Level up your rider - POTENTIAL explained ?

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As topic. When levelling up, it shows the potential of a given attribute. And using the "potential" as a target for the levelling up is just a waste. Not once have i experienced that the numbers of the "potential" has risen after levelling up. what is it that i dont understand ?

[tarzan]

potential is to raise you max limit on a certain attribute or maybe 2 attributes
use an editor and you can see your max potential on every attribute
for example you are a stage racer with sprint as secondary and you have 83 montain max,81 hill max,sprint 74,acceleration 76...if you use potential on sprint you will increase sprint and acceleration with 3 or 4 atributes the max potential so 77-78 sprint 79-80 acceleration
never watch in-game those fake potentials cause if you are a stage racer main sprinter secondary at stamina in-game potential shows a minimum and a maximum but for this type of rider the stamina max potential it's the minimum...let's say it shows 73-76,well your max stamina will be 73....and maximum montain potential will be close to max

i started a lot careers on pro cyclist as main stage racer and secondary sprinter and always slight differences betwwen them
in a career you can have 82montain max potential,82 hill max potential,74 stamina
in others you can have 84 montain,79 hill,71 stamina
in others 83 montain,80 hill,72 stamina
the more montain real max potential you have,the less stamina you will have

or you can use a editor and you increase your max potentials if you want to competitive on every type of race
i use main stage racer secondary sprinter and i use editor to increase some max potentials like fighting to have a decent 74,stamina from 72-73 to 76-77 to have a chance winning 1 day races
i equalize sprint with acceleration 74 to 76 and 1 level i use in-game raising potential to sprint and it will raise +3 or +4 the max potential

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Thank you so much. makes sense now.

[tarzan]

never use raising potential,do that by yourself using fast editor
let your rider to grow unknown cause if you raise potential in many attributes too much you might not reach your full potential at every attribute
in case you raise in editor potential max then increase the attributes as well if you want to get max potential on every attribute

i never raised to 84 or 85 potential but i do raise to 80 or 82 so that i can be a real challenger in all types of races
flat 74
montain 82-83
hill 82-83
tt and prologue 79-80
cobble 80-81
sprint 80-81
acceleration 80-82
downhill 75
stamina 76
resistance 80
recovery 82
fighting spirit(i forgot what name they choosed for this) 74
catching and -1 form you will be a good challenger if you have 95 fitness
also why these stats? so that you can be a leader in most races,to have suport of 1 teammate at least,you need protection

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Originally posted by tarzan:

potential is to raise you max limit on a certain attribute or maybe 2 attributes
use an editor and you can see your max potential on every attribute
for example you are a stage racer with sprint as secondary and you have 83 montain max,81 hill max,sprint 74,acceleration 76...if you use potential on sprint you will increase sprint and acceleration with 3 or 4 atributes the max potential so 77-78 sprint 79-80 acceleration
never watch in-game those fake potentials cause if you are a stage racer main sprinter secondary at stamina in-game potential shows a minimum and a maximum but for this type of rider the stamina max potential it's the minimum...let's say it shows 73-76,well your max stamina will be 73....and maximum montain potential will be close to max

i started a lot careers on pro cyclist as main stage racer and secondary sprinter and always slight differences betwwen them
in a career you can have 82montain max potential,82 hill max potential,74 stamina
in others you can have 84 montain,79 hill,71 stamina
in others 83 montain,80 hill,72 stamina
the more montain real max potential you have,the less stamina you will have

or you can use a editor and you increase your max potentials if you want to competitive on every type of race
i use main stage racer secondary sprinter and i use editor to increase some max potentials like fighting to have a decent 74,stamina from 72-73 to 76-77 to have a chance winning 1 day races
i equalize sprint with acceleration 74 to 76 and 1 level i use in-game raising potential to sprint and it will raise +3 or +4 the max potential

