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Research

Hello,
The research that you get after each race is based on the amount of stars both your active CD and active TD have. 
Furthermore, the more areas you research, the lower the percentage gained will be per area. 

For staff, their talent, experience and morale have little to no impact on their performance.  Only the staff level has a considerable impact on their performances.  

Hello,
Having a 5* TD and a 5* CD should warrant 40% research at level 20 (when researching one area)


Getting lower results that othee teams in races may not only be down to research, but also strategy, push level and boost Management etc. 

@Dan

In addition to what Connor says.

Your team level makes a difference. With 5 star CD and TD at level 20 your maximum research power is only 40%. A L19 team will get 44%, L18 46%.... L14 59% etc.

So the fact your research design point yield is lower than others might just be because they are lower level than you and therefore have a higher research strength.

Also, your CD strength and weakness influences research. If you research your CD weakness attribute (in your case Handling) you will only get about half of the design points that your research power suggests. Researching strength gives you a bonus of approximately +10%

You're welcome. 
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