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Default Push Level - ¡Suggestions!

Default push level per stint, nice idea.

Guys. Not wanting to rain on your parade but this has been suggested a number of times before. Previously the consensus of opinion has been against this idea although I recognise that this time the poll suggests the majority are in favour.
The key to being successful in this game is to attend races, for me this is something that keeps me playing because it promotes a community spirit. The downside to introducing different PL for each stint is that it will make it easier for non attending managers which may result in fewer managers in the live races.

I'm split about this. While it's quite harsh if you really can't attend the races just life from managers attending and this is quite borderline because push is about the most important thing you can manage live. So I'm currently against this because it's still possible to do some damage control as long as the field is not too tight together if you can't make it to a race.

But if live managing gets some small more screws like buttons to radio the driver to attack (a short time push level boost mostly so not that important), defence (harder to overtake but slightly slower pace), stay behind (who didn't felt yet the urge to face palm because his driver overtakes/laps 50m bevore the DRS zone?) and maybe stuff that doesn't comes to my mind right now, then things already would look different.

Agreed, not everyone can attend every race. But on the occasions I can't attend I have to compromise on setup and either run the same tyres for each stint or accept the fact that my tyres will not be at optimum temperature for one or more of the stints. I know in advance that I'm unlikely to finish on the podium because I'm in a competitive and well attended league, so I set my cars up as best as I can to minimise the damage. That's the way it has always been and it's something that many managers accept because the alternative is risking the one thing that differentiates this game from other Management games... the requirement to engage with your competitors in live events.
Others have also previously suggested pre-arranged pit stops on certain laps instead of calculating fuel, the ability to tell the driver to push hard on the in and out laps and a number of other enhancements all of which make it less important to attend the race. Personally I am against this, if the game was changed to make it unnecessary to attend I would stop playing.

I can understand your frustration, I have also had to compromise races because of other events which prevented me from attending and may ultimately have cost me a championship. But by improving strategy to the extent it is as powerful as attending the race and then imposing a "no cash/token" penalty turns the game into Pay to Win.
People will buy tokens with real money and exchange for game cash so the penalty will only affect people who don't want to spend a lot of real money.
If people want a sport management game that doesn't require them to manage live events there are planty out there. The USP of this game is that you have to manage the races to be successful and throwing money at it without attending will get you nowhere.

Excellent idea :-)