(Static) Driver Ability

[JayDee95 0]

First of all, is driver ability programmed in the game for the AI? For example, will Wehrlein perform better than Haryanto in most races if they're on the same difficulty? 

Secondly, if such a thing is programmed into the game, is it possible for it to fluctuate in career mode? For example, if I take Sauber and progress them to have the best car performance, will the game become easy due to my only opposition being a poor Ericsson/Nasr? Will Jenson Button still be remarkably good aged 46?

I can see this becoming an issue in some people's career mode experiences if they wish to stay with the same team.

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JayDee95 said:

First of all, is driver ability programmed in the game for the AI? For example, will Wehrlein perform better than Haryanto in most races if they're on the same difficulty? 

Secondly, if such a thing is programmed into the game, is it possible for it to fluctuate in career mode? For example, if I take Sauber and progress them to have the best car performance, will the game become easy due to my only opposition being a poor Ericsson/Nasr? Will Jenson Button still be remarkably good aged 46?

I can see this becoming an issue in some people's career mode experiences if they wish to stay with the same team.

Its different each seasson. In F1 2015 you could see Kimi for example having a great seasson and he was fighting for the title with one of the Mercs. But in another seasson he was far back (around 7th) and Vettel was on top. From the preview build we see that the Mercs arent as op as in real life but they are fighting likes of Ferrari, RedBull and even Williams for top spots which makes game more enjoyable for sure...Mid and low tier AI are more consistent tho..

Secondly, yes it will be easier when you fully upgrade your car but be aware that as you progress so does ai so it will probably take couple of season to get sauber to the top atleast i hope it wont be too easy. Talking about difficulty, that wont be an issue i think. What we can see from youtube videos is that ultimate AI are op as hell so i wish you very good luck beating them even with fully upgraded Sauber. And age wont take any role in this. You will play 10 season 2016s.  

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I imagine it takes current and previous form into account so yes Wehrlein will usually be ahead of Haryanto and such. And yes, Nasr would be easier to beat than Button in fully upgraded Sauber/Mclaren respectively. I don't get why age is being brought into it all of a sudden though. Schumacher would have been 49 after 7 seasons in 2010, Hamilton will be 41 in season 10 of 2016. The age would only matter if drivers could move around and there was more than the 22 in the game. To be honest, I'm glad the drivers stay the same and age is accounted for. Would only make things more complicated and I'd rather race against Alonso/Button/Raikkonen for 10 seasons than Billy Nobody.