B-Spec Attitude Help

[dtn23]

Disclaimer: my apologies if a thread on this already exists, I searched for quite a while with the search function and couldnt find exactly what I'm looking for. If my failure with the search created a double thread, I'm sorry

I am currently level 20 in B-Spec and am looking to make 2 new drivers. I'm rather tired of my moderately cool bob failing to make passes and being in general a wuss. My slightly warm bob is much better with passing which got me wondering just how much their attitude affects their skill. Some help would be greatly appreciated

 

[Ripper_Rabbit]

Disclaimer: my apologies if a thread on this already exists, I searched for quite a while with the search function and couldnt find exactly what I'm looking for. If my failure with the search created a double thread, I'm sorry

I am currently level 20 in B-Spec and am looking to make 2 new drivers. I'm rather tired of my moderately cool bob failing to make passes and being in general a wuss. My slightly warm bob is much better with passing which got me wondering just how much their attitude affects their skill. Some help would be greatly appreciated

It seems the hotheads are better at passing, but more likely to make a mistake while the calm drivers are more relaxed, but less likely to make a mistake. try to hire a BOB that's in the middle.

 

[Villain]

I have 6 drivers and all three extremes: Hot, Cold, and Moderate.

The trend I found is that the "hotter" your driver is, the more quickly their pace bar will slide (either by your instruction, by being around cars, or by not being around other cars).

So my "hot" drivers react very quickly when I tell them to increase pace. The bar will fly up, and if they get near another car it goes faster even. At the same token, when my driver has a gap between cars and is left alone, the bar will also drop faster.

On the other hand, my "cold" driver has a very stable attitude. The pace bar moves very slowly--even with other cars around and instructions from me. If I tell this driver to Pace Up, then the bar will only move maybe 10% at a time, but stay longer before it begins to drop. The bar for the "hot" driver stops to slide down almost immediately after the instruction starts to fade.

The moderate driver is just like what you'd think, reacts slower than the hot driver, but faster than the cold driver.

PS - I prefer drivers who are "hot" because if they're in a race that requires me to babysit them, I can always just have them Pace Down on my command if they are driving a little recklessly. They also seem a bit more aggressive when it comes to passing, and I like that.

 

[dtn23]

Thanks guys. I seem to favor my warm driver too. He is only about 1/4 between neutral and hot so I may create a much hotter and a much colder so I have each for when I need them. I'm hitting that 20s grind wall now so I need something to do XD

 

[Villain]

Yeah, you really don't need your second driver until the races require it. I'm pretty sure that the first Endurance race - Grand Valley Speedway - will take a fresh driver from level 0 to level 11. If you have the Formula GT, it's fire-and-forget. You don't even need a pit strategy.

 

[tatfa]

Basically i use my hot heads on fast tracks *Daytona,Fuji* (they overtake on their own accord and pace well) , and my cool cucumbers on short twisty tracks*Tsukuba,Monaco* (they seem to handle and turn better more consistant etc) My medium i use on tracks like Rome,Deep Forest,Trail Mountain etc , i try to put my Bobs to the track and car so they are suited to the race more. No idea if it makes a difference but it is what i do so far i have not had any headaches trying to win events. I use different cars as often as possible too.

 

[dtn23]

Hmm, thanks for the info guys. I tend to just set it and forget it with an X1, but on races that I can't use that I've been wondering how I should be training my drivers. I think I'm gonna go for more hot drivers as they seem to be more like me, I don't like reserved driving

 

[nomis3613]

I have 6 drivers and all three extremes: Hot, Cold, and Moderate.

The trend I found is that the "hotter" your driver is, the more quickly their pace bar will slide (either by your instruction, by being around cars, or by not being around other cars).

+1 👍

PS - I prefer drivers who are "hot" because if they're in a race that requires me to babysit them, I can always just have them Pace Down on my command if they are driving a little recklessly. They also seem a bit more aggressive when it comes to passing, and I like that.

Based on your post, I've been trying to get the hottest Bobs possible. But actually I've found they go too far red very easily unless they're in the lead. So you're always pacing them down just to keep them calm and you never get a chance to teach them to take any corners faster.

I haven't seen how hot vs cold goes once they're in the lead of an enduro yet, though.

Yeah, you really don't need your second driver until the races require it. I'm pretty sure that the first Endurance race - Grand Valley Speedway - will take a fresh driver from level 0 to level 11. If you have the Formula GT, it's fire-and-forget. You don't even need a pit strategy.

I wish I'd seen this before! I've wasted so much time training up 4 other Bobs so that I'd be ready for the multi-driver races.

 

[hoffm1179]

Yeah, you really don't need your second driver until the races require it. I'm pretty sure that the first Endurance race - Grand Valley Speedway - will take a fresh driver from level 0 to level 11. If you have the Formula GT, it's fire-and-forget. You don't even need a pit strategy.

At what point does B Spec require a 2nd driver? I am up to level 21, and no sign of "needing" a 2nd driver yet... Just curious...