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Téma: 'Finding a driver' guide for new players |
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#1 Elküldve: 2012. május 4. 00:59:32 (módosítva: 2012. május 4. 01:23:36 Keri Lovell által)
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After a heated discussion today in the forums, lol, I decided to try and make a pretty simple driver guide for anyone new that is looking for a new driver. I hope it helps in some way.
I think its best to first start at the top of my head of the two most common mistakes new players make, and quite understandably.
1. Even if a driver has the name Michael Schumacher in this game, (or any real life driver) that doesnt necessarily mean he will be as fast as the real life one! All names are randomly generated in GPRO so that driver has no bearing on his real life counterpart at all. Its very common to see 100 bids for a driver like this and salaries of 10m per race or more, this is a big mistake :-)
2. The overall rating (OA) does not mean he is a better driver. Its natural to think, higher OA, must be faster. Again you may seem the same bids for an 85 OA driver at 10m per race, again a big mistake! Higher OA does not always mean faster, and I will go into more detail below.
So. You just signed up and you want to win races, that's why you came here!
When you first join you are allocated a driver by GPRO. Now more often than not, these drivers arent great, BUT, you can sometimes be handed an absolute gem for free! It is very tempting to ditch that driver in the first race for a higher OA driver, but why not record his stats, run one or two races, see where you finish and make a decision after that? He didnt cost you a signing fee so this could be great info.
The great thing about rookie is that you have a lot of freedom to try new things and every season is reset so you get your £30m back, plus £5m extra if you complete all 17 races.
Firstly, where do I find a new driver?
Apart from the one you already got, who may well be good enough anyway, you can get one here /gb/AvailDrivers.asp
What driver stats should I look for to make him fast?
The most common question I see. And rightfully so. Now the reason that you wont be told this directly by everybody is twofold. A lot of managers have done a lot of research finding this out, plus, as a new player, it may well spoil your enjoyment of the game, especially if you love management games and working them out for yourself.
So the real question is, how do you find this out?
The best way I found when I started was trial and error, lets take the 11 stats of the driver.
Concentration (Increase or stays the same after the season reset, trainable)
Talent (Never changes, untrainable)
Aggression (Increase and loss in certain scenarios, lose points end of season, trainable)
Experience (Generally increases with each race)
Technical Insight (Generally increases with each race, trainable)
Stamina (Trainable, lose points at the season reset)
Charisma (Increases slowly, trainable)
Motivation (Increases and decreases over the season depending on the race, increase when new contract is signed, trainable, lose points at the season reset)
Reputation (Increases and decreases in certain scenarios)
Weight(kg) (Fluctuates depending on certain training, increases in the season reset)
Age (Increases by one year every season reset)
So what do these stats mean? And which will affect your pace? When you first join, of course its very difficult to know exact numbers but you can draw conclusions yourself from their very names.
There is however a way to find this out a lot more rapidly if you record your data. Try different drivers out.
They dont have to be expensive drivers, but why not pick a stat you think you will make your driver faster if it is high, and sign him for a few races? You can do this is a few ways:
*Pick one stat that a driver is particularly high in, that you think will make him faster, sign the driver, see how he performs.
* Pick a couple or even three of stats that the driver is high in and do the same.
* Make sure you are always recording the data. For example, you could lose a race with a great driver doing 12 pitstops and think its the drivers fault and its actually just the race tactic!
The beauty of rookie is that its there for exactly this reason, try one out, he may blow your head off speedwise! If he doesnt, try again, you will see a pattern!
How much should I pay for my driver?
This is the second most common question in my opinion, and probably the most widely argued :-p Lets start here:
/gb/AvailDrivers.asp
Take a look at ALL the drivers with 85 OA or under. These are the ones that you can sign now. A tip is to filter them all by salary when deciding what is cheap, reasonable or ridiculous! Take a look at the lowest salary driver and also a look at the highest salary driver. You will probably see a huge gap!
You will see what you think is a VERY cheap driver and what you think is reasonable compared to the rest.
The key things to remember is money is very tight in GPRO, so I wouldnt recommend bidding very high amounts or you will go bankrupt! You can use the soft reset if this happens: /gb/SoftReset.asp but remember
- You cannot soft reset your account if you have done more than 17 races
- You can only soft reset your account only after Race 3 and before Race 14 of the ongoing season
The main thing here is if you spend a lot of money on a driver, especially with a long contract (As you have to pay half their remaining contract if you then want to change early) then you could seriously damage your finances!
So I advise as cheap as possible, and if you are experimenting, shorter contracts in case it doesnt work! Once you have found what makes a driver faster, you will have a great idea on what to offer and how long the contract should be.
Any more advice?
* If you are still stuck as to what you think is a good driver, why not check out their past history? GPRO records histories of all drivers and the managers they raced for and in what leagues, so if you find a gem that has scored points before then who says he wont score points for you? Its not always the case of course, but it may help. Or even help you to decide how to train your driver?
* Download the excel sheet that is available on the drivers market page. This will give you every driver available that market and you can filter and search 'til your heart is content!
* Take your time, and dont make rash decisions, you wont win Elite straight away, just learn the game and have fun. Afford yourself time to make mistakes and learn what makes a driver fast. If you rush in and bid stupid amounts of money on a rubbish driver, you may spoil your enjoyment of the game and even quit. You will then be missing out on a fantastic game!
* Remember that all the time you are paying huge amounts for your driver salary, you will have less money for upgrading parts, training, facilities and the many other important features in the game, balance is the key.
* If you are still unsure what to do, join a team, speak to people in the community, there are always people willing to help out.
* You dont need to start a new post for every question you have, if you search the forums there will most likely be others who have had the same question as you (Not just drivers, everything!) and you can find some GREAT information in there too. Become a forum researcher, there is gold in them there hills!
