Keiron Hodgson medal 5000 7 years 326 days ago
Hi,
I'm still fairly new to all this, halfway through my 3rd season now. I won the Rookie, then Pro in my first 2 seasons and have been promoted to Elite. I am racing against teams that are either equal to me, or are above me (I am level 8) and getting pole & winning each race, however my reputation score is going down since getting promoted to Elite?
Am I doing something wrong now, or is this normal?
Cheers.
Jack Basford medal 6098 
CEO & CTO 7 years 326 days ago (edited 7 years 326 days ago)
I can see that all the teams in your tier have quite a bit lower reputation than you, and are all level 8 or 9 also. Typically in Elite you'd expect to be encountering people with higher reputation and much higher levels, as a level 8 team.
What it is recognising is that winning races in a 4 car grid where everybody is worse than you is not improving your reputation, and it actually detracts from it. Picture it this way, imagine if Ferrari entered a local banger race where there were only 4 entrants and their cars were crashing into old rusty wrecks, clearly a situation below their brand reputation, but they were dominating every race and winning. Regardless of the winning, Ferrari's brand reputation would be decreasing with each round they enter. To uphold / increase their reputation, Ferrari should be winning in Formula 1. A silly example, but it illustrates the point.
To keep gaining reputation, you will need to find a higher calibre league or get better teams to join yours.
Keiron Hodgson medal 5000 7 years 326 days ago
Cheers Jack, that makes sense, will see out this season then and look at moving, or see what teams get promoted up from Pro at the end of this one.
