OK, some more important information here. It'll be copypasta'd into the opening post for future reference.
TESTING & UPGRADESEvery four events, each manufacturer will release a new update package. Each update package will have two options; full and partial. The partial is merely a watered-down version of the full upgrade, for less money. Crucially - costs are linked to the car purchased - cars which cost less in the first place, also have cheaper upgrades, and vice versa. Costs for this are decided by the following formulas;
FULL - 250K * (Price of car in Millions)
PARTIAL - 150K * (Price of car in Millions)
Take note that 1 car teams have the initial value reduced by 50% (so 125K + 75K for each). The above cost also applies to works teams, and is added to all three cars at the time of purchase (i.e. buy two get third free).
Each upgrade is only available to purchase for the four rallies immediately following its introduction to the market. After this, said upgrade is phased out and replaced for purchasing by a new upgrade package. In other words, if you don't buy an upgrade while it's the most recently one available, it is no longer available to buy when a new upgrade is released.
Another way to make improvements to your car, and also drivers, is to go testing. You must decide which surface your test will be conducted on, and what the focus of the test is on - driver ability or reliability, or car performance or reliability. Tests must be conducted in either the home country of the team participating, or preceeding the next RRT event within one week, in that event's host country. You may test two drivers in one day, but if the session was designated for driver improvements, the RNG'd improvement would be split across both drivers equally.
Your options are as follows:
SURFACES: Tarmac, Gravel, Mixed (equal importance to both surfaces)
FOCUS: Car Performance, Car Reliability, Driver Performance, Driver Reliability
So for example, you would specify;
DATE: 17-18 July
VENUE: Alsace, France
SURFACE: Tarmac
TEAM(S): Alstom Peugeot WRT
DRIVER(S): Day 1 - Frederic-Maxime Voeckler, Marc-Andre Voeckler
Day 2 - Benoit Voeckler, Marc-Andre Voeckler
FOCUS: Day 1 - Car Reliability
Day 2 - Driver Performance
For one car to be present (one car to one driver), a test costs 50K, but only has 40% chance of being succcesful. A two-car test costs 75K, but has an 75% chance of being succesful. Any works supported driver can test for any manufacturer or independent team of that marque, provided the owner of the manufacturer team agrees. Having a young driver at a test reduces a two-car test cost to 50K, retaining the probability rate of 75%, but test focus becomes restricted to driver performance and driver reliability for BOTH drivers on the test day in question.
For a test to be recognised by the RRT commission, it MUST BE POSTED TO THE F1ALTERNATE WIKI. An example of what I'm looking for can be found on
this page. I've even put up the example with Alstom Peugeot.
The amount by which car performance or reliability can increase by through testing is smaller than that possible by purchasing upgrades. But by how much? That's up to you all to explore and find the answer for yourselves
MID-SEASON MONEYThere will be opportunities to generate some mid-season income to spend on upgrades and testing, as well as to put towards the following season's budget. Some will be from the following list, others will be in the form of 'opportunities' which will present themselves throughout the season. These money bonuses are not based on plain old 1-2-3-4-5 etc finishing positions, but by meeting specific objectives and achievements.
COMBOMEISTER (Peugeot, Ford, Suzuki, Hyundai)Every car of a single marque, both manufacturer and independent, reach the finish of a rally without any DNFs. -
£150K to works team, £100K to independents of same marqueRACK 'EM UP (Great Wall, Lada)All cars from a Great Wall or Lada team finish in the points at any rally. -
£150K to works team, £100K to independentsVITTORIA A CASAA driver or team wins their home event. -
£200K to works team, £150K to independents of same marqueTOP LELA P2E or P2R driver finishes on the podium at any rally in overall classification. -
£250K to team of driverTOP RELAny driver finishes in the points on six consecutive occasions. -
£100K to team of driverCRASHUUUUUUUU!!!A driver DNFs on four consecutive occasions. -
£100K to team of driver for testing purposes only (50K allocated to car reliability testing, 50K allocated to driver reliability testing)TRABBIE TROUNCINGOne of your cars is defeated by an RRT2 Trabant on pace alone (i.e. DNF does not count). -
MINUS £50K for independents, MINUS £100K for manufacturers
If so, Mikkel Olsen, multiple Danish Rally Championship winner, is looking for a team. He prefer not to be a pay-driver, but if it is needed then he can find some sponsors.
