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No abbreviated names on cars?

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Hey guys just a quick question 
Is there any reason the player can’t have there abbreviated name on the cars? For example Renault has HUL and Mclaren has ALO just wondering if there’s a reason players names won’t show thanks

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ma77yy97 said:
Hey guys just a quick question 
Is there any reason the player can’t have there abbreviated name on the cars? For example Renault has HUL and Mclaren has ALO just wondering if there’s a reason players names won’t show thanks
Asked and answered. No.

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Hi @ma77yy97, it's because of licensing restrictions that the player's initials aren't on their car.

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So the only reason we have our abbreviated name is because of the pitboards? Which you can hardly see let alone read.... :/

EDIT: Just can't understand it, we can have our personal number but not our name? Once again, half work is delivered -.- (not blaming CM, i'm blaming the situation)

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So the only reason we have our abbreviated name is because of the pitboards? Which you can hardly see let alone read.... :/

EDIT: Just can't understand it, we can have our personal number but not our name? Once again, half work is delivered -.- (not blaming CM, i'm blaming the situation)
FOM and the FIA are idiots. That's just how it is, sadly.

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CmRachel said:
Hi @ma77yy97, it's because of licensing restrictions that the player's initials aren't on their car.
I'm not inclined to take this as truth. Otherwise by the same token, changing the numbers to personalised ones wouldn't be permitted either. I challenge you to provide the written proof, which you probably cannot due to NDA. An extract would probably suffice and not be a breach.

Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, shame on you.

My theory is it is because of the texturing model, which is non-standard to discourage tampering and either the game engine suffers too much to implement it (think of the driver customisation bug last year) or the programmers simply can't do it; which would be unlikely as the full names appear on the garages also. Never seen a pitboard.

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