New Circuit: Azerbaijan

By Jack Basford
Last updated: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:21

It's time for the first circuit in iGP Manager to feature castle walls! The new Azerbaijan circuit will be included in all league schedules generated from this point onwards, and is available to race immediately in Quick Races.

As this is the last new circuit to launch before custom league schedules, we have opted not to remove or replace any old tracks this time. Malaysia would also have been the one to remove, and is a personal favourite of mine; I couldn't bring myself to remove it from the calendar! It's a circuit with really interesting strategic options.

Our intention was always to introduce custom league schedules after several new tracks were added, and that will come next.

Coming soon: custom league seasons

Soon, league hosts will be able to select the circuits that their league races on each season. The length of the season will also change optimal for gameplay balance. We are anticipating that it could be just 14 or 15 races per season in the final release.

Here are some reasons why 14 or 15 races are ideal:

  • Roughly, it makes two seasons per month for leagues racing daily
  • Design will be a challenge both at the beginning and end of the season, preventing maxed out attributes or equal cars starting the season
  • It's likely race participation will increase, as it's often clear who is competitive long before a season is over, leading many uncompetitive teams to "wait for the next season" to enage more in the races. The shorter seasons will hit the reset button more often, reducing the wait time.

 

Advanced strategy improvements rollout

As mentioned in my blog around the start of September, we have been working on improvements to advanced strategy. They are being released in two stages, the first of which is happening now, alongside this blog.

  1. The first stage, released tonight, improves AI behaviours and address bugs with them not respecting adavanced strategy. They will also prevent advanced strategy from "hijacking" the strategy during a race while the manager is attending. Once you are in the race viewer, you will be solely responsible for strategy, regardless of what you have set on advanced strategy.
  2. The second stage, coming with the next app update, likely to take a few weeks longer, will add the ability to change tyres before the start of a race when there are sudden changes in weather conditions.

Separate announcements will be made when each of the new features mentioned in this blog are released.

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Eugene Tsenempis 4 years 170 days ago
The second stage of the advanced strategies is the best. I have lost so many races for this reason. Nice work
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Leo Yeo 4 years 170 days ago
Hi igp,

My fellow league members and I, have been upset by the season length decreasing. We had plans for a new season every 3 weeks when the customer calendar will come out and were disappointed to hear the race limit.

We think to improve the custom calendars, we need to have a 14+ option. Therefore hosts can pick at least 14 races (probably more) for their calendar.

Thanks for reading, Formula Zero.
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Siamo In crescita 4 years 170 days ago
Dovete mettere tutte le zone drs, in Austria c'è ne sono 3
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Dominos Mem 4 years 170 days ago
Pls add mexico
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TE ES 4 years 171 days ago
Thanks
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Francisco Sapena 4 years 171 days ago
I’m ok with new improvements. Great work.
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Chris Tones 4 years 171 days ago
Does car design need to stop at 100 though? Just leave it open and have the higher lvl managers lose 20% more at the start of the season. (for example). Promote more emphasis on cooling and reliability as well i would imagine. Just a thought.
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Gold Playz 4 years 171 days ago
Great job on adding the Baku Circuit. Also you could add Safety Cars, Red flags or Formation laps. Also, maybe try and add USA or Mexico.
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Mister BoMo 4 years 171 days ago
what about engines? and leave 20 engines for two pilots for 20 races? it will not be enough
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David Lyons 4 years 171 days ago
Reducing calendar size does force teams to focus on certain attributes. But this would be better left to the league managers really.
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