It affects both but more towards tire wear you will noticed drives make mistakes when tires too hot and their times slightly drop.
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It affects both but more towards tire wear you will noticed drives make mistakes when tires too hot and their times slightly drop.
Soldato
Ok thanks. Had a good finish to the season with my driver getting 4th then 3rd in the final two races. However my other driver crashed out in both the races. I've noticed his morale is low, did he crash because of low morale is the low morale caused by the crashes?
Not finishing will cause morale to drop and crashing increases the drop also having very low morale can cause more mistakes but other traits play role (maybe your driver just isn't any good some are not great fighting in pack)
The morale rates are a bit iffy in the game anyway I expect with the next patch they will try and do something about it.
Soldato
He's young but I think he's a solid driver. He has had some decent finishes so far in a not very good car (all my upgrades go to the No.1 driver). I didn't throw him a party for his birthday so I think he is sulking. 
Completed my first season this morning, finishing 9th. Not good at all but being the first time I've played it, I know I've made a number of mistakes which I hope to avoid this season.
I didn't scout any drivers during the season, so at the end of the season with both drivers out of contract, I had no idea who to sign.
At the start of the new season, I have my new car and the various components. I know the worst of last seasons components get removed leving you with the best 2 for each component, but why has the reliability dropped massively? I had 100% at the end of last season, and now it's down to around 40% (for both engine and gearbox)
. It means I'll be uncompetitive again as I'll have to repair the engine or gearbox most races . Why couldn't I keep last seasons components reliability even if their performance was down due to the new car design. Frustrating.
I didn't scout any drivers during the season, so at the end of the season with both drivers out of contract, I had no idea who to sign.
At the start of the new season, I have my new car and the various components. I know the worst of last seasons components get removed leving you with the best 2 for each component, but why has the reliability dropped massively? I had 100% at the end of last season, and now it's down to around 40% (for both engine and gearbox)
. It means I'll be uncompetitive again as I'll have to repair the engine or gearbox most races . Why couldn't I keep last seasons components reliability even if their performance was down due to the new car design. Frustrating.
Soldato
I don't understand why your parts reliability doesn't carry over but it is a new car so I can kind of see why they did it. The AI suffer the same as well, I do well in the first few races by running low power so my parts stay intact while the AI has problems for half the race. Remember you can run a few laps with a part in the red zone and it doesn't slow you down too much.
He's young but I think he's a solid driver. He has had some decent finishes so far in a not very good car (all my upgrades go to the No.1 driver). I didn't throw him a party for his birthday so I think he is sulking.
Poor driver no party I did this it destroyed my driver he then refused to sign a new deal.
The driver stats increase very slow so it's not worth trying to build them up just get best drivers you can and always go for paid driver if in lower tiers.
Completed my first season this morning, finishing 9th. Not good at all but being the first time I've played it, I know I've made a number of mistakes which I hope to avoid this season.
I didn't scout any drivers during the season, so at the end of the season with both drivers out of contract, I had no idea who to sign.
At the start of the new season, I have my new car and the various components. I know the worst of last seasons components get removed leving you with the best 2 for each component, but why has the reliability dropped massively? I had 100% at the end of last season, and now it's down to around 40% (for both engine and gearbox)
Which team was you?
Regarding the carry over of parts this is what the devs said about it a while ago when people mentioned it like yourself
Reliability improvements carried over to the new season too?
Reliability is not carried over to the next season. Next season's car takes advantage of all the advancements made in performance last year and puts them into the new parts. However, since these are new parts in a new car, they're not as reliable as those that were improved and refined last year.
The other teams are affected the same way it's not just your team and it's realistic in a way.
When a new seasons starts you have to choose supplier this can also change the car stats
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Soldato
I'm in tier 3 and he was my reserve driver but slowly gained stats until he was better than my 2nd driver so I got ride of the other guy. I did look when scouting but I didn't notice any pay drivers, what do you have to look out for?
In that tier you should always use paid drivers the money you save is fair chunk even if you only have them as reserve but depending on the team you are 2 or 3 paid drivers is best.
