needing advice for starting a new team

[narib414]

As the title speaks, I need help. Just fired this game up after a 8 month break from it, and I made my own team. I've reloaded my inital save (basically the save right after I created my team) and I keep crashing and burning. I either keep loosing all the matches (by loosing I mean coming in lower then 10th place) and/or bankrupting myself and hemmorging cash. Any suggestions tips or guides to help out? My desk is at the verge of breaking from all the head banging I keep doing to it.

[RodHull]

1) you will be at absolute best 6th or 7th in your first season (more likely 8th), anything more will be a minor miracle. Expect to spend the whole season being the ERS version of McLaren or Renault. Anything around 12th in a race or above is a good result. 15th to 12th is about where you should be finishing.

2) If your low on cash just focus first season on developing the best engine you can and a good gearbox together they account for like nearly 75% (i think) of the cars performance engine more so than gearbox

3) season 1 is about setting up for season 2 youve basically lost this already before it starts, season 2 is about aiming for mid table season 3 onward youll start being competitive.

4) In create a team you get your money per race in 1 big chunk so half way through the season it can look bleak as you bleed money left and right, its not unusual to lose 750k to 1.5 mill per race, even if you finish last you get like 10 mill i think in prize money so as long as you arent totally broke (negative 4Mill) you wont get fired and will be fine

5) If your struggling with money hire pay drivers even crap ones, and/or drivers with marketability.

6) Build factory upgrade in season 1 nothing else is worth it factory is crucial... season 2 maybe scout fac and 1 development building (i went for gearbox as asia series is spec engines so seemed a waste of 8mill)

7) in races focus on reliability and being consistent the AI will blitz you in season 1 but it takes lots of risk just by securing good mid field finishes with both drivers you can easily get 7th or 8th, dont get ideas above your station so to speak, there will be races as your junk cars start to creak and fall apart where youll think a good finish is possible and youll be tempted to push your cars to the limit chasing shadows... dont. Just focus on finishing both cars in decent positions, at least 4 of the teams have cars you cant get close to in terms of performance so dont kill yourself trying in season 1... basically two cars finishing in 11th and 12th is preferable to one car finishing in 9th.

[narib414]

Awesome thank you so much for your advice!

[doch0llid4y]

Choose the Chairmans goal of 10th....that will keep the chairman happy even though you might have cash problems....results any better will keep them happy. RodHull's advice is solid..

[Simoste1969]

in the moment you create your team select the offer with more money, in the first season upgrade the factory for speed in reliability research, set the maximun investment for the next season, save more money as possible for the next season and in the start of the season selct 10 or 9 position at the end of championship. in the first and second race try only to finish before predator racing and, if you can, also before the Archer BMR. At the end of the first race search better driver and race engineers. when you reach the fourth race or when you reach the maximum level of reliability and
performance start to upgrade brakes and suspensions (Not engine or gearbox). In 6/7 races you can reach 7 or 6 position if you have a great strategy and some better sponsor will come to your team, with more money to your bank account. Finish the season as best you can an develop the new car like the normal career. this is how I start my career with my personal team and at the 3 season I get promoted to Asia Series

[narib414]

Quick question, would it be a good idea to invest in "better" mechanics and designer in the first season or would that hamper the teams development finically?

[B✪✪tsy]

I would suggest to aim low in the first 3 seasons and focus on the HQ (specially the test track). Only build illegal parts in the first seasons (don't use them during the season) and go with a cheap chassis, spend the rest of your money on your HQ. Then after 3 seasons you can use a more bolanced strategy and get a better team. The engine is the most important part when it comes to performance so try to get a designer that has good engine development stats.

[BanthaFodder]

Originally posted by doch0llid4y:

Choose the Chairmans goal of 10th....that will keep the chairman happy even though you might have cash problems....results any better will keep them happy. RodHull's advice is solid..

^^ This. Because what it allows you to do is ask for extra money from the chairman as well at practically zero risk. He will give you something like 1.25mil for a 50% happiness hit - but - as you are expected to finish 10th in every race you will soon claw that happines back. I set a low expectation and take the extra cash from the chairman every season.

[Mr. Tex]

Reliability, reliability, reliability.

While learning the game I ruined so many races because my gear did not have enough reliability.

[Brian]

When I started in ERS, I grabbed William Evans and Christian West as my drivers because they are dirt cheap. You save more by paying off Gomes and Anthony and getting Evans and West. You aren't looking for results in S1, you're looking to get the books as balanced as possible.

[RodHull]

Originally posted by Simoste1969:

when you reach the fourth race or when you reach the maximum level of reliability and
performance start to upgrade brakes and suspensions (Not engine or gearbox).

Not engines?? Engines account for over 60% of your performance, if anything you only want to develop engines and nothing else, I barely made a new brake or suspension in 3 seasons and ended up with the 3rd best car just based on my engine and gearbox.

[Simoste1969]

Originally posted by RodHull:

Not engines?? Engines account for over 60% of your performance, if anything you only want to develop engines and nothing else, I barely made a new brake or suspension in 3 seasons and ended up with the 3rd best car just based on my engine and gearbox.

I never upgrade the engine and rarely the gearbox and I finished all the championships (except the first) alway better than the 4 position

[Xautos]

get a factory, get better staff, best paying sponsors possible per race basis and not in one, start building average parts and then get 2x good parts with risk, run the average parts all season and split them over your cars to avoid drivers becoming upset about one getting too much of an advantage. with all that going on start getting reliability upgrades on your car parts as it will immediately help you out during the races by allowing you to run higher driver and car settings.

start looking for better drivers for season 2; it would be best to look for paydrivers with good skills who can pay you to race and knock off some of the race by race costs and it would be nice if those drivers have high marketability, don't spend too much on the new car or you will run the risk of running out of money before the season is up. should you end up with 50% or more marketability for season 2, start going for the 3 star or 4 star sponsors, that will help cushion any blow back and potentially give you money instead of losing it all the time.

[RodHull]

Originally posted by Simoste1969:

Originally posted by RodHull:

Not engines?? Engines account for over 60% of your performance, if anything you only want to develop engines and nothing else, I barely made a new brake or suspension in 3 seasons and ended up with the 3rd best car just based on my engine and gearbox.

I never upgrade the engine and rarely the gearbox and I finished all the championships (except the first) alway better than the 4 position

If you have great other parts and drivers its perfectly doable just not optimal, engines account for over half the performance of your car, gearboxes about 20% so if your gonna dump money into parts those are the most cost effective for return in performance though the AI also focus on those so its always a race.

[AWAYUK1]

dont expect anything in first season. some teams cars are far better and you cant be have the same performance even you have every lengendary components. some races with changing weather are good chances fighting for top 10 even podium if you are lucky enough.