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The way the points system for this game is set up, it's not all about buying the top finishers.

Who was the highest scoring driver at the last race? Jamie Alguersuari! Why? Drivers score 5 points for every position they gain from where they start on the grid to where they finish, plus a 10 point bonus if they gain more than 8 positions.

Cheaper drivers often score more points for you in this game than those who end up on the podium, esp. if they qualify well below where they ought to finish.

The 3 transfer limit makes it a challenge because it's hard to make any substantive changes to get max points out of quali and still have enough transfers left over to take advantage of post-quali info. You get a lot more points from the race than from quali though so I usually leave things alone until the second transfer window opens (between the end of qualification and 1 hour before the scheduled race start time) before I spend any of mine.

 

Yup.

Now I'm trying to decide which I prefer; GPUpdate Manager vs SPEED Fantasy Racing GP Edition. The rules, FAQ, etc, are incomplete in places at GPUpdate and contradict themselves in places at Speed, so no advantage there. The Speed version fits my "must be cheap" requirement (at $0 vs around $7) but GPUpdate Manager looks more simple. Although, the apparent relative simplicity may just be a result of a lot more to read at Speed, esp. re their points scoring system.

Thanks to the Bahrain cancellation there's still time to decide before the season starts. They both look good but I won't be playing both.

Looking for any other opinions.

 

Sorry, I didn't mean to dismiss PickSix outright. I enjoyed PickSix, it's free, easy and fun, plus it works different than most others. No team to pick and then trade and manage throughout the season, just predict the top 6 finishers for each race.

However, each year it seemed to me like PickSix was gradually running out of steam, less players each year, less interest and less attention from the one guy who runs it, etc. I figured it was time to go looking for something with a bit more life in it. I skipped last year though so don't know how that went.

I'm signed in at picksix.com right now, poking around. I get the impression it might be stagnant. For example, if you sign in, the current events page says the next race is the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday, December 31, 2011, and the timer says the PickSix cutoff is about 304 days away. Then I started trying to click around the rest of the site and every click took me to an error page. I no longer have the guy's email address so I can't ask him about it.

Did you play last year? What did you think?

 

I just signed in again and now I'm no longer getting all the error messages but the events page shows only the results from last year and only the 31 Dec, 2011, Bahrain race open for picks. Two people have picked for that race already. :lol:

I really do think he finally dropped it. You may recall it was originally set up by the Commish's deceased brother and then run in his honor and memory. It's been 13 years since the brother died, I get the feeling he's decided to let it go.

There's one other I've seen that's sort of similar called Pick 8. It's sponsored by GP Tours. I'm not as happy with the scoring, etc, though. Check it out here. Let me know what you think.

I'm personally starting to warm to the build-a-team versions. They look a lot more simple than I imagined and look like they might be entertaining. Might also be fun to play along with the Speed announcers.

 

I guess you're smarter than I am. I registered but it won't let me log in. :mad2: Yes, I'm sure I'm using the right password. Guess I'll go fiddle around some more and see if I can figure out what I'm doing wrong.

 

It took me a while to work out all I had to do just to get fully registered. It wasn't really so much work, I just kept trying to do what seemed to make sense and ignoring the illogical...if I would have reversed that I would have been on in no time. I hope the ridiculously redundant registration process wasn't a sign of the way the game plays! Moving on.

I was planning to wait a while before choosing my team, assuming there would be costs associated with making changes (transfers), but it looks like you get unlimited transfers until shortly before the first GP. The rules still list the first GP as Bahrain in some places and Australia in others but they also say the "transfer amnesty" ends 13:00 (EST) 25 Mar 2011, that's the Friday of the Melbourne race weekend. Point is, you apparently risk nothing by picking early.

 

Actually I was talking about making changes to team components like drivers, engines, etc, but transfers apply to bonus races as well...though differently.

Also, I read the rules differently re bonus races. I read the 2010 rules first and then the 2011 and I think you were only allowed to pick one bonus race last year but you could choose any race on the calendar. This year there are four bonus race scoring opportunities but they subdivided the season and each bonus race choice fits into a different, limited time window. Tell me if you read this differently -- from the 2011 rules.