GPM2, May the best manager win!

[East Londoner]

Now that BAR has semi-automatic gears, we now want to develop some new parts for the car, starting with a new stepped bottom floor.

I have you down for 60% on a new gear box and 40% on a cooling system, how do you want me to split it? Semi automatic gears are in a separate "driver aids" section.

Ah.

In which case, forget about developing new parts until the gearbox or cooling is finished...

[Ferrim]

BTW Shadaza, why have Asiatech joined the game? I know you've put them in, I mean what's the reasoning behind that.

I tried to run the game with all teams set to human and the game kept crashing, I then ran the game with the 12 teams and Asiatech set to off and the game kept crashing.

It seems there has to be at least 1 Ai team, otherwise the game does not work.

Ah ok, that's right

[Shadaza]

Renault, BAR, Toyota and Ansimov need to tell me where to place their sponsor logos and all teams apart from Ferrari have the option to steal/trade.

Otherwise little needs to be done and I will run race 3, Brazil, tomorrow. If you don't tell me where you want to place your sponsors I will do it myself as sponsor are vital for team finances and I can't just leave it blank.

[East Londoner]

Renault, BAR, Toyota and Ansimov need to tell me where to place their sponsor logos and all teams apart from Ferrari have the option to steal/trade.

Otherwise little needs to be done and I will run race 3, Brazil, tomorrow. If you don't tell me where you want to place your sponsors I will do it myself as sponsor are vital for team finances and I can't just leave it blank.

Eh? I thought I'd already done that in a previous post

Anyway, here is the old post. Sign Orange to any remaining spots if possible

I'll sign Mild Seven to spots A, G, K, N, R and T, and Elf on spots U, V, B, H and C.

[Shadaza]

Renault, BAR, Toyota and Ansimov need to tell me where to place their sponsor logos and all teams apart from Ferrari have the option to steal/trade.

Otherwise little needs to be done and I will run race 3, Brazil, tomorrow. If you don't tell me where you want to place your sponsors I will do it myself as sponsor are vital for team finances and I can't just leave it blank.

Eh? I thought I'd already done that in a previous post

Anyway, here is the old post. Sign Orange to any remaining spots if possible

I'll sign Mild Seven to spots A, G, K, N, R and T, and Elf on spots U, V, B, H and C.

you did, Elf and Mild Seven were on the car for Malaysia, Orange is your new sponsor, done

[Stramala]

Who has good sidepods that Minardi can purchase?

[The Lukas]

Renault, BAR, Toyota and Ansimov need to tell me where to place their sponsor logos and all teams apart from Ferrari have the option to steal/trade.

Otherwise little needs to be done and I will run race 3, Brazil, tomorrow. If you don't tell me where you want to place your sponsors I will do it myself as sponsor are vital for team finances and I can't just leave it blank.

I'll sign Credit Swiss to spots A, G, K, N, R and T, and O2 on spots U, V, B, H and C.

[Shadaza]

Who has good sidepods that Minardi can purchase?

Side pods are not really too much of a problem for Minardi, it is more the poor airbox that is causing Minardi their overheating problems.

[Shadaza]

Renault, BAR, Toyota and Ansimov need to tell me where to place their sponsor logos and all teams apart from Ferrari have the option to steal/trade.

Otherwise little needs to be done and I will run race 3, Brazil, tomorrow. If you don't tell me where you want to place your sponsors I will do it myself as sponsor are vital for team finances and I can't just leave it blank.

I'll sign Credit Swiss to spots A, G, K, N, R and T, and O2 on spots U, V, B, H and C.

Unfortunatly O2 would only sponsor 3 spots, so H and C are still free on your car.
Otherwise all is good

[Stramala]

Who has good sidepods that Minardi can purchase?

Side pods are not really too much of a problem for Minardi, it is more the poor airbox that is causing Minardi their overheating problems.

OK, well, that. Plus we desperately need better internals I believe. Anyone willing to sell those?

[AdrianSutil]

Is no-one willing to sponsor Arrows then?

[Wizzie]

Guess who Williams plan from stealing an airbox from?

[Stramala]

Guess who Williams plan from stealing an airbox from?

And just for teh lulz, I think Minardi are going to join in on that...again...

[Shadaza]

Guess who Williams plan from stealing an airbox from?

And just for teh lulz, I think Minardi are going to join in on that...again...

You both fail, Williams manage to break in but get caught stealing the airbox, then Minardi attempt to break in and as If BAR are on high alert, prevent Minardi from Entering, Minardi still have the option to try with another team, Williams on the otherhand, better luck next time.

Is no-one willing to sponsor Arrows then?

BAR just nicked Orange from sponsoring you and there is no interest from Kingfisher yet. Do you want me to focus 100% on them, or target some other sponsor?

[Stramala]

Guess who Williams plan from stealing an airbox from?

And just for teh lulz, I think Minardi are going to join in on that...again...

You both fail, Williams manage to break in but get caught stealing the airbox, then Minardi attempt to break in and as If BAR are on high alert, prevent Minardi from Entering, Minardi still have the option to try with another team, Williams on the otherhand, better luck next time.

What other teams have good airboxes that we can steal?

[Shadaza]

What other teams have good airboxes that we can steal?

