Speed scaling through the year

[balliarno 2]

Hi everyone i'm new here but i have a question since im a noob compared to you guys. My question is that it seems to me that the R&D is weird or maybe im just bad at the game. At the start of the season i do ok against the AI but after that they just leave me in the dust even though my R&D is better and im developing my car at a much faster rate. Am i just bad or am i missing something. Thanks guys from Stefan Balliarno

[marioho 686]

Hey, Stefan!

Now that sounds odd. It would be easier if you could post a screenshot of your R&D screen. Depending on how you allocated your research you could end up with a better score on the chart than your actual performance on track would suggest, but the categories of R&D are so spread out that I think you would have to be really unlucky to pick all the unreasonable options there haha

 Are you able to dismiss the tracks as a factor? My favorite circuits - and consequently the ones I do better - for example are kind of in the middle and at the end of the calendar, so I keep my expectations on check when racing on tracks I'm poor at. Maybe you were outperforming your car at the beginning of the calendar and now are just suffering a bit more than you should by having to compete on unfavorable circuits for your style.

Would also be helpful to know if there are any aspects of the handling that you're struggling with. Maybe you think you're focusing your R&D to deal with those shortcomings when in reality there could be neglected categories that could help you more with that.

Edited September 10 by marioho

[balliarno 2]

Thanks for a clear and quick reply😀

24 minutes ago, marioho said:

Hey, Stefan!

Now that sounds odd. It would be easier if you could post a screenshot of your R&D screen. Depending on how you allocated your research you could end up with a better score on the chart than your actual performance on track would suggest, but the categories of R&D are so spread out that I think you would have to be really unlucky to pick all the unreasonable options there haha

 Are you able to dismiss the tracks as a factor? My favorite circuits - and consequently the ones I do better - for example are kind of in the middle and at the end of the calendar, so I keep my expectations on check when racing on tracks I'm poor at. Maybe you were outperforming your car at the beginning of the calendar and now are just suffering a bit more than you should by having to compete on unfavorable circuits for your style.

Would also be helpful to know if there are any aspects of the handling that you're struggling with. Maybe you think you're focusing your R&D to deal with those shortcomings when in reality there could be neglected categories that could help you more with that.