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==The Basics==
Any user, who is registered and approved by admin, is entitled to use the forums. The official language of the forums is English; other languages may be spoken in the national forums only.
 
  
==Forum Rules==
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*Before every race you have the opportunity to sign a new Driver or Technical Director (TD).
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*Drivers and TDs decide which manager to join between 19:00 and 21:00 CET on Mondays and Thursdays.
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*It will cost you $500,000 to make an offer to a driver or TD, and anyone can make an offer to any staff member as long as the overall is not too high for the group they are in. Be careful because once you make the offer you will pay the $500,000 and it will not be refunded if you remove the offer.
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*Managers at Pro and above can also place semi private and private offers.  A public offer can be seen by everyone together with the name of the manager who placed it, a semi private offer can be seen by everyone without revealing the name of the manager who placed it, a private offer will be completely invisible until the deadline for the next staff decision. A semi private offer will cost you $1.000.000 and a private offer will cost you $1.500.000.
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*Once the deadline for making offers closes (19:00 on Mondays and Thursdays) the staff will look at all the offers, and decide based on a number of factors (which again are up to you to discover) which offer is the best.
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*If you are successful in signing a driver or TD, you will pay the current driver or TD a compensation equal to half their salary, for however many races are left on their current contract (e.g. 6 races left with a $1mil salary = $3mil compensation).
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*If you have made multiple bids to either drivers or TDs you can sort them into your preferred order on the [https://www.gpro.net/YourOffers.asp Your Offers] page using the up and down arrows to the left of the drivers name. The uppermost name being your number 1 choice etc.
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*You can make up to a total of 4 staff offers (including both TDs and Drivers) per market.
  
The updated forum rules can be consulted within the [https://www.gpro.net/GPRORules.asp General rules] under the [https://www.gpro.net/GPRORules.asp#9-community Community Section]
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==Signing a Random Driver==
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If you miss out on signing your intended drivers during the staff markets, and don't have one for the upcoming race - then you can avoid having to sit it out by signing a [https://gpro.net/signrandomdriver.asp Random Driver].
  
==Overall, there are only really a few rules you need to remember:==
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Important information about signing random drivers:
  
#Is my post, helpful or relevant to the topic of the thread?<br>If it isnt, then don't post it, as a wise man once said 'If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all'<br><br>
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*Signing a random driver gives you a driver to race with instantly (you don't have to wait for him to accept your offer)
#Will my post cause me to receive a PM from the Mods because it breaks one of the forum rules?<br>If you think it will, then don't post, if you are not sure, then either don't post, or send a PM first (to either a Mod or an Admin - depending on the question).<br><br>
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*The random driver will be chosen from the worst possible drivers on the drivers market
#Before you create a new thread do a search, then search again, and then search one more time to be certain. Don't just look for your topic title, but for the keys words, like "Driver", or "Wear". The odds are that your question or suggestion has come up before and been answered already.
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*The salary of the random driver will be generated automatically and may not be beneficial to you
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*The random driver contract will have the length of 1 race but can be extended
  
  
==Did You Know?!==
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==Useful Links==
  
Every group in the game has its own group forum. The link to this can be found on your main office page, just under the link to your mailbox. Here you can chat to the other managers in your group about race results, qualifying and so on.
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You can see a list of all of the staff decision days for a season here:
  
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[https://www.gpro.net/GraphCalendar.asp Graphical Season Calendar]
  
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You can check your current offers, or see when the next staff decision is by looking at the 'Your Current Offers' page here:
==Frequently Asked Questions==
 
  
=====What does "FOBY" mean?=====
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[https://www.gpro.net/YourOffers.asp Your Offers]
FOBY is an acronym for "Find Out By Yourself".
 
 
 
You might at first think this is offensive (and GPRO crew members will frown on people who use it exclusively with no explanation), but basically GPRO is a game that requires a lot of your own data analysis.  You will find answers to certain questions within the Rules, FAQs, Newbie Guide, and here - but anything else (e.g. Fuel consumption, Tyre wear, Which driver stats are most important, etc) will need to be investigated by analysing your own data to draw your own conclusions.
 
 
 
=====How do I search the Forums?=====
 
Access the forums using the button labelled "Forum" at the top of the page, then select the Search link (https://www.gpro.net/forum/Search.asp).
 
 
 
Here you will see options to perform a search of the forum, you can search by Author, or by specified word(s). NOTE: the default option is to search Topic Titles only, you can search the whole forum by selecting the Entire posts option.
 
