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I'm currently nearing the end of my first season in F1 17 driving with Renault. So far I've spent 90% of my R&D on durability upgrades, but as I'm heading into the second season I'm looking to improve the car's overall performance. 

Anyone have any advice on what I should focus on with my R&D for Renault. What's a must have, what can I live without? 

My performance goal is to increase my top speed in long straights to keep up with the faster cars, but without hurting my cornering ability. I've noticed a few of my powertrain upgrades made the car a little quicker, but more unstable. 

Thanks for the help! 

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DayvJonez said:
I'm currently nearing the end of my first season in F1 17 driving with Renault. So far I've spent 90% of my R&D on durability upgrades, but as I'm heading into the second season I'm looking to improve the car's overall performance. 

Anyone have any advice on what I should focus on with my R&D for Renault. What's a must have, what can I live without? 

My performance goal is to increase my top speed in long straights to keep up with the faster cars, but without hurting my cornering ability. I've noticed a few of my powertrain upgrades made the car a little quicker, but more unstable. 

Thanks for the help! 

For me personally I generally look at the performance charts and how the car has performed in the races and practice sessions I have done and then decide on where it is weakest and make that the priority but of course everyone has their own ideas. But that's generally how I've gone about it in my careers so far.

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Thanks for the tip. I wasn't aware you could look at charts from past races. I thought it was only in the practice sessions. Perhaps it's just cause I'm still in S1 and haven't returned to any tracks I've raced yet. 

I too look at the comparative chart in the R&D menu but that also changes after upgrades are equipped. I'm guessing that focusing on powertrain while adding a couple things here and there to the chassis and aerodynamics ought to be the best. I just don't want to be driving an overpowered brick if you know what I mean. 

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I’d say aero all the way. Drag and downforce upgrades can get you pretty far. Plus they make your teammate more competitive which spices things up. Also chassis weight and tire wear upgrades are also great.  Engine upgrades reduce your teammates competitiveness, which imo makes it a little less exciting

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DayvJonez said:
I'm currently nearing the end of my first season in F1 17 driving with Renault. So far I've spent 90% of my R&D on durability upgrades, but as I'm heading into the second season I'm looking to improve the car's overall performance. 

Anyone have any advice on what I should focus on with my R&D for Renault. What's a must have, what can I live without? 

My performance goal is to increase my top speed in long straights to keep up with the faster cars, but without hurting my cornering ability. I've noticed a few of my powertrain upgrades made the car a little quicker, but more unstable. 

Thanks for the help! 
For me after starting a new career mode with Renault, after doing the first 10 races, I can keep up with Red Bull down the straights just lose ground to them in the corners. Based off my previous career mode with Ferrari, I didn't really gain that much with a stronger powertrain, I've found that I was shaving more time off with chassis and aero upgrades due to being able to go through the corners much quicker resulting in a higher exit speed. 

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The way I do it in my second career is:

I drive Mclaren so I know 1 thing: the engine is bad(understatement :p ) and durability is awful.

so I focussed on the engine. 

First of all when developping a group, make sure you invest first in efficiency! Takes a lot of points but in the end it’s cheaper because the ultimates are half price.  So first I focussed on Powertrain. 2 upgrades on quality control is enough. Sometimes an upgrade fails but less.

Also used points for durability on ICE (all 3), MGU-K (all 3) MGU-H (1) and 1 on geabox. That’s it.

after that I focussed on Aero, same way as the powertrain. Full efficiency, 2 quality control.

as of now I’m in season 4 in Canada, have the efficiency brance of chassis almost done, need 2 quality control and can start working on that. 

I think around or in season 6 I’m completely done.

hopefully this helps?

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If you want to do all 3 groups, make sure you have at least all the efficiencies maxed out. If not, doing cross development will be super expensive.that’s why I take 1 group at a time, upgrading the engine is not only power, it’s also fuel efficiency upgrades. for aero its front, rear, drs, drag and chassis is weight reduction, weight redistribution and tyre wear.

my advice is the same, 1 group at a time, just look at what group your team is the worst and start there. 

I’m almost done in season 4, and have engine and aero fully done, and chassis already 6 or 7 upgrades from which 2 also failed.

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