Okay, so I don't see any need for commerce, I have therefore sold my Commerce faclility, got rid of all my marketers with the exception of the single marketer that I appear to be obliged to employ and signed a Commercial Manager who is happy to be paid 1,000 per race. So far so good.
All of my Designers, Engineers and Mechanics are trained to level 20 so the question is, do the Chief Designer, Technical Director and Doctor have any influence on the overall performance of the team? If not I may as well replace them with heads of department who are also happy with 1,000 per race each and save myself something in the region of 1 million a race.
You are getting too caught up in saving money. Although since I am in a 1-car league, I have more room for staff and thus, making money so I am not worried at all (I have $438 million). But even when I ran a team in a 2-car league everyday, I was over $200 million very quickly.
Technical director is very important. Find a low level technical director with maximum experience, and he or she will be just as good as a high level technical director.
Don't cheap out on a Chief Designer or Doctor.
Commercial manager position can remain vacant. I have not had one for many seasons now.
Combined, the three staff positions I have on hire (excluding driver) are paid 850k per race. All three are level 9.
But if that is all they do I'm not bothered. I have already worked out litres/km for the engine/fuel permutations I regularly use so I ignore the advice of the Tech Director and calculate fuel load from data I have gathered over many races. I almost always end up with between 1 and 2 litres in the tank at the end of each stint which is just about where I want to be. Insufficient fuel to do an extra unplanned lap but enough in reserve in case I want to increase push level part way through the stint.
Hi Carlos, for faster pit stops, train technical after each race. Mechanics and engineers levels will increase by one, to a maximum of level 20. You can see their levels on the staff page.
Hi Nico. I wasn't disbelieving you when you said they're unimportant, it's just that Blunion almost immediately contradicted what you said so I'm left not knowing which is correct advice. Now that Blunion has come back and explained why the Tech Director is important I'm more comfortable getting rid of current one and hiring a level 2 at 1,000 a race. Thanks guys/girls for your advice.
Money is something you don't have to worry about (unless you are just starting out with not many races under your belt). Don't have to be stingy about it. I'm getting 6 million a race from the sponsors, so it's fine if you want to pay your staff 1 million each
