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Design points

i just joined elite group in my league, straight out the box i got the grand slam and this is against a team and driver that has been dominating their championship for most of that season, i totally took em apart in that group. yeah, something would need to be done. personally i would of wiped all the old data except account informations and had everyone start at zero. it would be a hell of a job trying to balance that out as it is right now.

Yeah but do you think that would be fair to the loyal people that subscribed to the old game to loose all that time money to start at zero. That is not fair either. And no i am not one of them i just like looking at things from both sides.

well what it comes down to is that we are just customers playing on a web based service, frankly it is not something that should be considered a right, but more along the lines of it being a privilege, i do not know how jack or the rest of his team feel about player base loyalty, but this game is also a business and a business can't just run off the good will of the players, some actions may have to be taken to preserve the game even if no one likes it.

Why i consider a full wipe is to restore the balance rather than tinker around with a system in the past that may not be fit for purpose any more and just tinkering with it won't really solve anything.

Maybe a way forwards would be to have far fewer leagues but with maybe 8 tiers, so you quickly became more level matched?

Never said it was impossible but rather possibly troublesome. but as you mentioned you got a lot to do most of the reason behind the thought why it could be a concern. But thank you for sorting it out.

Capped leagues? Not just 'Under level 10', but 'Only level 1-8', 'only level 9-12', etc.
I'm not quite sure why we have so many different leagues, most of which are daily, most of which are similar times of day... OK, it's because anyone can start a league so they can play with their friends, and closed leagues should still be possible, but maybe for individuals who have not come in in a group there could be capped iGP leagues, sort of standard leagues, rather than run by a user?

Spies... I've never used them in the past, preferred to focus on actually building my car, but it's possible - only one question. I'm level 9, racing mostly against level 12, so even if I spy, I can't get as good? Equally, however much effort I put into training my driver, they can't be as good - do I understand this correctly? I think you should be able to train your staff above your own level.

And last thought (though it would affect your income) maybe the number of tokens you can use at once should be capped. There would be a logic to only being able to complete a certain number of tasks in the time between races? Real life time is limited, you can't build 20 levels of something in ten minutes, just because you have tokens, which can buy money, and make things take no time at all.
Tokens would ensure you could complete the full allocation, but maybe you could only carry out ten actions (repair car, upgrade infrastructure, train driver, bid on staff, etc) between each race?

Thank you for your answers Jack, reading here I'm beginning to understand more how this is going, and the more I understand, the more I like. I think you and your team are doing a great job, despite the teething troubles. it's great to see you in here answering all of the questions and worries.

Guys what's going on now :) could anyone explain me this please? what I'm doing wrong ? My driver is +13s after perfect setup (according to him). They're both 5 red stars drivers, so perfect for my 9 lvl. Now I've noticed that my car compatibility is only one star! and couldn't be better because I received only 6 design points for it on after the first race which is because my design lvl in headquarters is 6. Looks like my car is really below the standard. Question is why everyone's car is so much better at this point already? Did they received more points than me at the beginning of the new season or there is something I did wrong? At the moment there is no even a point to race. My first race I finished 5 and 6 and now +13 on one lap! Thank you. Btw If you need any print screens just tell me how to attach them to my post:)

Could it be that it was raining during your practice laps ?

unfortunately not 29 degrees and no sign of rain :(

Well, you are faster now, with wets, aren't you ? ;)

I'm pretty sure it was raining in your previous race because it is currently raining in Australia, as for Malaysia it is often raining so don't forget to check weather before doing test runs.

The problem I see with the spy returning home with a handful of extra points for you to spend is the design cap, if you are already maxed out the points are useless to you. Much better if can have an average capping level set for everyone in the tier. Higher level players will cap sooner but the lower levels can spy on them and catch up faster.
That way it doesn't matter if you are new to the game or been here for years, the racing will always be tight.

@James : As I stated 2 weeks ago I don't think the cap (for car design) will be a problem just because of this :
20 design points max earned per race
16 races with an upgrade * 20 design points = 320 pts to spend
100 - 1 = 99 design pts to allocate * 8 stats = 792 pts where to spend

So 320/792 = 40% design cap is enough to place all of our design points. One of my spare team (level 10) has 70 in cap.

Then why are my two drivers racing against themselves if the design cap isn't the problem?

If I leave the league and rejoin does that reset my car and points? asking because if it does it will be more interesting

Other thing is you are talking about 20points per race some of the people in my tier are only getting 6 a race

The transition season is not balanced and we have to wait the new season to start on equal basis, this is especially true as the level cap from CD was bugged and some teams spent their points in all areas because they had 27 in cap when other teams had 80 or more in that cap. We have to add the fact you're facing low level teams with a really high level team and you started with a very high design.