Xbox patch 1.02 My team confusion

[Samiainen 3]

I started my team at early-release with 1.01 version, on 7th of july. The car was pretty awful, especially front downforce was very bad, as the car was like a truck on corners and did not want to turn. I thought ok, the car is **** and we need to upgrade it. I started upgrades, and all the upgrades were showing only minor progress in the performance screen against other teams. Then the 1.02 patch came, and the performance of my team skyrocketed to mid tier. I thought it was a bug and was very confused, I also had the team acclaim dropping after every sessions for reason, except after season ended and it got higher (I just simulated races, because I did not want to make an effort in my team with bugs and stuff).

 

I started my team again, and to my surprise, the car was a lot better bare bone as in patch 1.01. Some people speculated that downforce has been increased is in some patch (no clarity on which one). The downforce is so good, and maybe the handling is easier than in 2019, that I have increased difficulty from 90 to 105. I think the difficulty in race is fine, as I finish p12-p16, but I can't complete the qualifying challenge in practice program, this is fine I guess, but all other practice programs are achievable. 

Upgrades give a lot more rating in the performance rating screen against other teams, as in 1.01. In 1.01 the upgrades only gave a really small boost, as in 1.02 the boost from just a minor upgrade is a lot more in overall performance, in performance screen. Also the car is a lot better from the start, atleast downforce wise. In 1.01 the car would not turn, and straight line speed was ****, whereas in 1.02 its a lot closer to alfa tauri and alfa romeo and more manageable in the corners. When I re-started my team, the car was better in performance than williams and haas, and quite close to alfa romeo.

 

I wanted to make this post, so that it would give some clarity with the current situation on xbox. I suggest to start my team again, to get some more clear understanding of the performance of the car. In 1.01 I thought it would be a longer road to midfield (which was actually quite nice) than in 1.02.

 

I simmed my first my team career to next season, and it was disappointing to see, all the engine manufacturers were 100 on performance and durability, except honda, which was 96 on both. I was hoping it would randomize the performance in some way, or possibly reset the upgrades, so that it would the baseline + whatever upgrades you invested in the engine department. Now it did not make any sense to pay more for merc or ferrari, as renault and honda were cheaper with the same stats, or very close.

[substyler 11]

Fantastic Post thank you. A lot of confusion about Patch 1.02. I will Start an New my Team now. Stopped playing my old one after dropping down from Team Level 25 to 21