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Why am I going backwards

Any idea why it seems I'm going backwards my car and driver are at a level where I should compete my strategy is the same as the leading drivers yet I'm half a lap behind 

The game is broken. Need fixing. At stage in my season now where all cars are pretty even on development. Yet i went for a light fuel strat and qualified 21st lol.. slower then people heavier on fuel.. explain..

Same happening with me apparently I have the most developed car but find myself in 21st and 22nd 

Tie in the fact that near every pitstop i make i go backwards loosing so many places. A one off here and there i can take but near every race every season it happens its annoying.

Lag has been bad past month or so too. Watching cars skip back and fourth in the race viewer is painful... 

Hi Kevin, 

This is my 7th season (I still consider myself a begginer compared to the 8000+ rep managers) but ever since I started playing, I was of the impression that starting fuel level had an impact on qualifying, reason why I always start with the least number of laps on my first stint in order to help with qualifying. If what you're saying us true, it changes everything regarding strategies I have been using so far. 
Thanks for the info, I will apply this knowledge at tomorrow's race. 

As for the teams going backwards, it all depends on various factors such as CDs Used during current and previous season, quality of drivers and proper spying and design points allocation as per characteristics of each race. 
I play in a very competitive league, where the 1st and 2nd in the standings are mangers with the lowest Level (L14) the rest with levels from L15-L17.  That being said, manager Level should't be seen as the reason for stagnation in the championship, it's more about the development than anything else. 


Thanks 
 BC

Thanks Kevin for the reply not sure what happened but that's not the league I was on about lol it's my other account attached to this one I'm level 18 in this league but seem to be lacking in pace compared to other teams who are a lower level with worse drivers if that makes sense 

I started a slightly different thread about this a week or so ago - since gaining level 18 everything turned to crap and ended up 17th in some races with just about the best developed cars and T20 drivers maxxed out on training, happened to me and another player in our league who also got level 18 a bit before me - we've called it the level 18 curse,

At least it's just not me then