Hmm, I won't tell you which teams have better stuff in each area on demand (because otherwise someone *cough* Wizzie *cough* would ask me about every part, then everyone else will ask me about every part and then I will get blamed for flooding too much information) but as I did screw up with Bernoldi: Ferrari, BAR, Jaguar, Toyota, Jordan and Arrows all have a better airbox

[Wizzie]

What other teams have good airboxes that we can steal?

Hmm, I won't tell you which teams have better stuff in each area on demand (because otherwise someone *cough* Wizzie *cough* would ask me about every part, then everyone else will ask me about every part and then I will get blamed for flooding too much information) but as I did screw up with Bernoldi: Ferrari, BAR, Jaguar, Toyota, Jordan and Arrows all have a better airbox

But GMP2 is such a complex game that you kinda need all that information to master the game

[Stramala]

What other teams have good airboxes that we can steal?

Hmm, I won't tell you which teams have better stuff in each area on demand (because otherwise someone *cough* Wizzie *cough* would ask me about every part, then everyone else will ask me about every part and then I will get blamed for flooding too much information) but as I did screw up with Bernoldi: Ferrari, BAR, Jaguar, Toyota, Jordan and Arrows all have a better airbox

OK, we will try to steal an airbox from Jaguar, Toyota or Jordan. We will attempt to break into the teams in that order until we get a damned airbox (and no going in twice, I don't feel like getting penalised for that)

[East Londoner]

I think we'll break into Minardi this time, see what we can plunder

[Shadaza]

OK, we will try to steal an airbox from Jaguar, Toyota or Jordan. We will attempt to break into the teams in that order until we get a damned airbox (and no going in twice, I don't feel like getting penalised for that)

You steal Toyota's airbox.

I think we'll break into Minardi this time, see what we can plunder

Minardi managed to block it, try break in to Williams? (not that I am suggesting anything!)

[Wizzie]

I'm now genuinely worried that my security contract is nowhere near as good as I thought it was

[the Masked Lapwing]

Jaguar will try to steal BAR's sidepods (My ingenious plan involved Webber. I at least have an excuse )

[AdrianSutil]

Focus 100% on Kingfisher please. Arrows will also break into Jaguar and try to nick anything decent.

[East Londoner]

Fair enough then. I shall mount another raid on Williams.

[Shadaza]

Jaguar will try to steal BAR's sidepods (My ingenious plan involved Webber. I at least have an excuse )

You Fail to break in to BAR.

Focus 100% on Kingfisher please. Arrows will also break into Jaguar and try to nick anything decent.

You steal Jaguar's Front Wing, Kingfisher it is.

Fair enough then. I shall mount another raid on Williams.

You steal William's rear wing.

I find it funny nobody is co-operating with trading, if you swap with someone you both end up with 2 new parts each!

[Stramala]

I think we'll break into Minardi this time, see what we can plunder

Minardi managed to block it, try break in to Williams? (not that I am suggesting anything!)

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Wizzie]

I think we'll break into Minardi this time, see what we can plunder

Minardi managed to block it, try break in to Williams? (not that I am suggesting anything!)

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA

And yet Williams, with their high-tech security system couldn't do what Minardi's security system (Which consists of a large Sicilian named Guido and his two henchman) could.

[eurobrun]

Renault will sign Red Bull to spots E, U, Q, B and O and attempt to trade aerodynamics with Toyota

[Shadaza]

Renault will sign Red Bull to spots E, U, Q, B and O and attempt to trade aerodynamics with Toyota

Could not breach Toyota, but otherwise fine.

[Wizzie]

Can you please remind me what Williams are doing again in terms of Sponsorship? Imminent half-yearly exams = total memory loss for me

[tristan1117]

Sauber would like to "trade" brakes with BAR. We would also like to extend a partnership offer to Ansimov.

[Shadaza]

Can you please remind me what Williams are doing again in terms of Sponsorship? Imminent half-yearly exams = total memory loss for me

you have 40% focus on Intel (5 stars no interest from them yet)
30% on Pepsi (4 stars, signed already) runs out in 11 races
and 30% on HSBC (3 stars, sponsor you already) runs out in 9 races

you also have 1 star lucky strike sponsorship that goes until the end of the season.

[Shadaza]

Sauber would like to "trade" brakes with BAR. We would also like to extend a partnership offer to Ansimov.

You make it in to BAR, since you have the same level brakes, instead you get their better transmission in exchange for your cooling system. *edit* BAR's ai seems to be a bit insane because Sauber benefit far more from that trade (2 stage better transmission for Sauber (the most expensive internal part) vs 1 stage better cooling system that really isn't very special) Still, for BAR that is better then having the part simply stolen!

[Wizzie]

Still, for BAR that is better then having the part simply stolen!

Which is usually what happens for them thanks to their muppet friends over at Williams, Minardi and Jaguar

[Stramala]

Wow...BAR are really getting assf***ed by everyone on the grid just now

[Shadaza]

Barrichello monsters his home qualifying and BAR manage to out qualify Williams, It was a shocker of a session for Michael Schumacher, Montagny, Hakkinen and Panis!

It is a 71 lap race.

[eurobrun]

Both Renaults inside the top 5. This is good.

[Wizzie]

Normally in this situation I'd run both cars on two-stoppers but since Interlagos is a relatively strange track on GPM2 when it comes to strategy I'll put both cars on three-stoppers instead

EDIT: Fisichella will pit first at all three stops

[the Masked Lapwing]

I'll put Badoer on a two-stopper and Sato on a three-stopper.

[eurobrun]

Both Renaults will stop 3 times.