[IMPORTANT TIP] Not able to select reserve driver for practice sessions

[MrPalo75]

Hello,

I read that this annoying bug happens so much.

Don't worry, I discovered how you can easily override it after 300 hours of gameplay.


In the preparation screen before practice sessions, simply select the 2 drivers you want.

The important is that at least 1 (one) appears in the top left as driver of 1 of the cars (you may need to try other order combinations, for example Reserve->Driver 1).

Don't worry about the bottom right warning message "you must select 2 drivers", the CONTINUE button will work and you will enter the session with the 2 drivers you have selected.

Enjoy.

[Cadieux101]

This tip does not always work.

At first yes, i was able to select the Reserve driver if i First selected the main driver i wanted and the reserve driver second.

A few more seasons later, potentially because i have 2 drivers with reserve contracts ( from promoting a reserve driver )

Now i am unable to select drivers the way you describe.

Martin Misser is my driver for car 1, if i select him he will pop into the car 1 slot. Toby Collins drives Car 2 now, he doesnt appear in any slot if i have him selected. My reserve driver also doesnt appear in either positions if i have him selected.


This also means i can select Driver 1 and my reserve driver, and when i get to practice the game gives me Driver 1 and Driver 2, not my reserve driver.

All that said, yesterday i managed to somehow glitch the game and have Toby Collins in both cars for Practice.

Yes Toby Collins had somehow cloned himself and was driving 2 cars for me at practice. This was rather annoying since my #1 driver, Misser, has 19 feedback.

So your tip can work, but its not fool proof.

[Lenman]

Doesn't work for me, unfortunately. I would like to select my second and reserve driver, but the game just won't allow it, no matter how often I try. :(

[Lenman]

I found a different solution, which I will try next time I play: "I switched the position of my main drivers by swapping them with the reserve. Took the morale hit, but now the parts fitted comparison and the driver selection for practice are working correctly."

Originally posted by LemanDV:

I think this bug has something to do with how the game links the drivers to the cars (Car 1/2 to Driver 1/2).
You can see this bug even on vanilla S1R1: for practice, choose your reserve and he goes to car 1, then choose your Driver 1 (the left driver). With both selected, the reserve driver is in car 1 and car 2 is empty. If you select your driver 1 before the reserve driver, the latter goes to car 2 as he should.

With my save this happened with my main drivers, same as OP but with car 2 empty. All the other bugs OP mentioned are the same.
I got a fix around that by dancing chairs between my drivers (I had to hire a reserve driver to test it, was going with a generic replacement to save money; good thing I found a 1.5 star pay driver, I actually get +50k/race now).
I switched the position of my main drivers by swapping them with the reserve. Took the morale hit, but now the parts fitted comparison and the driver selection for practice are working correctly.

[trendyflute]

I also had this problem (wanting to run my 2nd and reserve for practice, but it leaving position 1 marked as "choose driver", then when you enter practice, it gives you your two main drivers).

I just rotated them around by promoting my reserve driver 3 times: reserve replaced 1, 1 (now reserve) replaced 2, 2 (now reserve) replaced the reserve (in position 1) and, voila: my #2 driver became my #1 driver, leaving my reserve as my reserve again, and I can run my reserve in practice to replace my formerly #1, now #2, driver!

This resets mechanic relationships, but the +/- of being promoted/demoted should all balance out I figure? It makes sense to do if, like I do, you always replace one driver with your reserve (I have a pay reserve driver who also has a higher feedback score, so that works out!)