Talk:2009 V8 Supercar Championship Season

Upgrades
Thanks to GTR2's variable codes being relatively easy to understand, there are a number of parameters that can be changed in relation to car performance. For the purposes of this exercise, the following parameters will be upgradable throughout the year (I'd recommend saving the list on something like a spreadsheet for future reference):


 * Engine Power: $20k per BHP (640bhp base value, 660bhp max value)
 * Engine Torque: $20k per NM (625nm base value, 650nm max value)
 * Engine Reliability - Engine Lifespan: $1k per 10 points (8000 base value, 12000 max value)
 * Engine Reliability - Failure Chance: $1k per 5 points (2750 base value, 2000 max value)
 * Fuel Consumption: $5k per 0.01 L/Radian (5.50 base, 5 max value)
 * Car Mass: $10k per kg per car (1450kg base value, 1400kg max value)
 * Body Drag: $100k per 0.01 point per car (0.3 base value, 0.25 max value)

Base values are the values that all cars start with at the beginning of the year, while maximum values are the values that teams can progressively upgrade parameters to. At any given event, each two-car team will be able to spend $225k on upgrades, each single-car team will be able to spend $150k on upgrades, and three-car teams such as Triple 8 and HRT can spend $300k on upgrades. Due to transport constrains for the teams in preparation for the NZ races, and to give an opportunity for you guys to digest this, upgrades will not be allowed until after Christchurch.

In-Season Testing
In addition to upgrades, teams will be able to spend money on test days throughout the year. Each team has an allocation of 6 testing days which they can use throughout the year, and come with a flat cost of $20k per car per day, to pay for track hire, marshaling and medical staff. During test sessions, teams can run comparison tests between different spec cars, try out prospective drivers, and for an extra $10k per car, conduct driver development programs with their main drivers. In the latter, team owners can decide which driver stat to focus on during the test (Either qualifying pace, race pace, wet weather pace, fast cornering ability, or slow cornering ability) and I'll start running RNGs to determine how successful the development programs are. As per the regulations, Queensland-based teams (Triple 8, Stone Brothers, BriTek, Triple F, Dick Johnson, Paul Morris, Paul Cruickshank, Paul Weel, James Rosenberg, and IntaRacing) have the choice to test at either Queensland Raceway or Lakeside, while the Victorian-based teams (HRT, Walkinshaw, Perkins, Tasman, Kelly, FPR, Speed FX, BJR, GRM, D'Alberto and GMR) have the choice of either Sandown, Winton or Phillip Island. As with upgrades, in-season testing will only be allowed after Christchurch