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What's the state of the teammate bug?

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I've bought F1 2017 some days ago using the Steam discount and the free weekend. I've read in the past a lot about the teammate bug and that's why I never bought this game earlier. Now that I have it, I've started a career with Red Bull with Ricciardo as my teammate and I wonder what's the state of the teammate bug. What do I have to do to mitigate its effect? Can I just upgrade aero and chassis and ignore engine upgrades as long as possible till the end?

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First of all, wasn't the teammate bug only for the McLaren? Second of all, has someone actually been able to confirm it exists after a patch was done to fix the McLaren engine upgrades? I haven't been paying attention really.

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The bug was only very noticeable with McLaren. Codemasters upgraded their starting engine power to mitigate its effects.

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Basically, engine upgrades only apply to the player, while aero upgrades apply to both, but AI can usually extract more out of it. So if you feel your teammate is a falling behind, give some aero or chassis upgrades. If you are falling behind get some engine upgrades. It applies to every team, but the Honda engine’s weakness meant it was most noticeable there. Now they’ve boosted the base Honda to like Renault level, so with drag reduction, the AI teammate can actually overtake now.

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I've been playing F1 2017 for little time, but i think that Mclaren (or HONDA) is far superior in the game than it actually was last year's season. While i can't speak for myself (as i still haven't found a AI dificult level that suits me, still adapting and learning the tracks and raising the level almost each race i do), Alonso is pacing much better than he did last year, so, although not perfect, of course, this tweak gives alonso a strong boost.
BTW, loving the game, so far...

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Ok, thank you guys, I will do as pijin said, gonna start with aero and chassis upgrades and if Ricciardo becomes too fast for me I'll upgrade the engine too and so on.
Again, thank you very much for the replies.

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