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Driver's weight clarification

Hello,

there's something wrong about drivers' weight and the trend to lower it to 46-51 kg, regardless of the height.
How it's possible for a 1,70; 1,80; 1,90 m tall human being to weigh just 46-51 kg without having physical problems? Similar traits implies too low lean mass other than fat mass and this leads to less stamina and strenght, as well as other problems. In a few words it means anorexia: a fatal disease in real life.

Other than the logical and moral aspects (maybe not relevant here), there is another question, more pragmatic: how the driver's weight affects the car performance? 
This is simply impossible to be determined by users because it requires the same driver with same skills (but different weight) in the same car on the same track at the very moment. That's because the favorite setup is different from driver to driver and who knows how much the performance of a given car changes by even one unit.
So, it's pointless to let it at the perspicacity of the users and clear explanations would be needed.

Can someone bring this matter to the developers?

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I did wonder about the weight, I just figured that the heavier driver slows the car slightly while the height figures much like the image used of the driver is just for display and has no effect on the performance, driver images should be aged as the age changes

I wouldn`t waste too much of my time trying to make sense of the variable`s algorithm. After all, they are just values assigned to make code functions and definitely not to mimic real life.   


Car set up; you are way over thinking it.... At the moment the word is weight has no effect in car-driver performance. Which is why one starts training the physical area 1st till stamina reaches 20 then move on to drivers ability. 

It’s a pity we can’t choose exactly which attribute to train instead of just the area.

THat it is.... or why we can`t allocate all DP points ourselves at the beginning of the season.  

I hear a lot of managers saying that weight doesn't matter lately. I thought I saw a clear difference in speed when the weight went down but it could possibly be all thanks to increased stamina. 

Is the consensus between top managers that weight used to play a difference but it doesn't any more? or that it never played any difference? If it is the former, I can't possibly think of any reason why iGP would change it.. If it is the latter, that it never made a difference, then iGP should add a variable to make it play a difference. To have stats that don't do anything is silly in my opinion. much like the exp and talent of CD TD AND DR.

The problem with allocating DP points ourselves is that everyone would just max the main four areas.

And above all, drivers appereance should be more varied and realistic (c'mon, the percentage of bald men is too high, especially at young age LOL).

"Hamlet Rodriguez


Was it officially announced by developers? Do you have a link to give us? Because all that I've learned from topics is opposing opinions on the matter.
Or at least do you have some evidences?

"Chris Py


It's not necessasry to make relevant all the parameters related to the driver (just as for name and nationality) but we need to know if drivers' weight affects the car performances.
For example, there are rules about minimum weight permissible? And even with an heavy driver the car weight remains under the minimum limit permitted? I mean is it used by the algorithm to apply a ballast regardless the driver's weight due to automatic development  of the car (development under the minimum weight), in order to reach that minimum?

Things are hardly ever announced officially by IGP. Most of us have to pound on their doors with demanding threads to get a comment some times. Here is a thread that might shine some light into your topic;

Is driver`s weight relevant?

Thank you. I read all the threads I found about this topic but I missed that one.
Unfortunately the problem still unsolved because there's no guarantee. I'll try to link this thread in the developer blog, hoping for a definitive clarification.

Oh that's great news. Thank you! Away with meaningless attributes (if that is indeed the case):D

Thank you for listening, I really appreciate. As written on the blog, at the opening of the thread there are some aspects  which I believe should be taken into account. Good work.