Make the game more difficult

[loskof]

Hello everyone,

I'm still enjoying this game since 20 years, but when you know all the mechanics of the gameplay it's a bit too easy.
Of course I can manage Minardi, but when you reach the top there is no challenge after that. The top team don't follow the developpement of your car and engine, you're are full of money, etc.

I don't want to "restrict" me on purpose (by not developping the car, by signing bad drivers, etc).

So I want to know if you have tried to make the game harder? Do you have ideas or tips? Is there a way to edit the game and make it harder?

I want a new challenge

[mrpony]

In The Base Game, Play as Arrows and try to be a 1-2 in the drivers championships and win the constructors with an all Japanese Driver Main Lineup

[das111]

don't hire pay driver

[manuel]

What kind of GPW do you play? With the GPW edit update, its not enough anymore to hire a good designer. You also need a good engeneer because the car performance has changed. it is related now to both. also, did you tried the mods? they are more complex.

[loskof]

Apr 26, 2021 12:58:25 GMT 2 manuel said:

What kind of GPW do you play? With the GPW edit update, its not enough anymore to hire a good designer. You also need a good engeneer because the car performance has changed. it is related now to both. also, did you tried the mods? they are more complex.

I'v played the original game multiple times (minardi, tyrrel, arrows, etc).

I've tried your mods and they are very good ! Last week I started the 2000 mod remastered with Jordan.

In fact there is multiple ways to make the game harder on purpose, for exemple using mechachrome engine in the original game, hire youngs drivers, or no pay drivers.

But what I mean is that: With Jordan in the 2000 mod, I win both championship in 2002, I've 30 millions dollars, good drivers, good engeneer, the car is almost perfect, the factory too, etc.

And it's the same with minardi in the original game. After 5-6 seasons it's possible to be at the top.

And then what? You continue to play and be champion during 4-5 seasons without any difficulty?

Is there a way to keep the game challenging even when you are the best team? When you're champion there is no way you could drop 3rd or 4th, except by doing it on purpose... Maybe I want something that is not possible because it's not planned in the game

[simul810]

The difficuluty depends on your team for 1 or 2 years.  The only difficulty are ai driver/staff/sponsor contracts getting signed at random while you have those conditions during negotations to meet.

Use a save editor to make the ai car handling faster.

Play a differrent mod for one season each and edit your car speed.

[manuel]

you also could start a game, start the savegame editor and give ferrari the ferrari works engine deal for 10 years. same for renault if in the game in the mods. and for mercedes if usign nowdays mods. i always do this. because if i dont play ferrari, mercedes or renault, its more hard to get a proper engine deal because the big works deals are always related to the constructors. and its more realistic, too. ferrari-peugeot always scares the crap out of me

[loskof]

Apr 27, 2021 6:02:17 GMT 2 manuel said:

you also could start a game, start the savegame editor and give ferrari the ferrari works engine deal for 10 years. same for renault if in the game in the mods. and for mercedes if usign nowdays mods. i always do this. because if i dont play ferrari, mercedes or renault, its more hard to get a proper engine deal because the big works deals are always related to the constructors. and its more realistic, too. ferrari-peugeot always scares the crap out of me

Yeah that's a good idea and it will be more realistic.

Which tool do you use to do that? With GPW Save File Editor I've not seen this option

[manuel]

The GPW save editor has it. Go to Commercial and there is next years contracts. There you can go to every team and give them engine deals.
For me, thats the most realistic option. Because in real F1, Mercedes and Ferrari have an advantage because of the engine that comes from inhouse. It fits to the car. Mercedes has pushed that to the top last years. If you cant get the big engine works deals in F1, you have to build a way better car to get champion. and a need to find other financial sources.

[loskof]

I'm sorry but I have more questions, because it doesn't work when I use the Editor...

 I've tried to edit a work deal for an Engine, here is the screen shot. Nothing appears in the "Deal" section.

I've also tried a partner deal and it has changed nothing in the game, even after 2 races.

Could you please explain me how it works ? I know pretty well this editor but I've never used the "next year contract" before...

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[manuel]

as far as i remember, just push the deal bar with the + to the end, give it 10 seasons, mark it as guaranteed and save the sponsor. but i remember that there is a bug somehow in the deal bar

[loskof]

Yes there is a bug.
I've tried to sign Team Sponsor, Cash Sponsor,etc, and nothing appears in the game... And for the Engine supplier, when you select work deal, the deal bar stays in black.
I've also tried to sign a partner deal with BMW in your 2000 mod, and it has removed BMW from the supplier list in the game !

If anyone knows how to make the next years contract works, I would appreciate !

[manuel]

yeah it is just a bug in the bar. go to the bmp folder and replace the bar with the bar image from other things. i dont remember correctly because it is years and years ago. more than years! like 15 years. the problem is with the image of the bar