Budgets after the sponsorship choice (tier gamma and manufacturer bonuses only):
+ BR Mansell (RealRacingRoots) - €229,000,000
+ Caterham (kevinbotz) - €245,000,000
+ Dawson (petoli) - €137,000,000
+ FAST (CaptainGetz) - €189,500,000
+ Ferrari (Pasta) - €231,000,000
+ Loonmotor (frogfoot) - €175,000,000
+ MRT (Wazzle) - €229,000,000
+ Precision (aislabie) - €208,000,000
+ Red Bull (pinkd56) - €187,000,000
+ Sauber (Hermann) - €175,000,000
+ Toyota (Reject_Dom) - €202,000,000
+ Williams (Gertrand Bachot) - €178,000,000
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Now for the next step(s), you will sign drivers and your lead designers.
Each team must employ 2 racing drivers and may employ either 1 sim driver or 1 driver coach; both real-life drivers and fictional drivers are permitted. The performance of a driver is determined by the administration on basis of previous achievements in Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era, any series sharing a fictional universe with Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era and real-life performance for real-life drivers. The two racing drivers are the drivers that actively compete during the Grand Prix weekend. Hiring a driver as sim tester gives your team a qualifying performance boost of 30 grip points and improves future RNG values for real-life drivers. Hiring a driver as a driver coach reduces the random grip range of the racing drivers by 30 points.
To be eligible to be signed as a racing driver in Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era, a driver must either
have competed in 80% of a full season or 8 races, whichever number is higher, in 1 one of the last 2 simulated seasons of Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era, the ARWS or Africa Racing League
have won at least 8 Grand Prix in Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era and be under the age of 45 at the start of the calendar year of the season the driver is set to compete in
have finished in the top 6 in 1 of the last 2 simulated seasons of the FIA Formula 2 World Championship or AutoReject 3.5
have achieved 4 pole positions and/or race victories in other series sharing a fictional universe with Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era during the previous 4 seasons
have achieved 8 pole positions and/or race victories in real-life series during the previous 3 years based on the start of the driver market of the season the driver is set to compete in (real-life drivers)
have been employed as a sim driver in the previous season or as a driver coach in each of the last 2 seasons
have an active contract with a Formula 1, Formula E or W Series team in real-life at the start of the driver market of the season the driver is set to compete in (real-life drivers)
To be eligible to be signed as a sim driver in Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era, a driver must either
be over the age of 16 and be under the age of 26 at the start of the calendar year of the season the driver is hired for
have competed in less than 6 Grand Prix in Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era or less than 10 races in the ARWS
To be eligible to be signed as a driver coach in Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era, a driver must either
be over the age of 32 and under the age of 58 at the start of the calendar year of the season the driver is hired for
have competed in more than 20 Grand Prix in Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era or more than 25 races in the ARWS or the GT Super Series
have achieved 12 pole positions and/or race victories in real-life series during the previous 3 years based on the start of the driver market of the season the driver is set to compete in (real-life drivers)
A fictional driver can be declared eligible at request despite not meeting any of these conditions if the driver market falls in a period where a series sharing a fictional universe with Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era has not concluded a season yet and it can be considered possible that the driver in question may have fulfilled the requirements by the time the season. If the driver is declared eligible using that method fails to achieve the requirements to be declared eligible, his eligibility is not revoked.
Any driver currently under contract that would not be eligible for his position will be permitted to remain in that position for the 2022 season, but their contract will be voided after the conclusion of the 2022 season.
Drivers can be signed at the start of the year as well as at any point during the season, except during a Grand Prix weekend. However, no driver can be hired while the position he is to be hired for is still occupied by another driver. A driver under contract as a sim driver or driver coach can be turned into a contract as a racing driver if a position as a racing driver is not occupied, if the driver is eligible to be hired as a racing driver. Each team is limited to 5 racing drivers throughout the season unless force majeure forces a team to hire more drivers. There is no limit to the amounts of offers a team can make to free agents. These contracts must specify the role of the driver, the driver's wage, the contract duration and state additional clauses. Teams may only offer a financial bonus as additional clause to a driver for WDC and/or WCC position.