* Your driver can be your god in rookie! If you want to focus on gaining more knowledge in the game, spend some time experimenting with drivers as it will pay you dividends in the long run.
* Enjoy, be patient, dont beat me on the track please. :-)
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#2 Elküldve: 2012. május 4. 01:02:12 (módosítva: 2012. május 4. 01:07:44 Luke Frost által)
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Holy hell Keri you really went balls out here. Nice job :)
Quote ( Keri Lovell @ May 4th 2012,00:59:32 ) After a heated discussion today in the forums [...]
btw, I don't think this tension in the forums is needed, and if anything it will scare the same newbie managers away as they will see the GPRO community as bitter and readily flaming anyone with an opinion.
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Sweet work Keri, it might had took much effort! Very nice mate, :)
EDIT: Luke, you copycat. :P
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#4 Elküldve: 2012. május 4. 01:04:10
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Well done, Kezza :) Will peruse it fully tomorrow.
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#5 Elküldve: 2012. május 4. 01:06:22
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After all, that topic gave you some good mood Keri. Hell of a job ;)
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Quote ( Keri Lovell @ May 4th 2012,00:59:32 ) * Take your time, and dont make rash decisions, you wont win Elite straight away, just learn the game and have fun. Afford yourself time to make mistakes and learn what makes a driver fast. If you rush in and bid stupid amounts of money on a rubbish driver, you may spoil your enjoyment of the game and even quit. You will then be missing out on a fantastic game!
This is by far the best advice ever
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#7 Elküldve: 2012. május 4. 01:07:55
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I didnt realise how much space that actually took, lol.
If there are any FOBY's, please let me know :-p
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#8 Elküldve: 2012. május 4. 01:16:39 (módosítva: 2012. május 4. 01:16:55 Jun Ho által)
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Can the admins get this stickied please? I think this would REALLY help all the newbies, and hopefully keep a few of them on board :D
It certainly helped me a little bit :D
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Nice guide, Keri :)
Should be stickied!
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I'll take that out then mate, I wasnt sure if that was covered before or not :-)
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Edited as it's not my guide :P
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I think its fair to take it out though as some people have experimented with this and found out by themselves :-)
Now if you two could edit your quotes and posts... :-p
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Chris, you know me. I don't have any issues at all in giving info out when someone asks politely.
It's just that i had a "happy moment" last season when doing my bidding and we shouldn't be taking that away from new players. :p
Besides, experimenting with female drivers is something that occurs to mind at some point, especially if you are as curious as me... ;)
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Quote ( Georg Petrov @ May 4th 2012,01:18:52 ) The only Foby info I would consider to be Foby (mainly because I found this out just recently) is the bit about possibility of have a female driver
Interesting... :)
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Sticky it; add a link in big bold letters to the "Welcome to GPRO email". Top job.
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Quote ( Georg Petrov @ May 4th 2012,01:27:03 ) Chris, you know me. I don't have any issues at all in giving info out when someone asks politely.
Yeah I know, but I'm also quite sure that it's mentioned in the forum somewhere anyway and I guess that the most people will get told that anyway.
Well, but as I said it's not my guide and I won't post anything which is considered foby by others or people don't like to have in this thread.
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#17 Elküldve: 2012. május 4. 01:30:59 (módosítva: 2012. május 4. 01:32:53 Luke Frost által)
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Damn, I cant edit the first post now!
Cheers to Mikko and Sion for helping tweak it, will have to get topic rights on it before I can edit!
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Quote ( Christoph Seifriedsberger @ May 4th 2012,01:30:38 ) I'm also quite sure that it's mentioned in the forum somewhere
it is, but then again, so is the perfect setup guide in the Wings thread. Something I had the joy to FOBM before that thread ever existed. :)
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Quote ( Luke Frost @ May 4th 2012,01:30:59 ) ? :)
Oh you spotted it, hehe :-)
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Great post Keri. Definitely needs to be stickied!
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Quote ( Keri Lovell @ May 4th 2012,01:33:07 ) Yeah, Christoph and George :-p
Misunderstood the context, now don't. :P
Of all places, this isn't the thread to continue some heated argument. :(
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No-ones arguing, they are just in lurrrrvveee!!!! Hehe
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Quote ( Keri Lovell @ May 4th 2012,01:35:37 ) No-ones arguing, they are just in lurrrrvveee!!!! Hehe
Well you all live on the same continent, maybe some love could help :P
Not in the wrong way though, that would be awkward for other forum users
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Quote ( Keri Lovell @ May 4th 2012,00:59:32 ) Concentration (Increase or stays the same after the season reset, trainable)
Just to be clear, older drivers do lose Conc. after reset...
Anyway, good work Keri.
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Quote ( Marko Stojčev @ May 4th 2012,01:36:53 ) Just to be clear, older drivers do lose Conc. after reset...
Anyway, good work Keri.
Cheers Marko, Sion did tell me but its too late to edit, lol. I will do though.
Ive never had an old driver!
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Quote ( Georg Petrov @ May 4th 2012,01:33:07 ) so is the perfect setup guide in the Wings thread
There is even a more detailed setup guide in one of the Rookie group forums where Michael Winkley was in ;)
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I know, I read that one too. Frankly, I think they both overcomplicated a rather simple issue. (mostly in the argument of what the best value to raise/lower when searching for an edge is)
but this is getting severely off-topic now.. (although some nice starting points for research on the front page of the thread actually might prove helpful to some ;) )
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that must have taken a while but it looks a great guide for newbies
good job keri. Definitely should be made aware to all newbies :)
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Nice work Keri! Not read it fully yet though.
PS. Topid id = 20000 :D
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