After playing this game for now almost a year and also managing two leagues, I have another suggestion - Specific to 2-car leagues:
I've noticed a chronic issue of the Pro Tiers in MANY leagues having much fewer active managers than the Rookie and Elite Tiers
Current situation:
Elite managers are very active and in just about every league I've spectated, the Elite Tier has the most managers online during races. However, Pro Tier is a vital and often competitive space, but it can be mostly manager-thin because there's not enough supply of "active managers." This happens largely because those promoted are usually just passing through to Elite in a season or 2. AND those relegated from the bottom 2 in Elite Tier are often inactive.
My suggestion:
A) Promotion from Rookie to Pro should be set to 3 Managers. (even after the 3rd season).
B) Relegation from Elite to Pro should be set to 3 managers.
C) Pro Tier promotion and relegation should remain unchanged. (2 managers promoted + 2 relegated).
With these 3 changes combined it will feed the Pro Tier a positive count of up to 2 managers at the end of each season.
Of course, this will work only as space in each Tier allows:
Example (1) (inactive Pro), if Pro Tier has 8 managers and the other Tiers are full, then at the end of the season:
-- 2 managers promoted from Pro = 6
-- 3 managers promoted from rookie = 9
-- 2 managers relegated from Pro = 7
-- 3 managers relegated from Elite = 10
*over time this helps to create a more active/full Pro tier.
Example (2) (active Pro), if the Pro Tier has 15 managers at the end of the season:
-- 2 managers promoted from Pro = 13
-- 3 managers promoted from rookie = 16
-- 2 managers relegated from Pro = 14
-- 2* managers relegated from Elite = 16
*only 2 relegated from Elite because Pro is now full.
By setting Elite relegation to 3, there's a greater chance of a manager who's active but not competitive being relegated to Pro.
I've noticed that sometimes managers Promote very fast to Elite in many leagues. Then they become bored and disappointed after the first season in Elite because they are not able to be competitive in Elite at sometimes level 10, 11, 12, or 13. In this case, if a Promoted Pro manager is in the bottom 3 in Elite, they would probably have more competitive racing being relegated to Pro to prepare a better return to Elite.
Of course, if Pro Tier is full, the max promotion/relegation would still be 2 in all Tiers.
Looking through leagues this morning. This issue is not limited only to 2-car leagues. It seems leagues that are not set to race daily are especially vulnerable to very low Pro player counts.
Alternative Approach:
Another, approach would be to make it mandatory that only level 14 managers are eligible for promotion to Elite.
This maybe be easier to apply I'm not sure. But it address the issue of managers moving too fast to Elite because of an inactive Pro tier (competition in Pro) by allowing active Pro managers more time to compete against a growing # of managers and to mature and level up to the required minimum level 14 for Promotion to elite.