Can you give advice on what you think should be the next few lvl ups ? raise attributes or potential, and on what skills ? The Goal is to create a versatile rider that can win, not only grabd tours, ttr and wc´s but also compete in cobb. and flat races. Already have two playthroughs were i end up winning everyting from age 21 til max lvl 26 at age 23. But it would be cool to have a rider that ALSO win all the great five monuments and not only 2 of them.
Rider:
20 years - started out 19, grand champion. Main axis is stage racer, seconds is puncher.
now in lvl 18. Given 3 lvls in potential to barodeur + 3 raise barodeur and one lvl to stage racer and one to puncher.
About to complete first grand tour and win the mountain jersey in the Giro.
Won 30 races first year with coloquick. Signed with SunWeb for this year as Oomen, Krag ans Dumoluin has amazing stats this time round. Its on yhe brink of june and i have only won 1 race this year. Tons of 2nds and 3rds. Its not easy to sign with such a strong team as i have no saying over riders. Never a leader :-( - Anyways here are my stats:
Flat : 67
Mon: 79
Hill : 75
Ttr : 75
Prl : 75
cob : 62
Spr : 61
Acc : 72
Dhi : 71
Ftr : 68
Sta : 69
Res : 68
Rec : 74

Potential - 10 minutes.

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Dont want to use the editor. imo its cheating.. ;-)

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NB - potential edited in post:

Originally posted by tarzan:

never use raising potential,do that by yourself using fast editor
let your rider to grow unknown cause if you raise potential in many attributes too much you might not reach your full potential at every attribute
in case you raise in editor potential max then increase the attributes as well if you want to get max potential on every attribute

i never raised to 84 or 85 potential but i do raise to 80 or 82 so that i can be a real challenger in all types of races
flat 74
montain 82-83
hill 82-83
tt and prologue 79-80
cobble 80-81
sprint 80-81
acceleration 80-82
downhill 75
stamina 76
resistance 80
recovery 82
fighting spirit(i forgot what name they choosed for this) 74
catching and -1 form you will be a good challenger if you have 95 fitness
also why these stats? so that you can be a leader in most races,to have suport of 1 teammate at least,you need protection

Can you give advice on what you think should be the next few lvl ups ? raise attributes or potential, and on what skills ? The Goal is to create a versatile rider that can win, not only grabd tours, ttr and wc´s but also compete in cobb. and flat races. Already have two playthroughs were i end up winning everyting from age 21 til max lvl 26 at age 23. But it would be cool to have a rider that ALSO win all the great five monuments and not only 2 of them.
Rider:
20 years - started out 19, grand champion. Main axis is stage racer, seconds is puncher.
now in lvl 18. Given 3 lvls in potential to barodeur + 3 raise barodeur and one lvl to stage racer and one to puncher.
About to complete first grand tour and win the mountain jersey in the Giro.
Won 30 races first year with coloquick. Signed with SunWeb for this year as Oomen, Krag ans Dumoluin has amazing stats this time round. Its on yhe brink of june and i have only won 1 race this year. Tons of 2nds and 3rds. Its not easy to sign with such a strong team as i have no saying over riders. Never a leader :-( - Anyways here are my stats:
Flat : 67 pot : 77- 81
Mon: 79 pot: 80 - 84
Hill : 75 pot: 79 - 83
Ttr : 75 pot : 77-81
Prl : 75 pot: 78 - 82
cob : 62 pot: 71 - 75
Spr : 61 pot: 71 - 75
Acc : 72 pot: 74 - 78
Dhi : 71 pot: 73 - 77
Ftr : 68 pot: 79 - 83
Sta : 69 pot: 73 - 77
Res : 68 pot: 79 - 83
Rec : 74 pot: 82 - 86

So what you think ? (sorry for long post btw)

[tarzan]

you can have it by default 79-81 hill as main stage racer,no need to be puncheur
just take a editor to check your real potential at every attribute,i don't read in the stars your rider potentials

use stage racer and cobble as secondary,then you need just 1 or 2 levels to have 80 potential cobble but you will suck at sprinting,acceleration if you battle on final climbs

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ok. thx ill remeber that. Right now im puzzled that im getting owned by guys like pozzovivo. my stats are way better. 3rd time playing this through. Really weird my rider isnt doing any better. this season i have like 8 2nds and 5 3rds. wtf ? My stats are better than with the former riders. maybe updates to the game ? also using db 2019 from benjii.