Contract duration must be stated in a number of years. The minimum contract length is 1 year, the maximum contract length is 6 years (including any driver or team options). Contracts may not be prematurely extended. Teams may clarify through the use of an additional clause if they do not plan to use a driver for an entire season. Wages are separately agreed on for every year of a multi-year contract. Clauses specify additional conditions and privileges of the contract sides not covered in other parts of the contract.
Teams may only offer a financial bonus to a driver for WDC and/or WCC position. Any bonus may not be staggered and can only be paid out a lump sum for any given achievement. If the administration considers a clause unclear, the administration will interpret the clause with the most driver-friendly interpretation possible.
For real-life drivers, a RNG will determine whether they sign the contract. The RNG values will be determined by the administration based on the real-life public persona if the driver. After posting their offers, any team looking to re-sign a driver that was under contract with the team in the previous season can request the administration to assess the offer from the point of view of the real-life driver and offer advice to improve their RNG odds. Any RNG result is final, unless there is reasonable doubt about the quality of the RNG values and 5 or more users running a team in Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era request a reroll.
For fictional drivers, the respective DEC holder determines whether a contract offer is accepted. Should a fictional driver that has either contemporary narrative importance to Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era or achieved exceptional results in other series have its DEC abandoned, the administration can accept a contract in place of the DEC holder. Drivers signed in that way may only sign 1-year contracts without any option years. Fictional drivers must over the age of 17 and must be under the age of 44 years at the start of the calendar year of the current Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era season. A fictional driver that turns 44 during a running contract is entitled to compete for the remaining seasons of his contract, but all potential team or driver options are automatically declined. Fictional drivers whose DEC is held by administration may only be signed if 5 or more users running a team in Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era agree to the signing.
Should a previously signed contract violate any rules or a new contract be found to violate these rules, the administration is entitled to unilaterally change the contract without informing the team owner or the DEC holder in case of fictional drivers. The administration can modify contracts and contract offers with fictional drivers if it considers the contract either unfairly advantageous to the team hiring the driver or egregiously inconsistent with the actions of the character in previous appearances. The team owner must be informed of those changes.
A driver can be terminated before the start of any Grand Prix weekend. Any driver terminated must be paid a compensation, which equals the lump sum of the wages a driver in future seasons (driver option years included) and all possible bonus payments. If a team temporarily replaces a driver before his contract is over, he is entitled to the same compensation, unless a clause justifies his replacement. Either compensation can be voided if the driver has scored less than 10% of the points of his teammate after 8 Grand Prix weekends after the start of his contract if said teammate has scored at least 25 points or if the DEC owner of a fictional driver has made in-character comments that can be interpreted as a desire to leave the team or excessive criticism of the team as defined by the administration. To return a driver to his role, no additional wage must be paid. During an unjustified temporary replacement, any other team may sign the driver as if they were a free agent. The original team is given €5,000,000 as compensation by the administration in case the driver is signed.
The rules regarding temporary replacement do not apply if the driver is unavailable to compete due to injury or bans. Any replacement driver signed to replace a driver that is unavailable to compete due to injury or bans will not be paid any wage. Driver contracts of bankrupt teams with real-life drivers can be terminated by the new user without paying compensation if he decides to keep the identity of the bankrupt team, driver contracts of bankrupt teams with fictional drivers can be terminated by both sides if the fictional driver is offered a contract by another team. If the user chooses to enter a new team, any existing contracts are void. Should a user fail to name a replacement driver, the team will use either their sim driver or driver coach if they are eligible to be signed as a racing driver or be assigned a replacement driver by the administration. The administration must choose the sim driver or driver coach of a different team if the user controlling said team requests that their sim driver or driver coach is used as a replacement on a loan basis unless the team in question would profit financially from such a decision.
A team that is in the minus during the season may additionally hire a free practice tester for 3 races. That driver will be assigned to the team by the administration and will provide a lump sum of €4,000,000. If one of the racing drivers of the team that hired the free practice tester is unavailable to compete due to injury or bans, the free practice tester must be used as replacement.
