Friday 4 May 2007

Class Listing

Categories (in bold) and classes on the table so far:

Karting

100cc Begineer (eg. Formula K100)
250cc Gearbox National [3 Max] (eg. Formula 250E)

Open Wheel

600cc Club (eg. Formula Jedi Class A)
1000cc Club (eg. Formula Jedi Class B)
1600cc International [1 Max] (eg. Formula Ford 1600)

Touring Car

Stock Open (eg. NASCAR)
Touring Open (eg. Dunlop British Touring Car Championship)
International Rally [1 Max] (eg. World Rally Championship)

V8 Open Wheel

Club V8 (eg. Renault World Series)
Pro Racing [3 Max] (eg. British F3 to Formula One)

Still not sure how to balance these as I know most players will be looking to join V8OW instantly. I was considering 'starter accounts' with an instant Club V8 drive but none of the tycoon features. There is also the issue of karting prices. The prices are so tiny, it won't work with the current system since the smallest increment is one thousand and changing the increment would make the prices in higher classes look a bit odd.

One potential solution might be to have a conversion when displaying on the screen so for a karting team it would show '3000' whilst for a Pro Racing team it would be '3k'. Another (which would also help balancing) is to use falsely increased costs for karting-level teams, but this would decrease the realism of the game.

Whichever route I take, the amount of teams you may have in any category will be limited.

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