Online Manager Game

Remember to use your first few laps to get suggestions, don’t worry about doing fast laps at first, you want to get your % setup as high as possible first. Use approx 16 laps to get the most hints possible in this part of the session.

In order to do this put your pace down to 0 or just above. Also make sure you set it to do the maximum set of laps per run. This way you’ll get more suggestions when each run is finished.

Then, when you do want to do the fast laps (say, the last two runs) put up your driver pace to around 100 (above this is possible, but it’s more risky in terms of driver errors). Also reduce your laps. The fewer laps, the less fuel you carry and the faster you go, but you’ll need to heat up the tyres as well so you have to find a balance.

Look at your tyre page and use the Compount Temperture Charts at the bottom of the page to see how long they take to heat up to 100%.

Using this info, go on your fastest lap, making sure you’re using the best compound (hard, medium etc.) for the conditions.

There are several ways to get credits for free, although they can also be bought if you choose (see the Buy Credits page for details). Here’s a quick rundown of how you can get free credits with a minimum of fuss.

- Voting. You can see links to vote either at the top of each page or on the page Credits > Vote for Credits. Votes give varying amounts of credits and by getting us near the top of the vote lists we attract more new managers to the game. Please take the time to vote for PSB once you’ve clicked on the links.

- Referrals. By getting people to join via your referral link, whether it be something you’ve sent by email, a forum post/signature or even via a banner on your website, you bring new blood to the game and, once they reach level two, earn yourself 10,000 credits into the bargain. You can see your individual referral link at Credits > Referrals.

- Competitions. Some competitions have credit prizes. Read their Information tab under Championship Credits Prize Allocation to check. You also normally get a 2000 credits bonus for completing 90% of the rounds, regardless of where you finish.

- Selling Items. If you have an item that can be sold make sure that you sell it before you buy a replacement. When you get a new engine for example the old one will disappear and you won’t get any credits for it. So sell before you buy!

You can also earn credits by becoming a Factory or an Academy, but these are for the more advanced users. When you’ve reached a certain level of expertise in the game make sure you explore these options.

Sponsors award bonus credits, liveries and car upgrades upon completion of their tasks.

Tasks include things like …

-complete so many laps in so many rounds
-finish above a certain position so many times
-get so many lockouts (place 1 and 2 in a round)

Always look for the sponsors’ objectives that you think you will be able to complete easily. Don’t go for ones that would be impossible (for example ‘place 2nd or better 3 times in Elite Cups’ will be very difficult).

To access the Sponsors page, look for the Sponsorship tab on your Team page or go to left menu… Team…Sponsorship.

Once the objective has been completed you can cancel it and look for another.

One of the first things you’ll want to do is to start buying drivers and car parts, here is how it’s done.

Go to Contracts on the Navigation Menu and then choose the item you want to buy.

Let’s say you want a new driver, select Get New Driver.

This will take you to a page with a list of all drivers currently for sale.

Use the dropdown menu to select which driver you want to look at.

Once you have found the driver you want, select the amount of credits you want to bid and then click on Offer Contract.

For some drivers with no bids there’s an option to GET NOW. For others you will have to wait 2 or 3 days for all bids to be made before you discover if you have got the driver.

The process is the same for all team members and car parts.

Today we discuss the page on which you can join competitions.

The DURATION of your session is the maximum time a practice and qualifying session lasts.

Choose from Turbo, Regular (24 hours), Long (48 Hours) and Longer (72 Hours).

Level Points help improve your ranking and allow you to progress up the levels of the game.

Select the TYPE of race you are looking for. This area only has Test sessions at present but it will expand to include full races and leagues later on in the beta test.

Pay Attention to the COUNTDOWN column, as this is the time left until the competition starts. Refresh the page and it will update.

Click the JOIN button to find out more info or join a competition.

Some competitions will not start until a certain number of drivers enter.