Realistic Driver Ratings v4.0

+ Daniel Ricciardo stats estimated
+ Big Oscar Piastri buff

(I'm not sure whether adding in this backup will automatically replace Nyck De Vries with Daniel Ricciardo for you, but if not, you can do it manually. However Daniel's stats have been brought into line with the rest of the field regarding Personnel Tiers. He may seem overpowered from the Driver Market menu, but that is because AlphaTauri are only Tier 1 in the Personnel Department)

Work in Progress: Season 2 stats. Teams will likely hit Tier 2 and Tier 3 Personnel by this time. So will reduce all drivers to sub 85 rating to suit. Release time TBC.

IF DANIEL RICCIARDO ISN'T AUTOMATICALLY SWAPPED IN FOR NYCK DEVRIES, FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
- Open the Toolbox
- Transfer Nyck De Vries out for a random Free Agent:

- Use the DriverID Swap to transfer the Free Agent with Daniel Ricciardo:

This ensures that Daniel Ricciardo doesn't inherit Nyck De Vries race results and points. As a DriverID Transfer is a straight swap, and will inherit. Transferring them out for a Free Agent first stops that from happening, as a normal transfer does not inherit results.

If you want a more realistic start to your career, this is the version for you.

It updates the Driver Ratings based on the Teams Personnel Department Tiers. For example, Tier 1 Personnel teams (Williams, Alfa Romeo, Haas, Aston Martin, AlphaTauri etc.) provide +5 to each stat for their drivers. Whereas McLaren, Mercedes, Red Bull etc. are Tier 2, which provide +10 to each.

This makes the top drivers stats pointless. As Hamilton, Russell, Verstappen, LeClerc will all be 98+ Rated.

It also means Albon, Alonso and others much weaker as drivers, as they have 5 less attributes than the drivers at Ferrari or Red Bull for example.

What this version does is take those upgraded personnel tiers into the equation and alters the driver stats accordingly. This does mean that come Season 2/3 we may need to adjust the ratings to accomodate for all teams reaching Tier 3 (+15 to all stats), meaning that 85 is the new 100. (85 + 15 = 100)

You can also ignore the Overall on the Drivers Market, as those figures are not what the drivers stats actually are, because that doesnt take the Personnel Tiers into equation.

Here is a photo of the actual driver ratings:

And here is what you will see in the Driver Market:

And here is the result from my first qualifying session using this:

Couple of other tweaks I made:
- Oscar Piastri levels up very fast. I am now on race 8 and he is 87 Rated. Currently this caps to be roughly the same rating as Norris by the end of Season 1, but may tweak that depending on his performances in real life.
- Lewis Hamilton starts of quite low to simulate Mercedes' poor start to the year. But come the middle of season 1 he grows to match that of Fernando Alonso.
- Albon is rated very highly to accomodate for his teams poor Personnel Tier. He will need adjusting come season 2 otherwise he will be overpowered as Williams upgrade facilities or if he changes to a top team.
- Nico Hulkenberg's Pace stat is quite high to simulate him doing well in qualifying, but his Racepace is lowered so he tends to tumble down the order throughout a race.

If you have any questions or feedback, please let me know in the Discussion Tab, thanks.

+ Max Verstappen
+ Lewis Hamilton
+ Charles LeClerc
+ Carlos Sainz
+ Lando Norris
+ George Russell
+ Valterri Bottas

- Fernando Alonso
- Esteban Ocon
- Pierre Gasly
- Kevin Magnussen
- Guanyu Zhou
- Lance Stroll