Grand Prix Rejects

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:I think it's time to introduce an interesting new feature.

You can now interact with drivers via the media; essentially, you can choose to praise your drivers or give them an ultimatum to improve. This is done with short newspaper interviews, press conferences, and whatever else really.

If you praise a driver, it has a 25% chance of improving their confidence (increasing grip value), 50% of them continuing as they are (no change) and a 25% chance of them becoming complacent (decreasing grip value.) You may only praise a driver that has been doing noticeably well.

If you issue an ultimatum the driver has a 30% chance of improving, a 50% chance of staying the same, and a 20% of becoming unsettled which loses performance.

Each team can only schedule 3 media events per year, so use your chances wisely.

kostas22 wrote:

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:I think it's time to introduce an interesting new feature.

You can now interact with drivers via the media; essentially, you can choose to praise your drivers or give them an ultimatum to improve. This is done with short newspaper interviews, press conferences, and whatever else really.

If you praise a driver, it has a 25% chance of improving their confidence (increasing grip value), 50% of them continuing as they are (no change) and a 25% chance of them becoming complacent (decreasing grip value.) You may only praise a driver that has been doing noticeably well.

If you issue an ultimatum the driver has a 30% chance of improving, a 50% chance of staying the same, and a 20% of becoming unsettled which loses performance.

Each team can only schedule 3 media events per year, so use your chances wisely.

Figures don't seem great, issuing ultimatums makes more sense than praising drivers. IMO the nature of ultimatums comes at a make or break point, where either a driver will pick up his game or self destruct. So I feel the balance should be 40% to improve, 20% no change and 40% going off the rails completely.

kostas22 wrote:

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:I think it's time to introduce an interesting new feature.

You can now interact with drivers via the media; essentially, you can choose to praise your drivers or give them an ultimatum to improve. This is done with short newspaper interviews, press conferences, and whatever else really.

If you praise a driver, it has a 25% chance of improving their confidence (increasing grip value), 50% of them continuing as they are (no change) and a 25% chance of them becoming complacent (decreasing grip value.) You may only praise a driver that has been doing noticeably well.

If you issue an ultimatum the driver has a 30% chance of improving, a 50% chance of staying the same, and a 20% of becoming unsettled which loses performance.

Each team can only schedule 3 media events per year, so use your chances wisely.

Figures don't seem great, issuing ultimatums makes more sense than praising drivers. IMO the nature of ultimatums comes at a make or break point, where either a driver will pick up his game or self destruct. So I feel the balance should be 40% to improve, 20% no change and 40% going off the rails completely.

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:That seems fair, and I meant to say that ultimatums could only be used for drivers that are clearly underperforming in comparison to their team-mate. I'll think of a time/points percentage or something like that later on...

kostas22 wrote:

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:That seems fair, and I meant to say that ultimatums could only be used for drivers that are clearly underperforming in comparison to their team-mate. I'll think of a time/points percentage or something like that later on...

So what can we do if neither of our drivers are setting the world on fire but not doing particularly badly? i.e. what options do we have if we have two Nick Heidfields

Autosport wrote:CARL HAAS PLEASED WITH START

In Haas-Lola's second year in the sport, things have gone noticeably better than the first. A new engine deal with Honda is already in place, the team have attracted sponsorship from Atari, and courtesy of Stefan Johansson's drive, some points are already on the board. "I'm currently happy with the performance of both of our drivers" said Haas "Stefan and Piercarlo have been amazing so far. Piercarlo's resuts haven't been quite as good as Stefan's due to the fact that he is still acquainting himself with the car, and I expect him to improve and improve as the season goes on"

pycku wrote:BLN, with the new system I don't believe praising good driver is worthy - they can be encouraged instead with no risk of reducing points.

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:

pycku wrote:BLN, with the new system I don't believe praising good driver is worthy - they can be encouraged instead with no risk of reducing points.

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:

kostas22 wrote:

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:That seems fair, and I meant to say that ultimatums could only be used for drivers that are clearly underperforming in comparison to their team-mate. I'll think of a time/points percentage or something like that later on...

So what can we do if neither of our drivers are setting the world on fire but not doing particularly badly? i.e. what options do we have if we have two Nick Heidfields

Buy some upgrades

pycku wrote:Well, I'll wait one more race and I'll give ultimatum to Nakajima. By the way are there any pay drivers left in case I switch Satoru mid-season?

Autosport wrote:Ferrari encourages Piquet, Alboreto to do better
Although the boss of Ferrari has somewhat been pleased with the results so far, the boss has said that he wants more points in the future. "We have a good car, we just need to sort out the reliability, and we need the drivers to step up. Piquet's been good so far, but he needed to score points for us in the last race. As for Alboreto, he did what he could, and the car let him down, but there is still room for improvement."