GPM2 2008 - The Manufacture Era

[Shadaza]

McLaren, Red Bull, Honda and Jordan need to confirm their third drivers, here are the drivers still available.


Fernando Alonso 15 Million - BMW
Kimi Raikkonen 15 Million
Michael Schumacher 15 Million
Lewis Hamilton 10 Million - Renault
Juan Pablo Montoya 9 Million - Jordan
Jenson Button 8 Million - McLaren
Felipe Massa 7 Million - McLaren
Jarno Trulli 6 Million - Ferrari
Nick Heidfeld 5 Million - Honda
Nico Rosberg 5 Million - Red Bull
Robert Kubica 4 Million - Prodrive
Mark Webber 4 Million - Renault
Rubens Barrichello 4 Million
Mika Hakkinen 4 Million - Toro Rosso
Giancarlo Fisichella 3.5 Million
Ralf Schumacher 3 Million - Prodrive
Jacques Villeneuve 3 Million - Ferrari
Heikki Kovalainen 3 Million - Williams
David Coulthard 2.5 Million - Jordan
Sebastian Vettel 2 Million - Williams
Nelson Piquet 2 Million
Sebastien Bourdais 2 Million - Force India
Timo Glock 2 Million - Super Aguri
Adrian Sutil 1.5 Million - Toro Rosso
Vitantonio Liuzzi 1.5 Million
Pedro de la Rosa 1.5 Million - BMW
Giorgio Pantano 1.5 Million
Valentino Rossi 1.5 Million
Luca Badoer 1 Million
Alex Wurz 1 Million
Christian Klien 1 Million - BMW
Marc Gene 1 Million
Dario Franchitti 1 Million
Bruno Junqueira 1 Million
Scott Speed 1 Million
Luca Fillippi 0.9 Million
Neel Jani 0.9 Million
Justin Wilson 0.8 Million
Antonio Pizzonia 0.75 Million
Marko Asmer 0.75 Million
Paul di Resta 0.75 Million
Anthony Davidson 0.75 Million - Toro Rosso
Robert Doornbos 0.75 Million
Romain Grosjean 0.7 Million - Renault
Scott Dixon 0.7 Million - Williams
Sebastien Buemi 0.6 Million - McLaren
Markus Winkelhock 0.6 Million
Lucas di Grassi 0.5 Million
Graham Rahal 0.5 Million
Nico Hulkeberg 0.5 Million - Force India
Giedo van der Garde 0.5 Million
Jos Verstappen 0.5 Million - Prodrive
Adrian Valles 0.5 Million
Ryan Briscoe 0.5 Million
Tiago Monteiro 0.5 Million
Danica Patrick 0.5 Million
Bruno Senna 0.4 Million - Honda
Gary Paffet 0.4 Million
Sam Hornish Jnr 0.4 Million
Roldan Rodriquez 0.4 Million
Kamui Kobayashi 0.4 Million - Super Aguri
Michael Ammermuller 0.4 Million
Jerome d'Ambrosio 0.4 Million
Robbie Kerr 0.3 Million
Javier Villa 0.25 Million
Mike Conway 0.25 Million
Alexandre Premat 0.25 Million
James Rossiter 0.2 Million
Tarso Marques 0.2 Million
Brendon Hartley 0.2 Million
James Rossiter 0.2 Million
Alvaro Parente 0.1 Million
Karun Chandhok 0.1 Million Ferrari

Pastor Maldonado -0.3 Million
Sakon Yamamoto -0,75 Million - Honda
Christian Albers -0.75 Million
Kazuki Nakajima -1.5 Million - Super Aguri
Takuma Sato -2 Million - Force India
Narain Karthikeyan -4 Million

Bonus:

Aj Allmendinger 1.1 Million - Red Bull


Whilst Toyota F1 Idol standings are:


Kimi Raikkonen 7
Michael Schumacher 3
Narain Karthikeyan 2
Alex Wurz 1
Alexandre Premat 1

[FMecha]

We'll pick Bruno Senna as our third driver.

[Wallio]

Jungle Boy was a fabulous tester. Let's nab him for Jordan.

[Collieafc]

McLaren pick Seb Buemi as their 3rd driver

[Londoner]

Red Bull will pick Nico Hulkenberg as their third driver.

[Shadaza]

Red Bull will pick Nico Hulkenberg as their third driver.

Opps, I forgot to update that Force India already picked him, i'm afraid you have to chose another.

[Londoner]

Red Bull will pick Nico Hulkenberg as their third driver.

Opps, I forgot to update that Force India already picked him, i'm afraid you have to chose another.

Fack de Migel.

We'll pick Giedo Van Der Garde as our third driver.

