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Patch Notes & Survey - Q1 2012

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Jack Basford medal 5025 CEO & CTO
12 years 298 days ago (edited 12 years 219 days ago)
These are the key aspects that we are working on for release at the end of Q1 on April 3rd. This is by no means all we will be working on, but they are the new features and improvements you can expect to see.

You can also vote in a simple survey we have put up to give your feedback on iGP Manager so far, and vote for the major features you want to see us build in this quarterly patch.

Vote for the major features you want to see here

Major features
Only two of these four major features will be implemented, and you can vote on which ones you want to see in our survey.

Web: Car Livery system OR Mobile version of iGP Manager
Simulator: Basic Live controls in free version OR Visible cars & Livery system in 2D Viewer

Team Management (Websites)
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[*]Beginner's guide
A detailed getting started guide to iGP Manager (English)
[*]Improved test runs
After a test run, lap times will be returned
[*]Commercial staff and Doctor
Given meaningful roles within the team
[*]Improved training
Raise lower skills instead of completely random selection (which often results in already high/maxed out skills being trained)
[*]Improved shortlist
Get notified via mail when a driver or staff member becomes available if they are on your shortlist
[*]Improved design system
Every day staff are working on a component progress is made toward an upgrade, not just in an instant on a fixed date
[*]Improved league system
Inactive leagues to be automatically shut down by iGP after a fixed period.
[*]Rookie relegation and Elite promotion
Rookies that relegate will have the opportunity to reset their team. Elite managers who are in the promotion zone at the end of a season will receive an additional reputation bonus.
[*]Sync Facebook friends on iGP Manager
If you are using Facebook Connect to login to iGP Manager, you will be able to automatically add any of your friends from Facebook who are also using Facebook Connect to your friends list on iGP Manager
[*]Improved weather system
Less weather conditions, and a cap on the range of available temperatures and conditions for more realism. Documentation on how the conditions are calculated will be released.
[/list]
Live Races (Simulator & Viewer)
[list]
[*]Live chat for all users
Enabling free users to join the race chat and communicate with those using the 2D viewer
[*]Visible water spray
When it is raining a visible spray will emerge from behind the cars, making it clearly visible when the track is still damp or drying up
[*]Test run lap times
The simulator will generate test runs as requested by the web and return the lap times and data
[*]Race Flags system
Flags for different race conditions as in any real motorsport (Blue flags, Yellow flags, Warning flags etc.)
[*]Warm-up lap before race start
The cars will form up on the grid before the race begins
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Stuart Stapley medal 5000
12 years 298 days ago
Good to see Jack! Will the ones that dont win get put in later on?
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Jack Basford medal 5025 CEO & CTO
12 years 298 days ago
Yeah, we have the votes just because we can\'t do both in this patch.
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Stuart Stapley medal 5000
12 years 298 days ago
Yep can understand that :D good to see some progress though.
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Carlos Santos medal 5000
12 years 298 days ago
Mega awesome news, can\'t wait for the patch! Survey done ;)
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Andrew Hurn medal 5000
12 years 298 days ago
This is excellent. Not only are you detailing the proposed work, but allowing the users to influence the direction of development. Well done.
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Dean Boy medal 5000
12 years 298 days ago (edited 12 years 298 days ago)
Done my vote...nice 1 guys

I hope this whole game is not one great big elabourate April fools joke, to be unveiled on the first of aprilt!!!! Haha...
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Rudolf Tilgass medal 5000
12 years 298 days ago
Thank you :) Been waiting for this!
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Darren Brown medal 5000
12 years 298 days ago
Looks good,

Must stress tho i aint got a clue what im doing, making it up as i go along, like the ideas for the free version as i am a tightwad lol.

But i am very muched hooked on this, being an f1 fan helps, looking forward to the second season in my league to see if my homework will pay off or not.

really like the idea for a beginners guide as said im not 100%sure im doing everything right,

will go do survey now hehe

daz
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Silent Bob medal 5000
12 years 297 days ago
Great to see whats planned - openess and transparency goes a long way for customers.

