1979 Classic GP Manager

Steven Poirier · Mar 10, 2015

miki2000milos said:
but there won't be broadcasted races anyway, what's the point of making liveries?

its not for a game, it for dont know a driver line up sheet or qualification graphic like used when i did run gp4 game

TTupsi · Mar 10, 2015

miki2000milos said:
but there won't be broadcasted races anyway, what's the point of making liveries?

Well it's just a nice little visual that would make the grid for example look more pretty

I won't bother making any of them myself but if Steven is willing to do so, I'm more than happy to use them

e. Btw Milos, I love your avatar! That Arrows A2 is/was a beast with huge potential. It's a shame it never really worked out

Millsy24 · Mar 10, 2015

Tapio Rinneaho said:
Milos already tagged a few people but perhaps
@Millsy24

fancied giving this a try?

too busy at the moment :/
A levels

Milos · Mar 10, 2015

oldwolf said:
Renault!!

and not Wolf?

kedy89 · Mar 10, 2015

miki2000milos said:
and not Wolf?

A bit of F1 history: in their only 3 season they were pretty successful, 3 wins, in '77 2nd in the drivers' and 4th in the constructors' championship (with only one car!). Went downhill from then on though.

Milos · Mar 10, 2015

oh, it was suppose to be a pun because Old Wolf..

kedy89 · Mar 10, 2015

miki2000milos said:
oh, it was suppose to be a pun because Old Wolf..

I know, just mentioned it anyway

kedy89 · Mar 10, 2015

double post, sorry

@Tapio Rinneaho: might have missed it in the rules, but can teams exist longer than they actually did, e.g. Tyrrell after 1998?

TTupsi · Mar 10, 2015

kedy89 said:
double post, sorry

@Tapio Rinneaho: might have missed it in the rules, but can teams exist longer than they actually did, e.g. Tyrrell after 1998?

Yes. I thought it was so obviously implied that I didn't include it anywhere. Wouldn't make any sense to pick Kauhsen for example, wouldn't it

Will add it now though.

kedy89 · Mar 10, 2015

Tapio Rinneaho said:
Yes. I thought it was so obviously implied that I didn't include it anywhere. Wouldn't make any sense to pick Kauhsen for example, wouldn't it

Will add it now though.

Had hoped for this answer

TTupsi · Mar 10, 2015

Brainfart, lol

kedy89 · Mar 10, 2015

Tapio Rinneaho said:
Wouldn't make any sense to pick teams like Wolf or Kauhsen, wouldn't it?

Of course not, but I wanted to make sure

Will be interesting to see how things develop, and which teams that were in F1 will never make it in this game. So excited for this

TTupsi · Mar 10, 2015

kedy89 said:
Of course not, but I wanted to make sure

Will be interesting to see how things develop, and which teams that were in F1 will never make it in this game. So excited for this

That is exactly why I wanted to make a game like this. Because alternative history is just so fascinating

And it's even more interesting to see which drivers rise to the top. Of course the Sennas and the Prosts will be good and the Gachots and Deletraz' not so good but what about those countless lost talents...

I should probably tell about the drivers a bit too. I've played a lot of Football Manager down the years and I have pretty much copied the CA/PA system from FM. Each driver has a randomised fixed Potential Ability value that indicates the maximum ability a driver can reach in his career. CA is the Current Ability that either increases/decreases as explained in the second post:
"Driver attributes are updated after ever season. There are multiple things that effect the increase/decrease including age, motivation, general performance during the season and performance against team-mate. To put it shortly, the better a driver performs, the more his skill will increase and vice versa."

First few seasons we won't probably see many bizarre results but who knows what the championship might look like 5-10 years from now?

e. What I really try to imply here is that managers watched more the driver's results and performance in this game rather than their name and results in real life. An average driver irl might well be a champhionship contender here with a bit of luck.

Milos · Mar 10, 2015

Max Chilton ftw.

Milos · Mar 10, 2015

come on people, I know I can't sign him until 2013. Why do you keep killing my puns today?

kedy89 · Mar 10, 2015

miki2000milos said:
come on people, I know I can't sign him until 2013. Why do you keep killing my puns today?

No puns today!

Diehl · Mar 11, 2015

Oh boy, I don't know any of these teams... Let me search.
I choose Rebaque.
~~Mexico!~~

Jimlaad43 · Mar 11, 2015

How will the races work? Will it be done on a race-by-race state? So like most of the games: Race then buy stuff. Next race etc. Or will it be done in clumps? So for example, for the flyaways at the start and end, no upgrades can be made, but massive ones happen when we return to Europe?

Just some ideas.

TTupsi · Mar 11, 2015

Jimlaad43 said:
How will the races work? Will it be done on a race-by-race state? So like most of the games: Race then buy stuff. Next race etc. Or will it be done in clumps? So for example, for the flyaways at the start and end, no upgrades can be made, but massive ones happen when we return to Europe?

Just some ideas.

That is actually a nice idea. I had initially thought to do it race-by-race but that would actually make sense, and most importantly, it would perhaps increase the realism. I will think about it.

IMPORTANT NOTE! The deadline for sign-ups is moved from Friday night to Friday morning 06:00 GMT. Teams will receive their sponsor offers around the same time.

Jimlaad43 · Mar 11, 2015

Tapio Rinneaho said:
That is actually a nice idea. I had initially thought to do it race-by-race but that would actually make sense, and most importantly, it would perhaps increase the realism. I will think about it.

IMPORTANT NOTE! The deadline for sign-ups is moved from Friday night to Friday morning 06:00 GMT. Teams will receive their sponsor offers around the same time.

Plus it'll make the years move quicker, or it'll take ages to reach new years.