So maybe a newbie in years to come will find this thread and will find value. I though it may be of value to newbies to hear someone of the dumb spending mistakes managers have made...
When i first started, i did one part at a time, even on a low % cause i thought that was how you had to do it and not when it got to a high % and not 1 part per race promoted to master with no testing done spent 2.2m on a driver once probably numerous others
I realized today that I extended my contact of my driver in rookie at an OA of 85 - I thought I was so smart because I had signed a talented driver very early and he is only getting better. Only now that he is a solid rookie driver at an OA of 99 have I cottoned-on to the fact that I am going to lose him next year having spent all that money on contract extension fees.
But it all cool because that is what rookie league is for - make dumb mistakes and learn from them.
**Why worry about yesterday's f!@# ups when you have so many f!@# ups to look forward to**
Quote ( Ruben Ferreira @ September 21st 2022,15:46:37 )
So maybe a newbie in years to come will find this thread and will find value. I though it may be of value to newbies to hear someone of the dumb spending mistakes managers have made...
#1 Rookie mistake would be to upgrade parts unnecessarily. Car parts are the biggest expenditure in your seasonal budget so you need to plan to get the most out of them. Its all about financial efficiency
I once had wear on a part of like 90-something percent and I was like "Lets get some value out of that part before I replace it" - So did testing not realizing the cost implications - got like 10 laps before the part got to 100% wear.
Sad thing was that upgrading that part directly would have been significantly cheaper then the cost of test. Cost in this case far out weighed the benefits
You realise of course I am referring to rookie and amateur errors in judgment. :) Higher tiers it is another story when testing is planned. Regardless, I will probably find a way to screw that up as well.
Straight up if you are not promoting, testing 17 races is expensive and unless you continue you will lose, through the next season, what you have gained.
I do see conditions/training and planning that may require testing when not promoting in the season. Testing because you can afford it, is not a good 'plan' lol
All my plans are fluid. They get flushed real easy. :)
A very dumb way to waste money is - Offer maximum points bonuses on your new driver thinking it was win bonuses that you were offering for. Now, you can either win or podium, or score points and lose a lot of money :P
Quote ( Roy Mitchell @ September 21st 2022,16:32:30 )
Straight up if you are not promoting, testing 17 races is expensive and unless you continue you will lose, through the next season, what you have gained.
Driver stamina, CCP's and staff untrainables all benefits of regularly testing, that and maximising part wear
@Diogo Abdalla (M2) It is not wise and I didn't say 'stupid' just a little dumb. Unless you are testing something with a purpose. i.e Ethan's situation. His car must be related to the level 10 HULK by now. :) I could be wrong maybe he just likes to test. lol
Pro and above requires testing to stay alive. at least for me. Investing by testing is a viable proposition and it does have rewards.
However, $1 million to test and parts wear adds up to a bunch of money, times 17. Even a bigger bunch of money and difficult to maintain the cash out lay.
You have benefits and add CCP points to the car PHA but when you stop testing CCP points may start to deteriorate. Strategic testing with other than 100 laps is possible and a little less costly.
I recently hired a driver in the final race before demoting from Master. His exp increase of +1 at the season break was enough for me to not keep him when I demoted, meaning I wasted 500k on the bid, and 2.5m on the signing bonus, plus 1m on firing my driver.
Quote ( Roy Mitchell @ September 21st 2022,15:49:30 )
Testing every or nearly every race when I'm not going to promote. Dumb as a bag of hammers.
If I imagine I am a newbie and I have no data...and I am not going to promote...what is the better way to find out the accurate difference in tire wear of different tires under different temperature, the set up of car in different temperature...the set up difference beteen dry and wet ..than on the test track which is always the same and with driver who is always the same?
testing is not only good for car points or driver improvement...it is surprisingly also good for....testing. :-P I use my temp conversion just from testing in Rookies... and I do not see it as dumb waste of money... So to answer the question: Dumb waste of money was trying to get certification without reading the rules...that with every other attempt I will pay for it :-)
Quote ( Kai Wen Chew @ September 21st 2022,17:54:25 )
A very dumb way to waste money is - Offer maximum points bonuses on your new driver thinking it was win bonuses that you were offering for. Now, you can either win or podium, or score points and lose a lot of money :P
if we count this, then i've accidentally lost loads of money trying to avoid winning races "too effectively" and wasted loads winning races by accident all because of my win bonus...
Quote ( Kai Wen Chew @ September 21st 2022,17:54:25 )
A very dumb way to waste money is - Offer maximum points bonuses on your new driver thinking it was win bonuses that you were offering for. Now, you can either win or podium, or score points and lose a lot of money :P
The very dumb way to waste money is to listen to Kai's advice and follow it.
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