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Name: Mark Freeman
Age: 34
Town: Leicester
Skill: Terrible
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Team name: Seca Racing
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Date posted: Wednesday 21 July 2010 00:22
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Hello, I just signed up and not sure how to go about things, should I choose a "as new" team?
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DoakSim
Name: Daniel Robinson
Age: 25
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Skill: Superb
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Team name: DelkoSport
Team division: Division 3.2
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Date posted: Wednesday 21 July 2010 00:48
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Hi Mark - welcome to Pitwall! You've made a great start by not being afraid to ask questions - you'll go far! :)
An "As New" team is a team that had a manager before, but has been "reset" to a balance of 1,000,000, with no staff, driver or supplier contracts. This means that it's a blank slate for you to rename and build up from scratch - make the team your own!
All other teams are just as they were when their former manager resigned, with all their driver/staff/supplier contracts still in place - and all their money [or debts!] too. Unless you're confident you'll know what you're getting into, it's probably not worth the risk of taking on one of these teams, as you run the risk of having to deal with someone else's mistakes.
Plus, with teams that are not "As New", there'll always be the sense that your achievements are based on the success of your predecessor, not your own - with an As New team, everything you do will be your own successes [or failures]!
Hope that helps! |
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Name: Mark Freeman
Age: 34
Town: Leicester
Skill: Terrible
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Team name: Seca Racing
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Date posted: Wednesday 21 July 2010 01:35
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Thanks for that, much easier to choose now, as for questions...never learn if you dont ask :)
Any ideas on contracts as such and what I should do regarding them? |
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 DoakSim
Name: Daniel Robinson
Age: 25
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Skill: Superb
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Team name: DelkoSport
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Date posted: Wednesday 21 July 2010 01:56
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This is based purely on my own experience, but I'd urge caution for your first season, until you get more of an idea of what you can afford [once you've paid staff/development costs etc]. Sign Own Brand engines, fuel and brakes - they'll work perfectly fine for a new team's needs and they're free! You'll save so much money that you can use to setup your team and start working on development of the chassis, which is the key to long-term success.
It might be worth considering signing up for a Pointer tyre contract, though - it's 1,000,000 more than Own Brand's 0 cost, but tyre wear is going to be high this season and having more durable tyres will mean you can avoid having to do 4 pitstops for tyres at every race, saving you a chunk of time in the pitlane!
Come next season, when you've got a better idea of what/who you're up against in terms of income and competition from other teams, it might be worth considering more expensive contracts. But the general rule is that most teams in Division 4 won't need to spend millions and millions on contracts - it's more important to invest in developing your chassis! |
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Name: Mark Freeman
Age: 34
Town: Leicester
Skill: Terrible
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Team name: Seca Racing
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Date posted: Wednesday 21 July 2010 02:59
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| If I can I will focus on income and making a profit from sponsors before thinking about racing, to me that seems the most beneficial way of making sure I have a healthy profit line. |
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 Bouchard31
Name: Robbie Bouchard
Age: 29
Town: Vancouver
Skill: Superb
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Team name: Bouchard F1 Racing Team
Team division: Division 3.13
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Date posted: Wednesday 21 July 2010 08:57
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I will suggest that you try to sign some really bad free drivers for your team since you can sign then for free since most teams don't want them. This will buy you time while you wait to get your sponsorship in place.
Also buy the best commercial head since they pay for themselves over time. Also try to spend money on a major promotion of your new teams cars so that your sponsor happiness with increase right away to open up more income for the team.
Good luck !! |
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Name: Dan Silver
Age: 21
Town: pitwall.jezchat.com
Skill: Superb
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Team name: Jezchat Cosmos
Team division: Division 2.1
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Date posted: Wednesday 21 July 2010 09:07
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Mark - try reading the pitwall.jezchat.com manual (link as a starting point. It was written for people in exactly your situation, so hopefully will be a lot of use to you. If there's anything that you think is unclear or needs updating, feel free to let me know and others can benefit in the future.
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toybota
Name: Adam Eggbeer
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Town: Devon
Skill: Superb
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Team name: [GG] Team Destroyers
Team division: Division 2.3
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Date posted: Wednesday 21 July 2010 13:13
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| Racing helps to increase the sponsor happiness (especially finishing races) so I would recommend producing reliability parts. This can be found under development. If you want to set up rules so that these parts get automatically produced then you can do so if you go to the production rules link on the right hand side of the development page. Also, producing parts does not cost any money so I would just keep creating them. |
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Name: Eduardo Vasconcelos
Age: 18
Town: Funchal
Skill: Average
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Team name: Hawk Racing
Team division: Division 4.62
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Date posted: Wednesday 21 July 2010 15:23
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| A while back I asked something but I never got to read the reply, anyway if I test during this week and the next will my development speed increase? |
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toybota
Name: Adam Eggbeer
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Town: Devon
Skill: Superb
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Team name: [GG] Team Destroyers
Team division: Division 2.3
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Date posted: Wednesday 21 July 2010 16:00
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| It all depends on how much testing you do compared to others. If they do more testing, your parts will take a slight decrease, whereas if you do more, you will gain. |
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Alim
Name: Mark Freeman
Age: 34
Town: Leicester
Skill: Terrible
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Team name: Seca Racing
Team division: Division 4.64
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Date posted: Tuesday 27 July 2010 15:01
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| Right thanks for the help all, I have all sponsors signed and two drivers signed, so getting there slowly. |
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Name: McGrath G
Age: 40
Town: Stanwell Park is my home
Skill: Superb
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Team name: [10] Rapsow Racing
Team division: Division 3.8
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Date posted: Tuesday 27 July 2010 15:25
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Mark,
Div 4 means I would say go for Own brands for all contracts.. free and best. Save the car during the race, complete the race, get points, earn money and build the car and then think about expenditure. |
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 Bouchard31
Name: Robbie Bouchard
Age: 29
Town: Vancouver
Skill: Superb
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Team name: Bouchard F1 Racing Team
Team division: Division 3.13
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Date posted: Tuesday 27 July 2010 20:28
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| Save as much money as you can so that you can push your development week in and week out. |
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Alim
Name: Mark Freeman
Age: 34
Town: Leicester
Skill: Terrible
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Team name: Seca Racing
Team division: Division 4.64
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Date posted: Wednesday 28 July 2010 04:59
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| tyres is the only contract I havent gone OB on. |
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