Online Manager Game

Another update today, with more of a balancing act theme.

Like the FIA, we’ve had to look at our own “flexi-wing” style issues regarding balancing some aspects of the game.  So some things were scrutinised and adjusted to make it a slightly fairer experience.


For Everyone:

-    slight adjustment to the importance of drivers stats in game engine to fix a balancing issue.
-    driver stats improvement rates will drop off earlier as part of some further overall balancing.
-    new dealerships will feature some restrictions as part of a balancing measure to encourage the cycle of development.
(some current dealerships may be cancelled and startup fees refunded at this time).
-    fixed an issue with difficulty settings in the alliance races, so the setups are not so easy.
-    slightly reduced the effect of track favourites.
-    added some new alliance competitions as well as balanced many with a rules update.
-    visible warning now apparent when changing chassis, engine or tyres will possibly alter your skill level.

A topic that occasionally is hotly debated is the ability of some players to enter Amateur competitions then deliberately purchasing equipment
that improves the skill level to Professional after the competition is under way. To thwart this exploit, if you purchase equipment that improves
your skill level such that it falls foul of competition entry rules, your drivers will be ejected from the competitions automatically.

This does not affect those who move up a skill level by development methods.




For Race Testers:

-    added a race log for the development cup, so you can see more clearly a log of events to speed up debugging.
-    fixed several pitstop tyre issues.
-    fixed a minor bug with displaying of laptimes and leading zeroes in race replay.
-    adjusted some code regarding overtaking attempts.
-    added new ‘harder’ mode regarding setups that is less about random but still actually harder.
-    slightly more overtaking, however to test the limits of using tyres (and the related bugs), most crashes will be punctures for now.




Most changes will happen by the next race round, if they have not already been active.
If you notice any issues or have a question, please contact feedback: support@pitstopboss.co.uk

Latest updates are mainly fixes to some bugs and loopholes.

Due to some irregularities with entrants in some competitions, the rules have been tightened.

Experienced managers no longer will be able enter novice races and then buy in higher level tyres.

You will no longer be able to exit competitions prematurely unless you have the wrong tyres.

If you find yourself affected or have a problem removing your driver, please contact us via the feedback button.


-    Adjusted an issue so you definitely see if new tyres may alter your skill level before purchase.
-    Allowed purchase of items direct from person’s page. (so if a person is selling an item, you can make a bid by going to their item’s page)
-    Fixed a problem with some points allocation in some comps (some were incorrectly giving points)
-    Removed option to exit competitions early unless you are unable to compete due to competition rules.
-    Lowest skill level for experienced managers (approx 2months in the game) will now be ‘Amateur’ even if they sell all equipment.
(This change may take up to 24hours to manifest itself.
-    Tighter tyre regulations for some novice competitions.
-    Fixed a bug that showed incorrectly amount of dealership sales in some cases.
-    Fixed an issue whereby it was possible to enter a third driver into a competition in a rare case.
-    Adjusted rules for the Amateur Alliance competitions to make more fair.
-    Reduced the amount of crashes vs errors in fast runs when running over 100% pace.
-    Message now sent if you have an item removed from your shortlist due to lack of funds.
-    Other minor bugfixes.



Supportboss is currently on holiday, so it’s easier to get help via the feedback button route, where we will have a hard-copy of your questions or comments.

Latest update


After a long week of feeling the heat of FOM (F1′s legal team) breathing down my neck, I’m now in a position to give news on the various small updates (some have been noticed and some are yet to be added).

This latest update fixes a long-standing bug with tyre performance in different dry weather conditions.
The stranglehold on soft compounds in all conditions is not as great now the bug has been fixed.
This should take effect from the next competition round.

There also has been a well spotted bug in the current Equipment Level calculation that was wrongly taking the Hydraulics Reliability stat into consideration.
This may see a few teams with slightly adjusted Equipment Rating today, now that it is fixed.

I’ve had to make a minor update to the colour of the charts for people that are slightly visually impaired and also I’ve removed the current day from the charts,
as the data changes throughout the day and can seem misleading.

I will try and add some more data to the charts page soon, so you can get a better idea of what driver got you the points in what competition.

Sponsors have had a slight adjustment and are now slightly easier to complete in many cases, after looking at months of success/failure rates.
I’ve added a button so you can see more information about how you are progressing with the sponsor and also fixed a few bugs with some of sponsors.

Updated the track info page slightly so that it gives information for each driver separately, rather than giving a rougher average.

Fixed a bug that incorrectly shows Pyramid League start date.

Slight updates to the starting setup capping code.

Several minor bugfixes.

Small update to the update today.

-    Altered the text so that when a sponsor ends you get a message and you can also see clearly to get a new sponsor rather than a cancel button.

-    Added back the button to cancel a dealership.

-    Due to some exploits, the ability to use the Expert Analysis for some hints is reduced until after the session.

-    Made a slight scaling adjustment to the Racing Form formula to take into account managing many drivers.

-    Added a fix for some sponsors that didn’t update  at correct thresholds.

Welcome to another update.

Some updates today include:

A significant update to the Charts that track team progress.  This now uses a formula that will give a more accurate depiction of your form. (which is based on where you end up on the grid and the number and quality of your competitors).

Due to the nature of this new code, it means the charts are all now reset. This data will also soon form part of the computation of skill level.

Which means we will most likely soon see the reintroduction of an Elite skill level to help balance things out at the top.

This will open up some new gameplay options, tracks and features. Some of which will be talked about later in the month.

Bugs & fixes:

-    Fixed a bug with Competition ending messages say things like “Competition 3 has ended.”
-    Made some changes to the shoutbox to help eliminate lag. This will be introduced over the next few days so that the shoutbox stops using the database.

-    Removed unnecessary alert pages when you delete messages. (More may follow over time).
-    Fixed a few minor bugs with academies.
-    Updates for contracts & sponsorship now only happen at 4am GMT. (there was a way to possibly update some items by just viewing the sponsor page – which may have cause some problems)

-    Fixed many minor bugs and reduced some more server load.
-    Fixed game blog and changed the news tab to include feed from the game blog. complete with RSS link.
-    Fixed some issues with Boacompra payment mode

To clarify some of the questions about Birthday bonuses and Supporter bonuses:

-    You get 10% bonus credits per year you since you have registered for the game (up to 4 years).
-    Supporters get 15% bonus credits, which is independent (eg. cumulative).