Right, let's open full-season driver signings. To repeat...
First of all, as last year, your sponsors will front you the cash to sign their desired drivers. If you fail to meet the given criteria, you'll be forced to pay the sponsor of that given car their money back in full.
Currently, budgets for the signing process are:
AJ Foyt - $5,842,000
Andretti - $16,862,000
Carlin - $4,642,000
Cassidy - $3,142,000
Ganassi - $13,892,000
Dale Coyne - $3,692,000
Ed Carpenter - $1,642,000
Penske - $19,552,000
RLL - $8,442,000
SPM - $3,702,000
Regular and Promoted drivers must be paid a minimum of $1m (unless otherwise stated in the Driver Discounts tab) for a season. IndyCar will cover some of the budget for Promoted drivers, eg. if you offer the minimum $1m to Promoted Driver A, you'll get $500k back at the end of the signing process.
Pay-drivers do not require a wage, instead they just need to be offered the seat. You can only sign pay-drivers if you explicitly stated your wish to in the sponsor signing phase (ie. Cassidy #65, SPM #7, ECR #21).
You may wish to modify your bids for a driver having seen your competition, but you must do that with a separate post instead of editing your original post (I will be keeping track of bids).
Alternatively, if you intend to sign more than one driver to drive the car over the year, then you must state the overall wage you wish to pay and then offer drivers individually the chance to drive for a part of the season.
Top-level regular drivers have a high chance of declining drives if a derisory salary is offered.
Fictional drivers:Drivers must be paid a minimum of $1m for a season as a base fee. Each fictional driver will be assigned a tier, and this reflects the past successes of a driver. The tiers will also be assigned a multiplier, which multiplies the base wage to a figure more representative of the driver's ability. These are as follows:
Tier 1 (Title or regular race winner in top-level series) - 2.5x
Tier 2 (Occasional race winner/frequent point scorer in top/mid-level series) - 2.0x
Tier 3 (Proven points-scorer in mid-level series) - 1.5x
Tier 4 (Scrubs) - 1.0x
Note: Ashley Cassidy is not subject to the multiplier if she is offered the Cassidy Racing drive.
Link to the everything spreadsheetCode: Select all
--- First Driver ---
Car No:
Driver Choice #1:
Offered Wage:
DEC holder (add row if fictional, otherwise delete row if real):
Car No:
Driver Choice #2:
Offered Wage:
Car No:
Driver Choice #n:
Offered Wage:
--- Second Driver ---
Car No:
Driver Choice #1:
Offered Wage:
Car No:
Driver Choice #2:
Offered Wage:
Car No:
Driver Choice #n:
Offered Wage:
--- nth Driver ---
Car No:
Driver Choice #1:
Offered Wage:
Car No:
Driver Choice #2:
Offered Wage:
Car No:
Driver Choice #n:
Offered Wage:
RegionsNEW FEATURE: SCOUTINGYou may PM me a selection of three drivers who you are interested in, and I will be able to provide you with a rating score out of 100. This score is a function of their combined qualifying and race performances in GP2. Last year, the ratings ranged between 85/100 and 54/100 (obvs, the higher the better). You may purchase a fourth scout slot for $100k.
Ratings can go up and down between seasons, following good results.