Suggested

New boost system

The problem with a rechargeable boost system is that everyone will use it at the same, most beneficial, parts of the track and it turns into a mere automatic repetetive action.

Also it makes it useless for overtaking as you'd need most of it to make that overtake and the car in front has no reason at all not to spend a little bit to counter it, whereas with a finite amount it's worth the consideration to let a car pass if that lost place and time seems to be less of a problem given the expected course of the race than spent boost as that might turn out an unrecoverable disadvantage against the opponents you end up really racing to the line.

Having lower push level recharge more adds to this problem as you increase the distance even more by running a lower push than the car you want to overtake and you have to hope your car is faster or for things like being in a position to benefit from DRS more.

That's not meant to shoot down this idea. A more interesting, or tactical, boost system would improve the racing experience. It's meant to be considerations in the hope to find solutions, or at least good arguments to dismiss those points.

The current system is somewhat tactical already because there are two things that matter in the finale: Position and boost remaining. There's no use in conserving all boost if you're ending up behind your opponent with the same amount (and no DRS to correct this). It's true, though, most of the race is often a mere preparation of your cards for that all deciding final lap, but from a tactical point of view it could be a lot worse.

Hard to change that. Boost would need to change into something allowing the players who use it best in several key points to gain an advantage, however without being a single race deciding action making the remaining part of the race just a matter of riding the position home. But also the DRS is linked to it as this system eliminates gained advantages during a few laps as your cars alone are often not able to run from the train.

Others using all their boost to block some afterwards is of course not good if it ruins your race, the robocars were quite notorious for it a while ago, however there's a chance in it for the ones managing to free themselves from that block.

The current system is somewhat tactical already because there are two things that matter in the finale: Position and boost remaining. There's no use in conserving all boost if you're ending up behind your opponent with the same amount (and no DRS to correct this). It's true, though, most of the race is often a mere preparation of your cards for that all deciding final lap, but from a tactical point of view it could be a lot worse.

Hard to change that. Boost would need to change into something allowing the players who use it best in several key points to gain an advantage, however without being a single race deciding action making the remaining part of the race just a matter of riding the position home. But also the DRS is linked to it as this system eliminates gained advantages during a few laps as your cars alone are often not able to run from the train.

Others using all their boost to block some afterwards is of course not good if it ruins your race, the robocars were quite notorious for it a while ago, however there's a chance in it for the ones managing to free themselves from that block.

I am toying with an idea of using boost recharge as a turbocharger driven generator. About 2s gain on a full charge, a mere 5% or so recharge on a normal lap but 2 settings allowing to inject additional fuel enhancing the output like 15 and 25% recharge per lap but using 0.1/0.25 litres additional fuel and additional wear of 1*(Cooling/100) and 2.5*(Cooling/100) percent per lap (Yes, with low Cooling you can blow the engine/turbo at full setting all the time). But it still needs thinking through and perhaps one hard thing to balance properly I suppose.

Ultimately it doesn't matter what changes the devs introduce, the very best managers will adapt their gameplay to suit, they will continue to be the best managers and people who enjoy criticising the game will continue to criticise the game.

I accept that the current DRS / Boost system does not resemble real life F1 but is that such a bad thing? If there were any way to code a game to exactly simulate real F1 we would have one team with very deep pockets and one driver dominating the game season after season and where's the fun in that?

If you look at the "About & Press" tab on the opening page you will see that the game describes itself like this...

iGP Manager is a massively-multiplayer online motorsport manager game. Hire drivers and engineers, develop your car and technology, find the best car setups and race in real-time multiplayer, formulating the best tactics to win with your friends and opponents. The race engine features rich 2D graphics and real-time weather, streamed directly from weather stations at real-world race circuits, with a slick interface to make strategy decisions and send orders to your team. Your decisions in every race impact the outcome of the championship.

Nowhere does it claim to simulate real F1 so why do people expect it to?

Regarding nerfing the DRS/Boost and removing the "clean air penalty" how would this improve the game? Any car capable of lapping a few tenths faster will simply drive away from the rest of the field and nobody will have any chance of catching them. Every race would become the equivalent of a wet race or Monaco borefest and qualifying would more or less determine the outcome of the race.

Don't get me wrong, there are areas of the game that I think would benefit from tweaking but overall I think the developers have given us an interesting game which entertains thousands of would-be motorsport managers worldwide.

There is nothing wrong with people suggesting and debating changes, it demonstrates an active and interested community. Unfortunately a small minority don't seem to be able to pass up any opportunity to criticise. I have lost count of the number of times I have heard the "peloton analogy".

Dave Benton. To think that a small team of devs are going to hang off your every word and modify the game to suit your specific requirements is wishful thinking.

If you really don't like the game, instead of constantly knocking something that many of us enjoy just do what you say other managers with similar views to you have done... stop playing. The constant criticism of both the game and longstanding members of the iGP Community is somewhat tiring.

Actually the first car is helped, more or less depending on which track, by the dirty air and often could make the split without too much boost spent. However the trick is doing it with both cars together, as a single cars lap time can't compete with the averaged lap time of cars rotating to get a DRS boost. Of course DRS could be changed, but Kevin is right that then the question is what else keeps those races interesting in that the team with the faster car has an advantage but not just driving away, or overtaking becomes nearly impossible and races often would become mere boring processions of cars doing their laps. But perhaps let's concentrate on boost here, but with the whole picture in mind.