After half a season, here is a few questions i need help with ?

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Been playing half a season as astana, sim the smaller races and going 3d with classics and the big tours. Normal difficulty,career. Her comes a few questions that i havent been able to google !

1: Energi Gel ! As i undertsand its supposed to kick in when the rider bar flashes orange ! and this should make the red bar dwindle less fast ! Imo it does not. When i eat them, wait with attack until it flashes the WHOLE bar, it seems that even the smallest attacks cause the yellow bar tje dwindle way faster than if you have not eaten the gel... What am i doing wrong ?

2: Where did they hide the SAVE game button ???? Cant find any where to save game, neither in race nor on manager screen wtf ??????????????????

3. pcm daily has a few hints and tips ! But they ar e way old. Any newer or more active place to seek help ?

4. some names arent right. I can see there are downloads to fix this both sponsors and riders. will it work with an ongoing game ??? dont want to mess with this until i find a way to save game ???

5. In 3d races some riders suddenly just fall behind when in the peleton. The have plenty energy etc. weird.

6. how to win uphill ? i think i got the sprints and breakaways down, but winning time with your team leader seems impossible ?

7. Lopez of astana has very good stats and i timed his form and tiredness for the tour and la vuelta. He is in top shape, no tiredness, protected and nursed through the stages. Has all bonuses etc. stil he cant follow the other guys... wtf ? ends 15 & 21 in the tour an la vuelta. Has top form and no tiredness. Fuglsang and lutzsenko ive managed to put in top 5 ????

8. how to win simulated races ?

[Emil Stabil]

It saves automaticaly. Simulated races are... Well. Different... Dont know about the gel. PCM Daily and here are the only places. Far as i know. It wont work with a saved game. You will need to start a new one. Put their effort up, then they will stay in front. Try sparing your riders from being "in the wind" by having them protected and not accelerating too much.

[123]

Thx :-)
9. The "protection" icon has 4 different colours.... Logic tells me red is worse than blue and green ? But what does those icons actually refer to ? Back in the day, when you bought a game like this, there would be a thick booklet with detailed description of all you needed to know ! Isn this done any more ? I mean some programmer whent through with different protection icons so there moust be a meaning and explanation ?

Originally posted by Emil Stabil:

It saves automaticaly. Simulated races are... Well. Different... Dont know about the gel. PCM Daily and here are the only places. Far as i know. It wont work with a saved game. You will need to start a new one. Put their effort up, then they will stay in front. Try sparing your riders from being "in the wind" by having them protected and not accelerating too much.

[Nevens]

9. color doesn' matter it's just for a better view

5. fall happens without much reasons, more on cobble I think. There is an option to rise it or decrease it.

4. on the workshop download a Database with real names. You have to start another party after that but still can play with older.

1. gel is uses to make faster acceleration and longer. If I remerber well :p

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Originally posted by Nevens:

9. color doesn' matter it's just for a better view

5. fall happens without much reasons, more on cobble I think. There is an option to rise it or decrease it.

4. on the workshop download a Database with real names. You have to start another party after that but still can play with older.

1. gel is uses to make faster acceleration and longer. If I remerber well :p

thx.
5. falling aint the issue. they just sink behind, no matter i move effort cursor up or down.

[Nevens]

Did you ask them to keep their position ? you have to put the cursor at 85 to be sure they stay here if not, if the rythm increase they will keep their max speed giving by the cursor

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Originally posted by Nevens:

Did you ask them to keep their position ? you have to put the cursor at 85 to be sure they stay here if not, if the rythm increase they will keep their max speed giving by the cursor

yes, ive done that as well. it happened 3 times now once in the tour and twice in the vuelta. really weird.

[noordj]

Winner they climb with absurd high speed for start, to keep up you have to put effort up, also when you keep position, you have te keep the effort high.

To match the effort highness use dot and put your effort up.
to gain position put it up to 90%. but not to long because it cost you energy.