Graph vs level

Hey guys, 
I'm just wondering - how do I rate how good for instance my doctor is? His graph is almost full - which would mean he's good, but he's *only* lvl 3:
http://igpmanager.com/play/?url=team-staff/76380

He also did 196 races - how can he still be lvl 3?

Just wondering about that. 
I"m almost level four, so I just wonder if it's not smarter to pick a lvl 4 doctor once I'm that level - but it's unlikely I'll come across one with such a great graph.

Thanks.

Jaap, you will find good doctors at all levels. The full graph indicates that they are the best they can be within that level.

Oke thanks.
Just to clarify - is a lvl 4 by definition better than a lvl 3? 

yes it is

I personally have yet to find any evidence that Doctors actually do anything from one to another. I let the contract for the Doctor on my other team (who was Level 7) expire and replaced him with a Level 1 that I Auto-Signed. I have yet to notice any change in atrophy rate, and I made this change about a month ago.

lol right,as we know each race a driver loses 0.1 from each skill,so where is the doctor's influence?is the chief designer the only person who actually affects something?

Pretty much. Different Technical Directors will give you different fuel predictions (higher experience rating = lower per-lap predictions), but that's it.


Also, my research indicates atrophy is related to age. Higher age = quicker atrophy, but the range per race is between something like 0.05 and 0.5. It's not 0.1 all the time.

While I cannot confirm this, I think the Contracted Staff are broken. I don't know if even the Chief Designer has any benefit, aside for it's thing in beta soon. The Overalls, experience, morale and charisma seem to be place holders that do absolutely nothing.

Hiring higher level Chief Designers does increase both your Maximum Performance percentage and the speed of component development. I agree on the Experience/Morale/Charisma bit though (excepting what I said before about Technical Directors).

oh I forgot about the Tech directors. Thanks for the info about atrophy,I just thought it was 0.1 as it has been mentioned in the forum a couple of times.