just started playing...a bunch of questions
I'm about 4 days into the game and have been getting some great help from the academy (thanks dave_hayes).
It's a lot of fun so far!
Here are a few questions I have been compiling, and probably easier to ask in a forum.
1. UPGRADES: If I purchase upgrades for my cars, and then get a new chassis or engine contract, do I lose the upgrades I paid for or are they removed from the chassis/engine before the replacement arrives?
2. UPGRADES: If I buy an upgrade costing Euros 1000, but I have 4 drivers, will I actually pay Eur 4000 ?
3. NEW CONTRACTS: I understand my start-up tyres, chassis and engine can't be sold, but let's say I eventually sell my 2nd chassis to buy a 3rd one. There is a period between selling one and waiting for the auction on your purchase to finish (which you aren't guaranteed to win). Doesn't this mean you could have a huge downtime when you cannot race? Or, if you sell your chassis, you simply default back to a basic chassis and can contnue to race in the interim?
4. SPONSORSHIP - I just grabbed 4 sponsors at random when I started. Then I read in the Academy a comment to avoid a sponsor whose reward is a level 12 upgrade, and I do have one such sponsor. Can I cancel my sponsorship midstream, and if so, will I have to pay a penalty of any kind? Should I do it?
5. SPONSORSHIP - I didn't notice if my sponsors paid me cash up front. Do they pay some up front, plus a bonus on completion of the objectives? Or is it all after completion?
6. SAVED SET-UPS - I had my first ever round on a track I had seen before, only with a different driver. What was near perfect for one driver was 60% for the second driver. But if my first driver sees that same track again, could I expect the saved setting to remain near perfect (assuming same weather/temp)?
7. BIDDING ON A CONTRACT - In the wiki, there is a screen-capture showing the highest bid so far. In the game I don't see that highest bid shown anywhere. However, in the drop-down box of possible bids, sometimes the minimum I can bid is 7K, sometimes 9K, sometimes 25K....is this telling me the bid I would need to enter to outbid the highest so far?
8. SET-UP - In the track data, there are hints for setting up some data which does not appear on the Monitor screen - ride-height for example. Do I need to buy some better equipment or a pit-crew to utilise those features, or or be a Supporter, or are they simply not yet implemented?
That's it for the moment...I'm sure I will think of more!
Thank you for any help offered