If you are running the game without any mods/workshop changes to drivers here is a few which should be pay drivers
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10FQviwT47yQU5dx9_gZsqjgYikWQGDjIto-Xkozrok0/edit#gid=0
You may be struggling to find some if you have not got the scouting level high enough there used to be a trick if you clicked compare you could see all the drivers so you can then scout them otherwise they wouldn't even show up on your lists.
Soldato
Thanks for that, i don't have a scouting facility so it's probably that. Does driver salary appear as a minus when it's a pay driver or is it a trait?
By chance I hired a driver who is a paid driver. I get 250k for every race, or 125k if he is only used in practice. Haven't raced yet with him so yet to see how it's presented in the finances.
Well i beat Hamilton kinda 
I got Stroll and Massa qualifying in 2 and 3 And in the race itself they both overtook Hamilton at the start : massive shock: tbh.
Unfortunately for me.. Massa had suspension problem late on and it was down to 20% so i thought i would fix it. Anyway Vancouver results. 1. Vettel (drove very well to be fair) 2. Bottas (jammy git) 3. Massa 4. Stroll 5. Perez. 6. Hammy
Hamilton himself did something which i think is a glaring AI bug unfortunately. He had 3 laps to go but decided to change to inters even though his tyres (s or ss) were ok. And he was well ahead. Which is why he ended up in 6th.
Unfortunately for me Massa was pipped at the line by Bottas (massa was behind and got v close to taking him) so was only 3rd but even more bad news was to follow....i used 2 LOW risk parts on the same car which effectively means its MEDIUM chance of rule breaking and they caught me so i was fined £100,000 and Massa was docked 2 places. So he gets 5th but at least it promotes Stroll up to 3rd hehe.
Im not sure if i only have 1 low risk part on each car it would still be LOW risk or medium? Anyone know?
Also should i renew Massa's contract u reckon? He's 35. Stroll's stats are great and hes only 17 lol. Im gonna try and get the Schumacher regen as well (as test driver then promote him)
very good game
I got Stroll and Massa qualifying in 2 and 3 And in the race itself they both overtook Hamilton at the start : massive shock: tbh.Unfortunately for me.. Massa had suspension problem late on and it was down to 20% so i thought i would fix it. Anyway Vancouver results. 1. Vettel (drove very well to be fair) 2. Bottas (jammy git) 3. Massa 4. Stroll 5. Perez. 6. Hammy
Hamilton himself did something which i think is a glaring AI bug unfortunately. He had 3 laps to go but decided to change to inters even though his tyres (s or ss) were ok. And he was well ahead. Which is why he ended up in 6th.
Unfortunately for me Massa was pipped at the line by Bottas (massa was behind and got v close to taking him) so was only 3rd but even more bad news was to follow....i used 2 LOW risk parts on the same car which effectively means its MEDIUM chance of rule breaking and they caught me
so i was fined £100,000 and Massa was docked 2 places. So he gets 5th but at least it promotes Stroll up to 3rd hehe.Im not sure if i only have 1 low risk part on each car it would still be LOW risk or medium? Anyone know?
Also should i renew Massa's contract u reckon? He's 35. Stroll's stats are great and hes only 17 lol. Im gonna try and get the Schumacher regen as well (as test driver then promote him)
very good game
Soldato
AI get's a bit funny when it get's a bit of damp. I've noticed they stay on dry tyres way too long when it starts raining and also wet tyres when it starts to dry.
This was an issue in the past but the patches fixed it maybe you are reading the tire margins wrong the window for them is fairly wide even laps into area you wouldn't expect I thought it was wrong when I first started to play the game.
