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Car Research Bug?

Alright, so this was the one time where I was going to put my entire research into tire economy. I selected only tire economy, and had a research power of 76%. Since the best team was at 50 tire economy and I was a 1 tire economy, the difference was 49. Going off the definition of research power, I should've gained 49*0.76 points, which is 37 points (rounded down). However, I only received 19 points in tire economy. What?!

Your Chief Designer's weakness is tyre economy.

When you check an attribute that is your Chief Designer's weakness, that attribute is highlighted in red and when you hover over the check symbol it will say that you are unlikely to make strong gains in the selected research area.

Hmm.... I thought strengths/weaknesses only came into play with new season designs. Rip. Thanks though :)

You're welcome :)