[Shadaza]

The Final results of Toyota F1 Idol are:

Driver 1, Defending World Champion Kimi Raikkonen

Driver 2, 7 Time World Champion, back from retirement, Michael Schumacher

Test Driver: Former Jordan driver, Narain Karthikeyan

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First number is budget, I'll also note the gains, but mostly losses, between each round.
Car weight is important for pace, the min limit is 600kg, no one will be anywhere near it at any stage of this contest.

EMS is IMPORTANT. A bug in this game means running driver aids higher than you ems level will cause your cars to DNF.

Fuel Tank: The percent shows how far a car can go into a race on one full tank of fuel. Anything less than 60% (I mean you could try 50% I guess) means you must stop at least twice per race. One stop strategies are rarely that good in this game.




Ferrari - 30,000,000 - Klon
Drivers: Jacques Villeneuve, Karun Chandhok, Jarno Trulli

Car Weight: 664 KG
EMS: Level 3
Fuel Tank 40%


McLaren - 25,000,000 - Collieafc
Fellipe Massa - Jenson Button - Sebastien Buemi

Car Weight: 663kg
EMS Level 3
Fuel Tank 40%

Renault - 30,000,000 - Novitopoli
Drivers: Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber, Romain Grosjean
Car Weight: 654 KG
EMS Level 2
Fuel Tank 40%

BMW Sauber - 30,000,000 - peteroli
Drivers: Fernando Alonso, Christian Klien, Pedro de la Rosa
Car Weight: 647 KG
EMS level 1
Fuel Tank 40%

Red Bull - Renault - 20,000,000 - East Londoner
Drivers: Nico Rosberg, AJ Allmendinger, Giedo van der Garde
Car Weight 657 KG
EMS level 1
Fuel tank 40%

Toyota - 30,000,000 - THE AI
Drivers Kimi Raikkonen, Michael Schumacher, Narain Karthikeyan
658 KG
EMS Level 1

Toro Rosso - Ferrari - 20,000,000 - Normal32
Mika Hakkinen, Anthony Davidson, Adrian Sutil
Weight: 665 KG
EMS Level 4
Fuel Tank 50%

Williams - BMW 20,000,000 - Wizzie
Sebastien Vettel, Heikki Kovalainen, Scott Dixon
Weight 649 KG
EMS Level 3
Fuel Tank 90%

Force India -Ferrari - 20,000,000 - Miguel98
Sebastien Bourdais, Takuma Sato, Nico Hulkenberg
Weight: 665
EMS Level 3
Fuel Tank: 70%

Honda - 30,000,000 - Fmecha

Nick Heidfeld, Sakon Yamamoto, Bruno Senna
Weight 664 KG
EMS Level 5
Fuel Tank: 60%

[b]Super Aguri - Toyota - 20,000,000 - Ataxia
Timo Glock, Kazuki Nakajima, Kamui Kobayashi
Weight 647 KG
EMS Level 5
Fuel Tank 40%

Prodrive - Mercedes - 20,000,000 - Biscione
Robert Kubica, Ralf Schumacher, Jos Verstappen
Weight 669 KG
EMS Level 1
Fuel Tank 80%


Jordan - Chevrolet 20,000,000 - Wallio
Juan Montoya, David Coulthard, Antonio Pizzonia
Weight 675 KG
EMS level 5
Fuel Tank 40%

This will be the updated summary after every race.

[Shadaza]

First thing I'm going to go over is staff numbers. Staff are split into the following regions:

Design, Engineering, Mechanics and Commercial.

The first three are the stages needed to develop parts, get the car ready, get driver aids and design the car for next season (This must be done, even if the game can only handle one season, I hope to try for more.) The last is commercial which is strictly for sponsors. The better your team reputation and commercial department the more chance you have at attracting big sponsors (Will cover soon.)

Here are the base numbers for each team. I will use the following abbreviations for Staff:
E = Excellent, VG = Very Good, G = Good, A = Average, T = Trainee

You can have a max of 50 staff per talent band, so in theory 250 staff per department.

Design
E= $75,000, VG=69,000 ,G=63,000 A= 57,000 T= 51,000
Here are the design heads:
Ferrari
E10, VG10, G10, A6. cost = 2.912 Million Per Season

McLaren
E5 . Cost = 0.755 Million

Renault
E10, VG10, G10. = 2.530 Million

BMW
E10, VG10, G2 = 1.946 Million

Red Bull
E10 , VG10, G10, A10, T2 = 3.242 Million

Toro Rosso
E10 , VG4 = 1,406 Million

Williams
E4 = 0.760 Million

Force India
E9 = 1.015 Million

Honda
E6 0.750 Million

Super Aguri
E7 = 0.745 Million

Prodrive
E10, VG10, G10, A10 = 3.100 Million

Jordan
T1 = 0.071 Million (You may wanna beef this up a bit.)