The other thing weather data comes from that building in hq a lot of the teams in the lower tier may not even have it so no data or prediction
They can be smart as well. In one qualifying session i got a 1,2 because i timed my entry in between the 2 rain periods. 1 dry bit of about 4 blocks. The AI drivers always go out at the start of qualifying sessions. Even if they can see the rain will clear up soon! So anyway i managed to do that. At the end the Ai was smart enough to admit defeat as some teams tried to do blistering laps at the end (2 blocks of dry) but they gave up and just pitted at the end of their outlaps hehe. (it was basically 3 blocks of rain then 4 dry then 5 rain and 2 dry at the end smt like that)
They will also use their fast tyres (ss, or s) in practice even if it is raining...i assume because they get the same bonuses the player does.
I hate the way tyre degradation just destroys your lap times very quickly at a certain point. Massa is 3rd with 2 just 2 laps to go and he is at 26% tyre wear left. Surely he can hang on? Nope. Eventually finishes in 9th.
But in other good news Hamilton got shafted 4 places for using illegal parts haha. This will be the 4th race in a row where something has happened to him lol (he retired 3/4 though the last race)
Stroll is a bit of a beast. He seems to realize this as well as he sent me an email telling me. Good i want monster size egomaniacs on my team I think i will demote Massa to reserve driver at end of his contract and promote a little known 17 year old Schumacher Massa has almost the same level of car as Stroll but is always always outqualified and outraced.
They will also use their fast tyres (ss, or s) in practice even if it is raining...i assume because they get the same bonuses the player does.
I hate the way tyre degradation just destroys your lap times very quickly at a certain point. Massa is 3rd with 2 just 2 laps to go and he is at 26% tyre wear left. Surely he can hang on? Nope. Eventually finishes in 9th.
But in other good news Hamilton got shafted 4 places for using illegal parts haha. This will be the 4th race in a row where something has happened to him lol (he retired 3/4 though the last race)
Stroll is a bit of a beast. He seems to realize this as well as he sent me an email telling me. Good i want monster size egomaniacs on my team
I think i will demote Massa to reserve driver at end of his contract and promote a little known 17 year old Schumacher Massa has almost the same level of car as Stroll but is always always outqualified and outraced.They can be smart as well. In one qualifying session i got a 1,2 because i timed my entry in between the 2 rain periods. 1 dry bit of about 4 blocks. The AI drivers always go out at the start of qualifying sessions. Even if they can see the rain will clear up soon! So anyway i managed to do that. At the end the Ai was smart enough to admit defeat as some teams tried to do blistering laps at the end (2 blocks of dry) but they gave up and just pitted at the end of their outlaps hehe. (it was basically 3 blocks of rain then 4 dry then 5 rain and 2 dry at the end smt like that)
They will also use their fast tyres (ss, or s) in practice even if it is raining...i assume because they get the same bonuses the player does.
I hate the way tyre degradation just destroys your lap times very quickly at a certain point. Massa is 3rd with 2 just 2 laps to go and he is at 26% tyre wear left. Surely he can hang on? Nope. Eventually finishes in 9th.
But in other good news Hamilton got shafted 4 places for using illegal parts haha. This will be the 4th race in a row where something has happened to him lol (he retired 3/4 though the last race)
Stroll is a bit of a beast. He seems to realize this as well as he sent me an email telling me. Good i want monster size egomaniacs on my team
If you use the correct settings and modes you would get the tires to last at 26% for 2 laps easily the tires only go off when you hit about 2% even if the drivers moan pay no attention.
It's good that Hamilton is having problems I really hated when they released this game and hardly anyone failed to finish glas they saw sence to change that.
No point having massa as a reserve he costs a lot you would be better of going with cheaper options reserve driver is pointless really only worth having a paid driver in there so you get money for nothing.
Well that is racing and you need to look at what you are doing maybe different tyre choice at some stage the other drivers would have had to do the same with switching modes.
If you are pushing too hard you can have 5% tire and it will jump to 2% and you will be in trouble you need to control tire wear this is the point of practise to work out your race tire wear on different modes.
I can not post a video of this because I never get to that point I tend to finish races with 6-9% but dev and other people mentioned about you can get to 2% before you are in trouble.
The other thing if you are pushing I bet your tire temps are too hot which will decrease them fast as well and cause lock ups which can make the reading jump even if you have good %