Leslie Oldham medal 5000 9 years 238 days ago
I heard that there once was or once was proposed an engine supplier loyalty reward that increased the effectiveness of an engine that a manager had been loyal to.
Anyone else hear of this?
I B medal 6494 9 years 237 days ago
Hi Les
Done a bit of digging to refresh my memory and there was this,
http://www.igpmanager.com/news-article/77/supplier-update
and post #114
http://igpmanager.com/play/?url=forum-thread_6/3949
Ian
Dee Oldham medal 5000 9 years 237 days ago
Thanks Ian. So for now there is no performance penalty for switching engines frequently.
Jack Basford medal 5538 
CEO & CTO 9 years 234 days ago
Thanks Ian. :) It's true that we no longer apply this 'familiarity' value as we called it.
It may be reintroduced in future updates but if it is it will be clearly labelled. It was a hidden factor before, and we removed it because it was too confusing for managers to determine what effect it was having on performance.
Yunus Unia Blunion medal 5870 9 years 234 days ago
Can you confirm if drivers have a hidden factor too? :) :P
Jack Basford medal 5538 CEO & CTO 9 years 231 days ago
It is my understanding that we long ago removed any significant vague or hidden factors from the simulation to make the results more manageable for the players. Mind you, driver error is still hidden, as in we don't provide the exact amount of driver error for each lap. That value will be included in a future update.
Yunus Unia Blunion medal 5870 9 years 230 days ago
Whoa, can't wait to witness that. Thanks for that information!
Duncan Cunningham medal 5000 9 years 230 days ago
Driver error? Cool. I never thought about that as a possible element, but it makes sense.
Jack Basford medal 5538 CEO & CTO 9 years 230 days ago
It's the largest part of what people call the "qualottery" (Driver error). It can account for several tenths per lap of inconsistency in some cases, and can be quite a factor in qualifying results. There are ways to reduce it, but it's always present, just as in real life.
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