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[2022] iGP Manager complete guide

Hey, as 5 circuits are rescaled in the latest update, can you update the Wings/Ride data in these circuits? For example, China is not 15/10, it is 18/8 now.

As a brand new account how often should I be getting new drivers and staff?

The 5 star driver I bought has quickly become a 3 and half star driver haha. Same with the new 5 star staff I hired, now all 3 stars.

You need to update tyre performance Rhys, some are still taking the 40% limit as the gospel ?.

Design points work so every point applied improves that stat by one (mind blowing I know :P) some stats (like acceleration) are more important than others (reliability and cooling) so it's all about getting as many DP as possible in the places where they do the most good.

Obviously it doesn't worth a point to spend on tyre economy. I just finished my experience. Spend all my development points on tyres see how it will be better. But I'm over 100 now and still pitting in the same lap than the others. At least my car became very slow as other areas were not receiving any development points haha.

Compare race data with your competitors (if they are willing to share it). If your te is much higher, you should see on inlap your tyres were holding pretty good while theirs were not. You should have an advantage on last laps of long stints.


As you’re over 100 points in te, you must’ve spent dp on it several times, your competitors might not be too far behind in te as spying will deliver them a big advantage.

Replacing the engine costs 500k

Do you have such money for each race?

To be honest Ben, if the top players spend a whole lot of time and effort collecting data to give themselves a marginal advantage over those who can't be bothered, why would they share this information on a public forum?

I have no problem with guides that explain to newbies the mechanics of the game, but personally I am against guides that are effectively a "recipe for success" (follow steps 1, 2 and 3 then use strategy X at circuit Y when temperature is Z and you will win the race). For me the challenge of this game is finding out for myself what I need to do in order to compete with, and one day hopefully beat the very best managers in the game.

OK,

I agree with you that the advanced strategies are to developed indivudually by managers, but there's nothing wrong with sharing tips on what areas do give an extra boost to improve the game.

BC

Practice times include a multitude of factors such as driver mistakes, opponents testing different setups, different weather conditions and more. In qualifying where driver mistakes are turned off you can see the true one lap pace of your car. Practice, consequently, is to find the ideal setup, tyre and fuel data for your car(s). Unless you have an ideal setup (bought or rewarded from daily rewards) you will need to use a process of trial+improvement to find them, before ideally Storing them in your notes (fortunately, there is a note set accessible by your user menu in the top right of the top bar)...



...or you could steal it from the table of dry setups above. For rain it increases both by +25 elite, +12 pro and +6 rookie.
In the rare case of heavy rain (thundercloud) increase by 50/25/12.
Drivers with low driving ability stats (Section 1B) may require slightly higher wing levels than 'ideal'. In this case, use their recommendations as the impacts of this are unclear and at best marginal.

Fueling your car is a calculation you should do by yourself, not relying on the auto calculation of the game. The reason for this is iGP adds extra 'safety' fuel which will just slow you down with no benefits. Your calculation will roughly be (Fuel per Lap)*No. of laps, while also taking into account push level (higher push uses more fuel) and a little extra for driving in the pits.
Many players either use a spreadsheet to automate calculations for out tyre wear and fuel, or use tables and calculators to do it when needed.
The best strategy is often to go one lap longer than your opponents. This is called the (one lap) overcut and works because your car, on low fuel, can outpace their heavy cars over one lap- and then will have fresher tyres for the next stint as well. However, if you notice your league is running exceptionally long opening stints (eg 14-15-8 or the like) an undercut (12-14-11 for example) to waste their boost or drive into the distance can work too. Sometimes you might want to play it safe and aim for the same stints as them to try and beat them on track. This can work well if it is a track with risks of DRS splits as it should allow you to stay with them. None of this is a magic bullet or replacement for experience though, as it all changes based on temperature and league.
A good strategy to go for if you are completely unsure is a softs 4 stop, minus one pit for each 25% race distance below 100%