds together - Hards on the Front and Softs on the Rear? :)