Managers who leave a league during the mid-season break should not be penalized because they are not gaining anything. If they leave at the end of the season and move to a league that is let's say on race 12, then I think the following should occur based on 5 star CD and Design factory level 20:
This will not give any advantage to the player who has joined the new league, but will enable him/her to be able to compete at the same stage as they would if they were to have remained in their previous league. I agree to deter people moving league's during the season but people should not be penalized for moving at the end of a season.
- Car Design should be that of start of Race 1
- Design points allocated should be 20 points x 11 races = 220 points
This will not give any advantage to the player who has joined the new league, but will enable him/her to be able to compete at the same stage as they would if they were to have remained in their previous league. I agree to deter people moving league's during the season but people should not be penalized for moving at the end of a season.
I don't agree with the extra dp for joining mid-season, I think it should be Australia design... period. This would have two benefits
- it would encourage managers to join a new league during the break rather than gatecrashing a league mid season
- It would mean a manager joining mid season would be uncompetitive and would therefore have little influence over the established teams who are fighting for the championship.
Yes, I agree with Kevin here. Else a joining manager could then decide not to spend all the points and do research instead. In your example it would be too late for that as everyone should be pretty much maxed out the car on the important stuff but with lower level and/or earlier into the season it can be quite the bonus. Probably not lasting nearly enough to compensate for the 'lost' races if the others now their stuff but I doubt the old managers in the league would be that happy about it anyway.