Engineers
E=40,000 VG =35,000, G=30,000 A=25,000 T=20,000


Ferrari
E10, VG10, G10, A10, T2 = 1.403 Million

McLaren
E10, VG10, G10, A10, T4 - 1.445 Million

Renault
E10, VG10, G10, A10, T9 = 1.545 Million

BMW
E10 VG8 = 0.739 Million

Red Bull
E10, VG6 - 0.689 Million

Toro Rosso
E7 = 0.339 Million

Williams
E10, VG1 = 0.498 Million

Force India
E6 = 0.297 Million

Honda
E9 = 0.415 Million

Super Aguri
E5 = 0.251 Million

ProDrive
E6 = 0.299 Million

Jordan
E6 = 0.303 Million

Mechanics

E: 35,000, VG: 30,000, G: 25,000 A: 20,000 T: 15,000

This department is important especially for car set up, too few and your car may not be set up properly for the races.
Ferrari
E10 VG10 G10 A10 T3 = 1.198 Million

McLaren
E10 VG10 G10 A10 T6 = 1.245 Million

Renault
E10 VG10 G10 A6 = 1.075 Million

BMW
E10, VG10 G8 = 0.899 Million

Red Bull
E10, VG10, G3 = 0.744 Million

Toro Rosso
E6 = 0.257 Million

Williams
E10, VG10, = 0.703 Million

Force India
E7 = 0.292 Million

Honda
E6 = 0.255 Million

Super Aguri
E5 = 0.216 Million

Prodrive
E4 = 0.189 Million

Jordan
E5 = 0.228 Million

I will cover Commerical soon. If unsure about staff, just leave it (though the smaller teams should hire sooner rather than latter) After each race you get a progress report on development and you will see if you are behind or ahead of where you want to be.

[Ataxia]

What's the process for signing new department heads? Can we do that?

[Shadaza]

What's the process for signing new department heads? Can we do that?

I'd rather that wait until the end of the season, you can only sign then for next season anyways.

[Klon]

First things first:
For all departments, the "Average" employees get the boot.
In the design department, they are replaced by 9 trainees.
In the engineering department, the very good employees also get released and 7 more trainees are added.
In the mechanics department, they are replaced by additional 6 trainees.

[Normal32]

STR will add two of each other category not covered yet in all areas.

We will also like to have the best parts possible in the car, if possible

[Miguel98]

Force India will fire everyone in the bottom tier of employees, replacing all of them with trainees. (only 1 to 1/2 stars to be fired).

[FMecha]

We'll just add 5 more good staff (each) to both engineers, designers, and mechanics

[Ataxia]

Super Aguri are going on a recruitment drive. We would like to add the following to our departments

Design: 8E, 10VG, 5T
Engineers: 10E, 10VG, 5T
Mechanics: 10E, 10VG

[TomWazzleshaw]

Williams will make the necessary hirings and firings to end up with the following final staff levels:

Designers: E30
Engineers: E30
Mechanics: E20

Also, we'll change our fuel tanks to 40% for the two race cars (Vettel and Kovalainen), and if allowed, we'll break into Super Aguri, Honda and Jordan to nick their EMS

[DemocalypseNow]

we'll break into Super Aguri, Honda and Jordan to nick their EMS

Prodrive will do this too - but put Jordan 2nd in the list and Honda last.

[Shadaza]

Williams will make the necessary hirings and firings to end up with the following final staff levels:

Designers: E30
Engineers: E30
Mechanics: E20

Also, we'll change our fuel tanks to 40% for the two race cars (Vettel and Kovalainen), and if allowed, we'll break into Super Aguri, Honda and Jordan to nick their EMS

I'll do the break in, I will expalin this in further detail soon for those that don't know.

[Collieafc]

McLaren

We would like to rotate resources and recruit. So our final resources look like this:
Design: E20 VG20 T10
Engineering: E12 VG8, G10, T5
Mechanics: E12 VG10 T6

[Klon]

We are already doing break-ins? Then lets send some of the Italian Armed Forces to raid either Renault or McLaren.

Also, if possible, I'd like to start working on an in-house front wing. Set the times for all of my staff as follows:
Main Job 100 - R&D 0

[Wallio]

I'll do the break in, I will expalin this in further detail soon for those that don't know.

Wait, what? This is actually a thing? Not just a silly joke? WTF kind of game is this?

And before I update staff can I get a current budget?

[DemocalypseNow]

Wait, what? This is actually a thing? Not just a silly joke? WTF kind of game is this?

Only the best management simulator ever. After all, what is there more of in Formula 1; chicanes, or chicanery?

[Londoner]

Red Bull will hire and fire staff as such until we reach E20 for all three bands.

We'll also plunder Honda, Super Aguri and Force India in that order, mostly for the EMS, but we'll take anything of use.

[Normal32]

Toro Rosso will sneak into Super Aguri, Renault and Red Bull, in order to steal anything EMS and anything that may surpass us on perfomance.