Active Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era drivers can freely participate in other series as well. It is the responsibility of the involved users to avoid schedule conflicts. Any time paradoxes resulting as a consequence of double-dutying will be punished by having said driver banned from Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era for 5 years and any other DECs (in case of fictional drivers) by said user being banned for the rest of the currently running season. In case of a real-life driver having an unresolved schedule conflict, the team-owning user in question will be excluded from the game, regardless of whether he owns the team in the other series causing the paradox unless the series owner of that series has caused the paradox by allowing the driver in question to sign in the series despite having known about the driver's Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era commitment, running the real-life driver in a race he was not supposed to and refusing to rerun the race or modifying their schedule to deal with the time paradox.
Any driver, at the start of their career in Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era can pick freely any unused racing number from 2-99 to represent them for the entirety of their entire career. The number selection for real-life drivers is undertaken by the administration. Should the administration consider it necessary, it may take the racing number of a real driver and assign it to a real-life driver entering Alternate Formula One - Hydrogen Era. Fictional drivers have their number selected by the team owner of the team they begin their career with.
Lead designers can only be hired during the lead designer market at the start of a season. Any unemployed lead designer can be signed by a team with the team chosen by the designer decided by a RNG with the odds determined by the following table (offer rank is determined by ranking the offers ascendingly according to the following formula: last year's World Constructors Championship position/years of the contract offer):
(If there are more than 6 offers, the 4% are divided for all offers of rank 6 or lower)Lead designers can be signed for up to 10 years and cannot be sacked during an active contract. Every 2nd season, the performance of all lead designers is randomly modified by the administration. The contract price is not adjusted after the performance modification.
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After reading through that, you will now be asked to fill out the following until
October 31, 8:15 p.m. CEST:
BR Mansell:
Code: Select all
Team: Obvious
Lead Designer Offer #1: See the table in the opening post for names and prices.
Contract Length Offer #1: Up to 10 years
Dawson, FAST, MRT, Precision, Sauber, Toyota:
Code: Select all
Team: Obvious
Lead Designer Offer #1: See the table in the opening post for names and prices.
Contract Length Offer #1: Up to 10 years
(Repeat as often as you need to)
Driver #1
Name:
DEC Holder: Only for fictional drivers
Number: 2-99, Only for fictional drivers (please note at least three or four suggestions)
Contract Length:
Wage Year 1:
Wage Year 2:
Wage Year 3:
Wage Year 4:
Wage Year 5:
Wage Year 6:
Additional Clauses:
(Repeat as often as you need to)
Driver #2
Name:
DEC Holder: Only for fictional drivers
Number: 2-99, Only for fictional drivers (please note at least three or four suggestions)
Contract Length:
Wage Year 1:
Wage Year 2:
Wage Year 3:
Wage Year 4:
Wage Year 5:
Wage Year 6:
Additional Clauses:
(Repeat as often as you need to)
Third Driver (optional)
Name:
Role: Sim Driver/Driver Coach
DEC Holder: Only for fictional drivers
Contract Length:
Wage Year 1:
Wage Year 2:
Wage Year 3:
Wage Year 4:
Wage Year 5:
Wage Year 6:
Additional Clauses:
(Repeat as often as you need to)
Ferrari, Loonmotor, Red Bull, Williams:
Code: Select all
Driver #1
Name:
DEC Holder: Only for fictional drivers
Number: 2-99, Only for fictional drivers (please note at least three or four suggestions)
Contract Length:
Wage Year 1:
Wage Year 2:
Wage Year 3:
Wage Year 4:
Wage Year 5:
Wage Year 6:
Additional Clauses:
(Repeat as often as you need to)
Driver #2
Name:
DEC Holder: Only for fictional drivers
Number: 2-99, Only for fictional drivers (please note at least three or four suggestions)
Contract Length:
Wage Year 1:
Wage Year 2:
Wage Year 3:
Wage Year 4:
Wage Year 5:
Wage Year 6:
Additional Clauses:
(Repeat as often as you need to)
Third Driver (optional)
Name:
Role: Sim Driver/Driver Coach
DEC Holder: Only for fictional drivers
Contract Length:
Wage Year 1:
Wage Year 2:
Wage Year 3:
Wage Year 4:
Wage Year 5:
Wage Year 6:
Additional Clauses:
(Repeat as often as you need to)