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Jambu Aqil medal 5000
4 years 255 days ago
Recently I got new driver, it's lv6 with talent20,
I wonder if the salary requested is too expensive currently 400k per race
Is there any trick to reduce salaries?
Until how much would you pay your driver?
Tia
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Chris Py medal 5000
4 years 255 days ago
I currently hold 4 level 8 drivers which I pay 314k(T2)/382k(T2)/383k(T19)/385k(T20) per race for.All are bought through the drivers market (transfer page)

I read somewhere that you can sell them and re-buy them or something but never tested it so don't know for sure.
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Bastian Ba medal 5148
4 years 255 days ago
thats wrong what you read.
the salary is based on the level of the drivers at which you hire them.
Level 1 the cheapest level 20 the most expensive.
a level 15+ driver has a salary of 1 million+.
The lowest salary for a high talent driver, i saw, is 315k directly from the youth academy.
so 400 is cheap.
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Dave Benton medal 5000
4 years 255 days ago
I have 3 drivers..all tatent 20, I am currently level 18(just). One was signed from the market and is paid about a million, the others came thru my academy and get about a third of that. The only difference is the level of experience of the drivers. The number one driver is a much more reliable performer, she is 15 experience, the other academy graduates are much younger and are exp 7 and 3. They are fast but not consistently so.
So you get what you pay for. Maybe when the number 2 has reached higher exp levels then they will still be cheaper than the current number 1... I don't know yet.
Hope this helps. 
Best tip, get your academy up to speed. 
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Kevin Bissell medal 5001 Super Mod
4 years 255 days ago
Chris.

The best way to minimise driver wages is to promote them from your academy then train them. Usually the starting salary is a little over £300k per race mark. Unfortunately until you get to a reasonably high level the number of Talent 19/20 drivers that are generated by the Youth Academy are few and far between so if you want a high talent driver you are forced to go shopping.

TBH the wages for your drivers are not too bad, if you want to reduce expenditure get rid of the two Talent 2 drivers, you're never going to use them because you also have two high talent drivers who will be much better in the long run.

The sell / buy back strategy is only really worth doing if you have bought high level drivers from the market with very high wage demands (£1m +). Each time a contract renews the wages rise by 10%, the sell / buy back strategy can avoid the 10% wage rise. A word of warning... Be careful you don't trip up by selling a driver with a higher level than your team because you will be unable to buy back. 

Most managers don't buy high level drivers because it is so much more cost effective to use the Youth Academy. However, the above strategy can be effective in controlling staff (CD / TD / Dr) wages when you get up to high levels.
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Memo Leiva medal 5000
4 years 254 days ago
Then in that case I`m doing great! My driver is level 18/TL20. She cost me 344K/race. 
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Hamlet Rodriguez medal 5000
4 years 254 days ago
I have a Level 19/TL20/Exp16 @287K/race 

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a Level 18/TL20/Exp19 @ 1.2M

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Chris Py medal 5000
4 years 254 days ago
@Kevin Bissell
I am not sure if that was a joint reply to me and the topic starter or only to me. But thanks clearing things up for me. Now I know why people sell and buy back drivers.

I am not worried about the expenditures as I regularly buy tokens. I keep my 2 low level drivers in research purpose only. I will sell them eventually :)

Cheers!
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Kevin Bissell medal 5001 Super Mod
4 years 254 days ago
Haha. Tried to embed an image but my computer isn't playing nicely this morning so deleted the post. I was tring to post a screenshot of my T20/L18 driver with wages of only £344k per race. Promoted from my academy and trained very quickly with a L20 account so all attributes are 20 with the exception of experience which is only 4 because he has never raced. My very own Max Verstappen LOL.
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Kevin Bissell medal 5001 Super Mod
4 years 254 days ago
@Chris Py

You're correct, a confusing post by me.

I was attempting to both give advice to the OP regarding reducing costs and in the same post confirm your statement that a sell/buy back strategy can be useful in certain circumstances.

Apologies for the confusion, I was having a hectic day... that's my excuse.
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Chris Py medal 5000
4 years 254 days ago

Kevin
@Chris Py

Apologies for the confusion, I was having a hectic day... that's my excuse.



No worries :)
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Memo Leiva medal 5000
4 years 254 days ago
Driver's exp seems to have a more direct correlation to salaries than their levels?  
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Johnny Cooper medal 5000
4 years 254 days ago
Kevin
The sell / buy back strategy is only really worth doing if you have bought high level drivers from the market with very high wage demands (£1m +). Each time a contract renews the wages rise by 10%, the sell / buy back strategy can avoid the 10% wage rise. A word of warning... Be careful you don't trip up by selling a driver with a higher level than your team because you will be unable to buy back. 

Most managers don't buy high level drivers because it is so much more cost effective to use the Youth Academy. However, the above strategy can be effective in controlling staff (CD / TD / Dr) wages when you get up to high levels.


Two more words of advice:
If you're driver levelled up during his contract he becomes more expensive, too. Even if you use the sell/buy back strategy.

Another point is that drivers bought via the transfermarket have only a contract length of 20 races as compared to extending a driver's contract, which will be a further 50 races. You have to calculate if that option is still cheaper for you, considering the amount of tokens you have to spend each time you buy the driver back plus the cash you also lose during this transaction. So perhaps it's a better idea to extend the driver's contract after the 1st 19 races and sell/buy him back at the end of his 1 contract extension, where another 10% raise would become due.
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Hamlet Rodriguez medal 5000
4 years 254 days ago

Johnny
Kevin
The sell / buy back strategy is only really worth doing if you have bought high level drivers from the market with very high wage demands (£1m +). Each time a contract renews the wages rise by 10%, the sell / buy back strategy can avoid the 10% wage rise. A word of warning... Be careful you don't trip up by selling a driver with a higher level than your team because you will be unable to buy back. 

