Guide: The Car — Speed and Reliability

Excellence in Every Detail

In Race Manager, your car is a complex system consisting of five key components. Each of them affects lap time, stability in corners, and the probability of a technical retirement.

Anatomy of the Car

Your machine is divided into the following components:

• Engine: Determines top speed and acceleration.
• Chassis: Influences overall handling and stability.
• Front Wing: Responsible for downforce at corner entry.
• Rear Wing: Balances downforce and affects DRS efficiency.
• Underbody: A critically important aerodynamic element generating ground effect.

Part Characteristics

Each car component possesses three parameters:

1. Level: Determines the potential of the part. Increased through research.
2. Performance: Directly affects the drivers pace.
3. Reliability: Reduces the risk of sudden breakdowns and technical failures during the race.

Wear and Repair

Racing exhausts the machinery. After each stage, the Condition of all parts decreases.

• Critical Wear: When the condition drops below 50%, the risk of failure increases sharply, and the cars pace begins to drop.
• Repair: In the garage, you can send any part for restoration. This takes time, during which the part returns to 100% condition.
• Protection During Repair: An important rule — while a part is in the process of being repaired, its condition does not decrease after races. This allows you to plan maintenance before important starts.

Upgrade Strategy

When working on the car, you can choose a development vector (Balanced, Aggressive, or Reliability). But remember the restrictions:

• Headquarters Connection: A part's level cannot exceed the level of the corresponding building in your HQ. For example, to get a level 5 Engine, you need a level 5 Manufacturing center.
• Technology Tree: To unlock the possibility of upgrading to level 2 and above, you must first research the relevant technology in the Tech Tree.
• Specialists: Having a Chief Designer, Aerodynamicist, or Engine Specialist reduces upgrade costs and time, and also increases the quality of the result.

Dilemmas and Rework

The upgrade process doesn't always go perfectly. Once the timer ends, a Dilemma may appear:

• Success: Everything went according to plan.
• Unexpected Issue: You might need to Rework the part (for an extra $50,000) to gain more reliability, or accept it as is.
• Aggressive Risk: You can choose to ignore quality standards for a massive performance boost at the cost of reliability.

💡 Tip: Don't forget to invest in reliability. The fastest car is useless if it smokes out two laps before the finish!

Keep your machinery in perfect shape and conquer the podiums!