Suggested

Remove VSC and Yellow flags

Good managers should be ready for all the scenarios and predict what could happen or not.

I have a suggestion: How about adding crashes?

This means there is more use for safety cars.

Crash Rate will vary by push level and by track runoff:
Monaco GP (Street Circuit):
Push Level 1: 5%
Push Level 2: 10%
Push Level 3: 20%
Push Level 4: 35%
Push Level 5: 60%

Bahrain GP (early Tilkedrome):
Push Level 1: 0.1%
Push Level 2: 1%
Push Level 3: 2%
Push Level 4: 4.5%
Push Level 5: 7.5%

Note: Everything in between will have a crash rate in between these rates.

Crash Rate will also vary by the place of track:
Straights:
Push Level 1: 0.1%
Push Level 2: 0.5%
Push Level 3: 0.75%
Push Level 4: 1%
Push Level 5: 3%

Corners:
Fast Kink:
Push Level 1: 0.5%
Push Level 2: 1.5%
Push Level 3: 3%
Push Level 4: 5.5%
Push Level 5: 8%

90 degree corner:
Push Level 1: 1%
Push Level 2: 2.5%
Push Level 3: 5%
Push Level 4: 8%
Push Level 5: 12.5%

Hairpin:
Push Level 1: 3%
Push Level 2: 5%
Push Level 3: 8%
Push Level 4: 12.5%
Push Level 5: 18%

Note: Everything in between will have a crash rate in between these rates.

(100% means completely likely to have this level or more severe level)

The rate for Yellow flags:
Retirement from mechanical failure: 100%
0 fuel: 100%
Crash: 100%

Rate for Double Waved Yellows:
Car-stopping Retirement: 30%
Crash: 100%

Rate for VSC:
Car-stopping Retirement: 25%
Crash: 75%

Rate for SC:
Car-stopping Retirement: 15%
Crash: 35%

Also: the flags need to stay, because:


The problem is NOT the flags. The problem is the inactive players. If my solution is not viable, stop blaming the flags and start blaming the inactive players.

Good managers should be ready for all the scenarios and predict what could happen or not.

3.Keeping players active
3.1 helping players
One thing that all racers want to do is win. Once you get enough players into your league you'll eventually find that some of your players will struggle to understand why they are slower than others, and if you aren't getting experienced racers from other leagues to help the inexperienced, it'll be up to you to help them find reasons as to why they aren't competing with their rivals and generate smarter, more determined players.

Things like, strategy, level, dp spending, kersing and activity could all be reasons as to why someone isn't doing quite well, so make sure you support your players so that they are more likely keep racing! Also don't forget that newer players may not even know of the forums, mention it now and then because there is a lot of info here.

3.2 Socialising with players
Who doesn't love some post race banter!? Why not start some sort of chat group or social media group where you can talk to your players about things less iGP related and discuss things in a much more familiar atmosphere! My league, for example, has a discord server where most of the iGP and non iGP related discussion happens. By prolonging the time and enjoyment people have playing iGP and being in the league, you will notice that keeping players active is far more possible! At the very minimum you should be getting your players talking throughout the day whether it be about iGP or something unrelated, regardless of the platform. Also keep in mind that a league that looks busy on the league page will look more active and attractive to incoming players.

4.Retaining players
4.1 repeat last 2 steps
Doing 3.1 and 3.2 will go a long way into keeping players because they'll feel more valued and more involved with the league, making what was just a league seem more like a "family".

But if that isn't quite enough, I would also suggest offering out end of season rewards and record updates.

4.2 records & rewards
Racers like records so if you are keeping track of some basic ones like most championships won or most wins and saying when someone's close to it, more of them will obviously want to stay or comeback to beat the records gotten from seasons and seasons ago. It just gives your players another goal, another incentive to keep going!
The rewards can act as a reason for wanting to achieve the goal, because at the end of the day, a number is just a number. But let's say something like a cheap untrained talent 20 would be a great, tangible gift to offer to some of the newer players to the game because of how much it helps in the long run!

4.3 engaging league wide activities
creating fun and engaging league wide activities and events will also go a long way in the pursuit of keeping players. Something literally as simple as a fun poll every now and then could serve as way to change things up a little bit during long seasons of what can quickly become quite repetitive racing. Perhaps an inter-season league only quick race would be good for the more interactive players who really hate a day off, it really is up to you but keep in mind that every little thing you can add is something that makes your league different to the rest!

Unfortunately, especially in the lower series, there are many inactive players. Many start the game and then leave because maybe they don't like it ... you cannot control the inactive players, kicking them all would destroy most of the lower leagues. Instead the flags were added for ... honestly I don't know, but certainly did not produce the desired result, as a result they only highlighted the presence of inactive players, causing inconvenience in the leagues.

Good managers should be ready for all the scenarios and predict what could happen or not.

They were added for... Realism. Learn to deal with the flags and as Jose said:

Good, so you agree with me, the flags were added only for realism, for the purposes of the game they are totally useless ... 

There is nothing to predict, with inactive players the final laps will always be done with flags ...

Which is why I suggested crashes.

Edit: Looking at the like/dislike bar... Everyone in iGP hates me now. Oh well.

I think when you get to know the game fully you will change your mind.
Here are some of the discussions about crash, happy reading.


https://igpmanager.com/forum-thread_1/33123
https://igpmanager.com/forum-thread/35464
https://igpmanager.com/forum-thread/35698

But crashes have a certain cause. The crash probablity I put up on top is the probablity of driver error in push level (which can also affect crashes).

It is the players decision to always turn up the push level and end up seeing their driver crash... so that is a playable factor relating to crashes there!

Also, we MUST give a use to Cooling and Reliability

Already said ... already answered ... do you prefer to go fast by putting points in the main 4, or reliable but slow? ... if accidents are given as a percentage, it is better to make accidents in some races and win others instead of losing all races. Reliability and cooling would not be as useful as they are now.