Hmmm..

[Compo]

5hrs in and im already regretting buying this...

The tutorial is literally non-existant.
My team mates never get water for me.
I have no idea what season objectives are, I mean do i need to win/finish top20/fall in these races that you choose?

Ive been doing ok i guess, and have been rather enjoying it, other than the above.
I really started getting a headache with setting up a sprint train? waa..ok how do i do that?
It says, that i need to be near the front with a few km's to go, then lead a sprint.
I have a rough idea what the team wants me to do. I think...

Leader says "Thats ok, i'll give you instructions during the race". Ok cool!
Race starts...leader says "stay in peloton". Right on!
Says nothing for the rest of the race..grrr
Then after, it says my objectives was to lead the pack for 25km?!?!? Bad rep with boss :(

Next race:
Same damn objective again.
Race starts...leader says "protect me". After a minute, i figure out how to do that..happy days!
Then tells me "get outta the way", i follow him instead. Then says "the winds in my face, protect me", so i protect him. This all happened in about the first few km's of the race lol.
Anyways...it all seemed to be fine for a while after that. So i hit 8x speed. After a while "get some water", so i get water. Catch back up, and protect him again. Hit 8x speed.
Now i wasnt really paying attention at this point, but when i came out of 8x speed (around 15km's to go), i was fooking last!
I thought i could catchup again but got knocked off by some clown.

Not happy.

[Emil Stabil]

Search for tutorials on youtube
Only thing you can do

[Compo]

I did search google for help, but not surprisingly theres not much on 2017 :(
I just had another race, the leader sucked again.
Oh well, fook team orders, i 'll race on my own!

[CastlingKing]

Originally posted by Compo:

I did search google for help, but not surprisingly theres not much on 2017 :(
I just had another race, the leader sucked again.
Oh well, fook team orders, i 'll race on my own!

For the water you just need to click the water button with one of your riders, he'll start to go to the end of the group/peloton, get water for himself and then come back and give waters to all his team mates in that group. But anyway just watch this dude he is awesome with PCM17


https://www.youtube.com/user/Fiascotje

[Compo]

Thx Chieftain, i may watch tomorrow.
As of now..i am done. I cant even break away anymore, for some reason...my guy's just riding like he's on a sunday afternoon. SPRINT you feker!!!!! Then when he does, its too bloody late.

Gonna get drunk on buyers remorse whiskey me thinks..tomorrows another day, maybe will learn tomorrow

[the_mastermind1989]

Objetive of your player for any race is in one tab where you have perfil of stage, classification and other data...

[CastlingKing]

Originally posted by Compo:

Thx Chieftain, i may watch tomorrow.
As of now..i am done. I cant even break away anymore, for some reason...my guy's just riding like he's on a sunday afternoon. SPRINT you feker!!!!! Then when he does, its too bloody late.

Gonna get drunk on buyers remorse whiskey me thinks..tomorrows another day, maybe will learn tomorrow

Just have patience. You will learn PCM17.. It's not easy at first, with time you will open your own strategies on the game. Then you will start winning stages in which is awesome!

[Compo]

That youtuber didnt help at all :( Spent all the time thanking people for following him, rather than explaining anything about the game.

If anyone can find a tutorial anywhere, please let me know. Thanks :)

I found this guy to be much better! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tilerKOTthg
He explains these tings :D

[Compo]

GRRR! Right ive learnt some things. Now other things are pissting me off!
Ive just done a race, where i was around 20th, setting myself up for a sprint finish.
The race length thing said 2km to go..so i hit sprint.
Guess fooking what...when the race length thing went to "0/-", shouldnt i be on or over the line? Well i wasnt..i still had what seemed like another 2km to go....
Got passed by loads, ended up 80th or something.

The only thing that i can see to explain this is, that it measures from the race leader to the finish line...an if so, WTF help is this to me??
If its a bug..then fair enough, that just proves cyanide dont test well, even on simple mechanics.
New day, new problems...

Even through all this BS, im still enjoying it. Somehow?

[Playing]

No, it meassures the length left from the rider that you are following on the screen(the rider you see the stats of in the bottom left). Maybe you were looking at the wrong place.

[Compo]

Ahhh. ok thx mate :) Ive been looking at the bottom right, where it says distance to sprints also. I did actually notice this in the next race, but was uncertain because i was in a breakaway (at the front the whole race). Great to have that confirmed.
P.S. I bloody sprant to late in that race, for fear of gasing early again lol

[FCS_Melodie]

Hello Compo,

PCM 2017 is completed with a full guide accessible on this website.[guide.letour-games.com]

or directly from the game clicking the Help icon:

https://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=23324520170619110506ProCyclingManager2017.png


You can also reactivate the tutorials (Career mode, Pro Cyclist and 3D race all display tutorials when first played, you might have deactivated them?) from the options menu:

https://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=71261920170619111320ProCyclingManager2017.png

Thanks for your support.

Mélodie

[Compo]

Thx Melodie :)
I didnt turn it off, or not on purpose anyway. Do not take everything i say too serious, i get frustrated easily when im not given a clear picture of what im suppose to do.

I have gone through the help section, about 3D races. It has a tutorial there about setting up a sprint train. But im playing Pro cyclist mode. I cant set other riders to follow me...and they dont..actually i was waiting for the leader to tell me when to do it (indicated in game), he never has.
The other thing is, season objectives. It says in the tutorial its about pre-season training. I guess thats fine because im in my first season. But it says nothing about the 3 pop down boxes, which you can select races from.
So im thinking these 3 races ive selected, are ones i need to win? What happens if i dont? Or i should say, WHEN i dont lol.
Im only 19, should i be winning these races/stages yet...if so ive got a looong way to go yet :p

Thx again!

[FCS_Melodie]

Hey Compo

On Pro Cyclist mode, you only have control of your own rider. You cannot give orders to other team members, it's the manager's job.

If you get good enough, you might become a leader in your team and have team-mates assigned (or even choose tem-mates you prefer yourself). Then, you'll be able to create a short train to pull you toward the finish line.

If you want to form a real riders train, you should try the Career mode in which you play as a Manager (but you're right to start with the Pro Cyclist mode, which is easier to begin with).

Setting objectives on races will help your rider perform well on these particular races, possibly trigger a Fitness Peak (have a look to the Fitness peak section in the guide to learn more).

As for manager/leader orders in race, manager's orders should be your top priority as reaching manager's objective will grant you extra XP and manager satisfaction. Leader gives you insctruction you can choose to follow or not.

You'll get good soon enough, don't worry.

Have fun!

Mélodie

[Compo]

Thanks :)
Thats helped alot Melodie. I think i am getting better, even though im finishing lower an lower haha. Ive got a few races i know i cant compete in next season, and some i done well in.

Love the leveling, at first i thought it was slow and too rewarding...but it seems pretty well balanced (as far as i can tell so far).
Anyways, thanks for this great game and help. Appreciated :)

[Compo]

Ive finally started getting the hang of this game..well kinda.

Has anyone got any tips for getting in a breakaway..when you start mid-pack (at the start)?
Even though im willing to sacrifice a ♥♥♥♥-ton of energy, its near impossible to get the feker through!!! By the time im near the front of the peleton, the breakaway is gone in the distance...

Also one other thing...do they catch the breakaway around 10km-5km from the line very often in RL? It sure happens alot on this game, almost all the time lol. I dont watch the sport, but im sure the bits ive seen dont have 100+ riders sprinting at the end. All i remember is dude doing no-hands crossing line, occasionally couple others in the background.

Thanks :)