To counterattack, we will contract the best security possible

[novitopoli]

We'll try to sneak into Jordan, Super Aguri and Honda for their EMS.

[Peteroli34]

BMW will break into Toro Rosso and steal their EMS and anything else performance wise. We will also break into Prodrive and nick their fuel tank and anything else we can take.

In order to protect our factory we want to lay a minefield and post snipers on the roof and a couple of Main Battle Tanks in reserve

[Shadaza]

Well I was going to do Commercial next, but break ins are more fun! So I will cover the RnD section now.

First Driver aids:



Only Semi Automatic Gears is legal for the first season, but you can develop and run any of them and if you are feeling brave put them on the car! There is a chance you won't get caught!



Next comes car development, I want to make it 100% clear I want all teams to have finished their 2009 car by season's end. I'm hoping the game will be stable for a season 2, if not I will still run a 2nd season and will penalise anyone that didn't complete their car anyway!

You can set the focus on car development or RND, as you can see. I will give progress updates for every team after each race. There are 16 races in the season so to get the car complete in time you need to complete at least 6-7% of the car between each race. You can adjust the slider now if you wish, but it may be best to wait until after the first race to see in how much trouble your team is!



And finally the fun part! Stealing. Not pictured here are Williams who cost 40,000 to steal from.

The cost band indicates the level of security with the higher teams harder to break into! Once in you have the option of stealing or trading. By default I will steal, but if the game gives me the "uh oh" warning I will trade instead.

Now what I will do is break in and tell you what that team does better than you and unless you said what you were after before, I will steal the highest value part.

You can attempt to break into as many teams as you want, but you can only steal from one team between each race.

Williams: All break in attempts Fail.

Prodrive: All break in attempts Fail.

Ferrari: All break in attempts Fail. (I did start the wing development, more on that later)

Red Bull: Successfully break into Super Aguri. You find the Gearbox, cooling, EMS, sidepods and airbox are all better. You can't steal the EMS, so you swap it for your Vanes design. Your EMS is now LEVEL 5.

Toro Rosso: You can't change security for season 1, but I will open it for season 2 in the second half of the season. You break into SuperAguri and find their Gearbox, EMS, Sidepods and Vanes (Hue) are better. You steal their EMS successfully. EMS now level 5.

Renault: You break into Super Aguri and find their Gearbox, EMS, Cooling, Sidepods and Vanes are better. You steal their EMS! EMS now level 5.

BMW: You do break into Prodrive, but anyone can have any size fuel tank, you don't need to steal that! But whilst you are there, you notice that Prodrive have better Cooling Systems, Suspension, Rear Wing and Vanes.
So you steal their suspension (It is slightly more expensive than the Rear Wing.)

[TomWazzleshaw]

Well, bathplug.

In that case, Williams will break into Toro Rosso and start development on a Semi-Automatic gearbox

[Shadaza]

Well, bathplug.

In that case, Williams will break into Toro Rosso and start development on a Semi-Automatic gearbox

You fail to break into Toro Rosso. But Semi-Auto Gears are now being developed!

[Collieafc]

McLaren will attempt to break into Williams, Red Bull and Toyota, in that order. Where possible, we will go for EMS but if it is of a lesser standard to ours then just the highest rated part

[Shadaza]

McLaren will attempt to break into Williams, Red Bull and Toyota, in that order. Where possible, we will go for EMS but if it is of a lesser standard to ours then just the highest rated part

All attempts fail unfortunately.


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Here is one additional point, if you wish you can cancel your security contract. You may think, "but Shadaza, why would I do that?!?"

Well if a team breaks into your base and fails to steal, they trade parts and that means you can get a performance boost!

[FMecha]

We'll break in to Toyota and Force India.

[Ataxia]

We're just whoring out our EMS, aren't we?

Super Aguri will begin to develop a semi-auto gearbox, and would like to break into Williams and Red Bull to steal any parts with a higher rating.

[Miguel98]

We decide to focus 90/10 on car development.

[Wallio]

I don't understand any of this to be honest (It's 2009, how des no one have a semi-auto box?)

But I guess Jordan will split our development money between next years car and the semi-auto box everyone forgot how to build.

And for security, we contact a group of shady Russians and buy a dirty bomb and irradiate "Formula One Row" where all your factories (Except ours!) are located. I win.

That's how you play this silly game isn't it?

[Peteroli34]

BMW will start to develop a Semi Auto gear box

[Normal32]

STR will start developing 50/50 of the following driver aids:

Advanced Steering
Semi-Auto Gears

[Londoner]

Red Bull will set their development rate to 85/15 in favour of next season's car.

We'll also begin to develop our Semi Auto gearbox.

[Miguel98]

Force India will change it's plans: we'll set it to 80/20 and develop an semi-automatic gearbox