Id urge people to vote for game mechanics over visuals.
History is littered with games that looked stunning but were ultimately shallow in gameplay depth.

Get the gameplay spot on and add the fluff (visuals) later on. :-)
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Matthew Fraser medal 5000
12 years 297 days ago
Web: Car Livery system OR Mobile version of iGP Manager
Simulator: Basic Live controls in free version OR Visible cars & Livery system in 2D Viewer

I would rather they did the visual on simulator as if am paying for this and spending my hard earned money on it. i dont want to have someone thats not paying for it beat me because they can change the strategy thru the race cause they dont need to pay. it about keeping it fair those that are paying should have a bigger advantage to those that dont..
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Dean Boy medal 5000
12 years 297 days ago
\"Norrie
Web: Car Livery system OR Mobile version of iGP Manager
Simulator: Basic Live controls in free version OR Visible cars & Livery system in 2D Viewer

I would rather they did the visual on simulator as if am paying for this and spending my hard earned money on it. i dont want to have someone thats not paying for it beat me because they can change the strategy thru the race cause they dont need to pay. it about keeping it fair those that are paying should have a bigger advantage to those that dont..

even as a NON subscriber, i agree with you....preferance has to go to those who have paid....

that said, i voted for basic live....sorry chap!
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Leon James medal 5000
12 years 297 days ago
I\'m a subscriber yet I voted for basic live controls in free version. Frankly, I want the competition.
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Matthew Fraser medal 5000
12 years 297 days ago
so wot is the point in paying for it then once you nothe tracks and how much fuel and tyre wear is there wont be a point in paying for it. i know wot it take s to go round monaco could easily not be there for that race no problem.
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Matthew Bailey medal 5000
12 years 297 days ago
Norrie
so wot is the point in paying for it then once you nothe tracks and how much fuel and tyre wear is there wont be a point in paying for it. i know wot it take s to go round monaco could easily not be there for that race no problem.

I\'m sorry but that\'s pretty stupid, you can\'t say \"keeping it fair\" but then complain about not getting a \"paid advantage\".

Norrie
so wot is the point in paying for it then

It\'s about supporting the developers of a game you enjoy to play.
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Yuri Kasdorp medal 5000
12 years 297 days ago
Being a subscriber isn\'t so you can become \"better\". It is so you can have a few more features and help out the staff. Helping the staff being the more important thing.
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Matthew Fraser medal 5000
12 years 297 days ago
yes fair enough BUT they extra features shud give you an advantage over  the ones not paying.
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Mihai Bogdan medal 5000
12 years 296 days ago
Paying to see the race on 2d :O isn\'t that enought for you ? to see when to use kers ? or when to pit for strategy reasons ?
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Ales Simunek medal 5000
12 years 296 days ago
Nice to hear about the improvements. I wish they could come earlier because i am getting tired of the current version sort of. I just hope that i will be around in time of the update.. 
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Dominik Photato medal 5000
12 years 296 days ago
\"Norrie
yes fair enough BUT they extra features shud give you an advantage over  the ones not paying.

Maybe limited advantages. But at the moment you cannot lose a race if you are a subscriber watching the race and the others are free members. I won every race this season so far, except one, where I wasn\'t live myself.

Being able to change the strategy throughout the race adds a lot to the race for free users, yet you\'ll probably have the big advantage in seeing the tyre temps in 2D and therefore change your strategy according to that, while the rest won\'t know that. That\'s big enough of an advantage. Another thing... manual KERS usage should be 2D exclusively, giving you another advantage.
Atm. races without 2D are a total gamble as you don\'t know how the tyres work, so adding functions for free users seems inevitable for me (I\'m subsriber, too).

Thanks for the info on changes. Looks promising, though I don\'t know yet if I\'ll stick to it until that day, at least as subscriber.
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