Car performance indicator is weird

[JDFlare]

So I'm in my third season with my self-made team and the performance indicator always suggests my car is around 16-21 on the grid. However my drivers keep qualifying in the top ten and even win races. Is that a bug or something since my drivers wouldn't be able to get a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, which should be bottom of the grind on the podium?

[Goul]

depends, there is still a bug where other teams are still developing their cars but dont produce the new parts, even when running out of basis parts.
Means, their stats raise, but, their performance gets worse through a season and only gets updated at start of next season.
That may play a part in it.

[JDFlare]

I just started a new season with just the basic components and it said I was around 17 and 18 on the grid but legit got 3 and 5 in the first race.

[Dreagon]

Originally posted by Goul:

depends, there is still a bug where other teams are still developing their cars but dont produce the new parts, even when running out of basis parts.
Means, their stats raise, but, their performance gets worse through a season and only gets updated at start of next season.
That may play a part in it.

I don't know. I'm pretty sure those stats only raise if they actually put the part on the car. So if their performance drops off because of lacking parts the stats should show that as well. But it sounds like that may not be the case.

But yeah, it does seem a little odd. I guess it might depend on how much weight they give every stat. In my first season at Alpine I also had a car that statistically never was a top 5 car but in the second half of the season getting at least one car in the points was relatively easy. If your cars are top 5 in cornering speeds they may perform quite well despite maybe their cooling being bad which would drag down your average performance rating.

[JDFlare]

That's the funny part tho throughout the singular stats I kept getting better and was around 10th but overall still 21 and 22nd. I mean it's easy getting sponsor money but still weird for the start of the season to guess what I should imrpove upon. Direct comparison even shows that in certain areas, my car is the best statwise. Might just be and showings error or something like that

[chebonaparte]

I think driver skills is more important I have won first few races with a new team with 9th type car what I've played so far but my car performance keeps dropping!

[chebonaparte]

After my first season my car ratings went from 9th to 1st in every category after all the design improvements finally paid off! XD