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League rejoin benefits?

Hi there,

In my last league, resetting car stats was not permitted but I wasn't sure what this meant, what the benefits were or how it was done. Not something I intend to do.

However, recently had the experience of a competitor leaving the league (a), joining a different league(b) then rejoining the original league (a).

If the above is a reset, does this diminish the negative CD development characteristics? Why do some leagues not permit this? What are the advantages?

Again, not something I intend to do.

Thank you

Doing this changes car design for the new season from a to b:


a) what it was = based on last seasons active cd’s (strenght, weakness, star rating) and TD (star rating)
b) to be = only based on the cd and TD at moment of league entry

People do this for all sort of reasons, one for example beeing you leveled up during last season. That means your cd at the time was 4,5 star relative to your current level. So you would have a 4,5 star start of season design. If you reset with a 5 star cd, you’ll get a 5 star start of season design

Or having multiple cd’s last season. That gives a mixed design for new season. If you don’t want that, you can rejoin, the new design will only take the active cd into account

Mind you, this only works in between seasons, if you rejoin once season has started, your car will be much weaker in design

Thank you for the reply, so say for example:

A team level up from 24 to 25, acquires a five star / higher level TD (25) and CD (25) during season 21, then when the season ends they move to a different league to acquire a full reset with the new 5-star TD and CD (level 25). 

They then return to the original league prior to season 22 with five-star TD and CD at level 25 with an improved car stat distribution negating the stats that would have been accrued from season 21 lower level/star rated staff? 

Please correct me if I am wrong, it sounds like a headstart/advantage but nothing massive.

Not an headstart it just changes your car design to whatever CD you rejoin with.  For example if you use the max amount of CD’s during a season (there are good reasons why you might do this - most do it to maximise the amount of dp you earn during the season, but this is something you need to work out). your starting design will reflect what you have used and  for how long.  

This means that you won’t have a starting strength maxed or for that matter many at a weaker level they will all be somewhere in the middle depending on CD use during the season (see Kevin Bissell’s Guide to chassis design in help & support for more detail.  When you reset by leaving, joining another league and then rejoining whatever CD you rejoin with will max out the starting design for that attribute, but everything else will be weaker.  Overall the number of dp’s is the same it’s just the distribution that changes.  After a few races it makes little difference amd most managers who do this will likely use multiple cd’s during the season rather than the example Antonio provided (of course this happens, but in my opinion not as much as the multiple CD reason, although with new levels you will see more instances).

Ok, I always assumed TD had an impact in design, seems my assumption was wrong. What was that sentence about assumptions again, Kevin?

Thank you all for your inputs.