 
 
=====I would like to use Italics, Bold and Underlined in the forums is the possible?=====
 
Yes, some tags are available. For a full guide on the available tags and much more, consult the [https://www.gpro.net/forum/ViewTopic.asp?TopicId=28619 Forum Edition Resources Guide]
 
 
 
=====Can I quote another post in the forum?=====
 
Yes, simply select the text with the mouse that you wish to quote and hit Quote next to the post you are quoting from. The quoted text will appear in the Reply to this topic text box at the bottom of the thread, you will notice it is enclosed in a quote tag ([quote] text [/quote])
 
 
 
=====What are the Eyeballs at the bottom of the page in a forum thread?=====
 
If you click the Eyeballs the topic you are currently reading will be added to your watchlist (https://www.gpro.net/forum/WatchList.asp), the topic will then appear in the forum window on the main page.
 
 
 
=====How do I change my watchlist?=====
 
Go to https://www.gpro.net/forum/WatchList.asp where you can edit your personal forum topics watchlist. This link can be accessed by going to the main forum page.
 
 
 
=====What is the red symbol at the bottom of the page in a forum thread?=====
 
If you click the symbol you are choosing to ignore the current thread, it will not show in your main office page forum window.
 
 
 
=====People are using abbreviations that I don't understand. What do they mean?=====
 
Here's a list of commonly used abbreviations:
 
* CCP - Car Character Points
 
* CT - Clear Track Risk
 
* DF - Defending Risk
 
* DNF - Did not finish
 
* DNS - Did not start
 
* DM - Driver mistake
 
* FL - Fastest Lap
 
* FT - Favourite Track
 
* MF - Malfunctioning Risk
 
* OA - Overall (of Driver or Technical Director)
 
* OBP - One Big Push (a strategy where a manager only pushes hard in one race of the season)
 
* OBR - One Big Race
 
* OP - Opening post (the first post of a thread) or opening poster (the person who opened the thread)
 
* OT - Overtaking Risk
 
* S&F - Staff and Facilities
 
* SG - Starting Grid
 
* TCD - Tyre Compound Difference
 
* TI - Technical Insight
 
* TD - Technical Director
 
* WS - Wing Split
 

Revision as of 19:14, 18 March 2020

The Basics

  • Before every race you have the opportunity to sign a new Driver or Technical Director (TD).
  • Drivers and TDs decide which manager to join between 19:00 and 21:00 CET on Mondays and Thursdays.
  • It will cost you $500,000 to make an offer to a driver or TD, and anyone can make an offer to any staff member as long as the overall is not too high for the group they are in. Be careful because once you make the offer you will pay the $500,000 and it will not be refunded if you remove the offer.
  • Managers at Pro and above can also place semi private and private offers. A public offer can be seen by everyone together with the name of the manager who placed it, a semi private offer can be seen by everyone without revealing the name of the manager who placed it, a private offer will be completely invisible until the deadline for the next staff decision. A semi private offer will cost you $1.000.000 and a private offer will cost you $1.500.000.
  • Once the deadline for making offers closes (19:00 on Mondays and Thursdays) the staff will look at all the offers, and decide based on a number of factors (which again are up to you to discover) which offer is the best.
  • If you are successful in signing a driver or TD, you will pay the current driver or TD a compensation equal to half their salary, for however many races are left on their current contract (e.g. 6 races left with a $1mil salary = $3mil compensation).
  • If you have made multiple bids to either drivers or TDs you can sort them into your preferred order on the Your Offers page using the up and down arrows to the left of the drivers name. The uppermost name being your number 1 choice etc.
  • You can make up to a total of 4 staff offers (including both TDs and Drivers) per market.

Signing a Random Driver

If you miss out on signing your intended drivers during the staff markets, and don't have one for the upcoming race - then you can avoid having to sit it out by signing a Random Driver.

Important information about signing random drivers:

  • Signing a random driver gives you a driver to race with instantly (you don't have to wait for him to accept your offer)
  • The random driver will be chosen from the worst possible drivers on the drivers market
  • The salary of the random driver will be generated automatically and may not be beneficial to you
  • The random driver contract will have the length of 1 race but can be extended


Useful Links

You can see a list of all of the staff decision days for a season here:

Graphical Season Calendar

You can check your current offers, or see when the next staff decision is by looking at the 'Your Current Offers' page here:

Your Offers