Most managers don't buy high level drivers because it is so much more cost effective to use the Youth Academy. However, the above strategy can be effective in controlling staff (CD / TD / Dr) wages when you get up to high levels.


Two more words of advice:
If you're driver levelled up during his contract he becomes more expensive, too. Even if you use the sell/buy back strategy.

Another point is that drivers bought via the transfermarket have only a contract length of 20 races as compared to extending a driver's contract, which will be a further 50 races. You have to calculate if that option is still cheaper for you, considering the amount of tokens you have to spend each time you buy the driver back plus the cash you also lose during this transaction. So perhaps it's a better idea to extend the driver's contract after the 1st 19 races and sell/buy him back at the end of his 1 contract extension, where another 10% raise would become due.


I just got the punched back hard with this exact scenario.... The twist however, my driver N. Williams was a product of my own YA. I did the sell/buy back for over 100 races/3 contract renewals then BOOM!!!!! 4th renewal.....contract went from under 400K to 1M+.....  His driver's level has been 18(still is) for awhile now since all that was left to train was his exp.(changed from 17 to 19 before last contract renewal) This will lead me to believe that salaries are more correlated to exp than driver's levels.  I will test that theory with my next YA driver.... but yea.
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Kevin Bissell medal 5001 Super Mod
4 years 254 days ago
That's the reason I said that it only works for drivers who are already at a high level with wages of £1m plus.

I find it is more useful for staff, in particular that CD you desperately want to retain with good strength & weakness but their wage demands are getting a bit excessive. Just be careful to sell and IMMEDIATELY buy back before another manager who has shortlisted them jumps in and steals.
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Johnny Cooper medal 5000
4 years 254 days ago

Hamlet

Johnny
Kevin
The sell / buy back strategy is only really worth doing if you have bought high level drivers from the market with very high wage demands (£1m +). Each time a contract renews the wages rise by 10%, the sell / buy back strategy can avoid the 10% wage rise. A word of warning... Be careful you don't trip up by selling a driver with a higher level than your team because you will be unable to buy back. 

Most managers don't buy high level drivers because it is so much more cost effective to use the Youth Academy. However, the above strategy can be effective in controlling staff (CD / TD / Dr) wages when you get up to high levels.


Two more words of advice:
If you're driver levelled up during his contract he becomes more expensive, too. Even if you use the sell/buy back strategy.

Another point is that drivers bought via the transfermarket have only a contract length of 20 races as compared to extending a driver's contract, which will be a further 50 races. You have to calculate if that option is still cheaper for you, considering the amount of tokens you have to spend each time you buy the driver back plus the cash you also lose during this transaction. So perhaps it's a better idea to extend the driver's contract after the 1st 19 races and sell/buy him back at the end of his 1 contract extension, where another 10% raise would become due.


I just got the punched back hard with this exact scenario.... The twist however, my driver N. Williams was a product of my own YA. I did the sell/buy back for over 100 races/3 contract renewals then BOOM!!!!! 4th renewal.....contract went from under 400K to 1M+.....  His driver's level has been 18(still is) for awhile now since all that was left to train was his exp.(changed from 17 to 19 before last contract renewal) This will lead me to believe that salaries are more correlated to exp than driver's levels.  I will test that theory with my next YA driver.... but yea.



I don't see the point using a sell/buy back strategy for a YA driver, since their initial wage is quite low. Even if raised multiple times via contract extension it should still be cheaper than sell/buy back, even at an older age. Because the gains of training massively outweigh his increase in salary. Even in his 30s the YA driver's wages with multiple contract extensions should be significantly lower than a lvl 19/20 driver you buy in the transfermarket.
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Kevin Bissell medal 5001 Super Mod
4 years 254 days ago
Of course, the other factor that has not yet been spoken about is that the minimum number of drivers you need in a two car league is two and in a one car league is one. So in order to sell and buy back a driver you need to have a reserve driver otherwise the game blocks the sale. This means unless you happen to have a reserve driver who you are training you are unable to use this strategy. Paying the wages for a reserve driver you don't need will cost you more than any savings you make on wages using sell/buy back.

So, we are left with the only time it is cost effective, a high level, high wage CD. The reason this is cost effective is because most top managers have two, three or some even have four CDs to give them a strong well balanced car at the beginning of the season. Because of these extra CDs it is possible to use sell/buy back without having to employ unwanted reserve staff.

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Memo Leiva medal 5000
4 years 254 days ago
That would be correct, unless you like paying high cost upfront to look at a pretty low wage on your drivers' stats....lol!!! But cost is cost...and there's no financial advantage by using the "buy-back" strategy  if we can call it that, on drivers. Staffs? Absolutely!! It works beautifully!

This know-how should definitely be added to any if not all of the guides out there.  
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Kevin Bissell medal 5001 Super Mod
4 years 254 days ago
Hi Memo.

The thing is, sell/buy back is only worth doing for high level, high cost CDs to avoid the 10% wage hike. So this "strategy" (exploit LOL) is kinda reserved to L18+ CDs which translates to L18+ Managers.

I would never recommend a low level manager using this strategy because:

  1. the CDs are lower level, hence low wage so it's not cost effect as the wage hike is minimal.

  2. lower level teams tend to only have a single CD (that's what I do with my L14 team) because the team usually levels up before any reserve is made active. With only a single CD the game won't allow you to sell the CD.

  3. the chances are that you will want to swap the CD before their contract expires because the manager levels up making the CD less effective.


By the time managers reach L18 they have enough experience to have worked this out for themselves, they don't need the guides.
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Memo Leiva medal 5000
4 years 254 days ago
@Kevin

I did it before reading about it here. I just figured it was the norm since it was an  option by the game. But yea, that makes sense. 
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