"Jason
1) Basically, yeah.
2) Not entirely sure tbh. Do you have any ideas Edwin? It's a bit hard to just go off the HOF because of people like me who have two accounts in the top 10, and I certainly wouldn't be putting two teams into the pro league. I guess maybe Jack and Andrew could do an IP check on managers invited, hopefully.
3) Yeah, you would want 2D. As explained earlier I think with emulated accounts they can provide 2D. If we all had to pay for it for this one race a league in particular I think you'd get no interest at all.
4) Do we want our current drivers though? Maybe it would be best to start everyone off with drivers who have the same talent and stats, which would just leave the training schedule/strats/setups/design up to us. You'd probably want to keep everything as even as possible in the beginning so no one has any advantages.
This would be how I believe it would go
1) Agree'd but we'd see 100% cars after the first race. Best to wait for the new Design System to be released.
2) Moderators and Developers will pick out frequent runners and those who have a reputation of being the best, if anything, a qualification round from 4 leagues would be required, the top 4 of each league will be promoted from Pro to Elite after a prelimary season. Full details would be like:
Starting Bank Balance: 300mil
Reputations with all suppliers and sponsors will be 10/10
Team level will be level 12
Driver and Staff market will be populated 1 hour before the first race lockout (of the qualification round, after which the list will be removed, you are stuck with those drivers)
Groups 1-4 will contain 16 teams each, the top 4 of each League (16 in total) after 1 season (18 Weeks) will be moved onward towards the finals. Managers will be sorted based upon their reputation level, Championship wins, and points earned (in legitimate leagues)
A three week intermission will be made between the qualification season and the finals season.
The finalists will run a race once a week at a neutral time and the winner will be decided via Constructor's Championship.
3) 2D will be made available for the managers. An Entry fee could be applicable. Consider the money as prize money? say £10 per person (£640 in total, £140 will go to the development)
Prizes would be determined by:
1st Constructor - £250
2nd Constructor - £150
3rd Constructor - £100
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Drivers Championship Winner - Free years worth of Subscriber towards the Driver's manager.
Finalists - 500 Rewards Points
4) No we'd probably use a different server for the season which will not contain our current playing account. 200 pre-generated drivers, and 100 of each staff will be available during the pre-season lockout before qualification. All Car default attributes will be 1.