B Spec Tips

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Anyone got some B Spec tips please?

I'm currently level 5 and just running the compact Amatuer Championship. Finishing first everytime but just looking for some help :)

Been reading on here and I'm aiming for the endurance races for B Spec so I can leave the PS3 running away at night and while I'm at work but everything is so vague. Do I need to level a few different Bobs as currently I'm just leveling the 1 who is level 5 too.

Any pointers are greatly appreciated :)

Thanks
 
as long as you have a dominant car (ex. Formula GT), start off the 1st endurance with your current high level bob, then have 3 bobs (lvl 1). Make sure each gets a turn on the track, and all will earn experience. The first race boosted the Bobs to lvl 8 already, so a few more will bring them to lvl 20 in no time.
 
One tip I'd like to share is if your Bob is having a hard time try to look at the sector times and if you see he is slower than the competition give him Pace Up Or Pace Down commands,depending on the situation, checking the sector times for me was helping because sometimes he has a better car, but because he too 'hot' it is better to tell him to try a bit less.
 
Rader
One tip I'd like to share is if your Bob is having a hard time try to look at the sector times and if you see he is slower than the competition give him Pace Up Or Pace Down commands,depending on the situation, checking the sector times for me was helping because sometimes he has a better car, but because he too 'hot' it is better to tell him to try a bit less.
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To add to that the pace down and maintain pace should help Bob 'cool down' and drive better.
 
tyres tyres tyres.

The key to winning is equipping your car with the best tyres allowed. Anything lower than the competition is using and your Bob will be spinning around the track like a ballet dancer.
 
I play almost 100% b-spec. Closing in on lvl35. It takes a while to level up to the endurance races. Like others have said, some mods to improve most any car at the lower levels will be needed for the b-spec driver to perform as you direct him. Unless it's a rolling start, don't tell him to overtake, or pace up right away. Let him sort things out a bit. When bob crowds the back bumper of another car he can't seem to figure out what way to go and ends up getting passed. As much as you want to hit the overtake or pace up button to get past another car when you driver is already hot under the collar, you need to tell him to pace down to prevent him from spinning out. Don't look to get the lead in the first lap. You hopefully have a better tuned, more powerful car so you'll get there eventually.

At around lvsl 12-15 you'll see the drivers really starting to think for themselves and get creative with the passing. You'll have to give them less guidance. I used the 2 driver Euro Championship to lvl up 3 of my drivers while collecting some good credits to buy a FGT.

Lastly, if you can't win a particular race or series, move on and come back later w/a prize car you've yet to win. Your bob's will be more leveled up also. Save you money, you'll need to buy a couple of European sports cars for restricted events. Run the Mazda roadster race lvl6. Bob luvs the prize car.
Have fun!!!
Oh, and how you or I might like a car set up, might not be what bob is looking for.
 
One tip is to not worry about leveling up your secondary drivers until later levels (like in the 20s). You should focus on leveling your first driver because you only need one driver for most events anyways.

However, once you get to the Championships and races that require 2 or more drivers, you'll need to level up your other drivers, but don't worry! It goes by really fast I'm level 29 on B-Spec and all six of my drivers are in the range of 27-24. One of them hasn't even been in 10 events yet!
 
I find it interesting that the secondary drivers attributes doesn't increase in the same way as the primary ones, if tossing them directly into a high level competition.

For example, I put a secondary L4 bob driving the nascar race and he bumped from L4 to L8 but no way he gained as much speed/cornering (the green bars) as my primary bob did when climbing the b-spec ladder with other races.

Another interesting thing I read is that the drivers need experience from FF/FR/RR cars to be able to handle them better, aswell as courses. They are supposed to drive a course better after having run through it a few times. I've yet to confirm or deny this on a personal level, though.

From all this I've come to conclude that the level of the bob doesn't count, once the competition is unlocked. It's his green meters.

Also, someone said that they retire when the (grey) career bar gets full? Anyone had this happen to them?

*edit* I'm not saying that the bobs level doesn't matter. But if done wrong, it can be misleading.
 
Are the B-spec races the only way to get your driver to level up, or are there other ways?
 
I do quite a bit of B-Spec. I'm at Level 26 now on B-Spec. At the really low levels, your driver will struggle. I found that after a while (maybe level 9-10 and above) your driver can be run full hot without much worry of him spinning. I have done this a lot where my driver didn't have a very dominant car, I'd keep him at MAX HOT and he never spun, he just went faster.

Also, the B-spec driver drives GREAT once he is out front (except for the whole cooling way down thing), but he just has trouble passing. Passing is where he needs the most coaching from my point of view.

One last thing to keep in mind, is that it is YOUR B-spec level that dictates which races you can enter. For example, if you are at level 25, you can enter even a brand new level 0 driver into a level 25 race. This makes for some extremely fast leveling for a new B-spec driver.

EDIT: something I forgot to mention is that yes, your B-spec driver may need more HP to win a race than you would, but its just part of it. Also, try to drive the cars before giving them to your B-spec driver. This may sound obvious, but I was doing a lot of B-spec for a while and kept giving my driver cars I had never even driven. I hopped in the cars to do some A-spec and thought to myself...wow, this car is CRAP, how did my guy win with this? lol A little tuning goes a long way to helping out your b-spec driver.
 
This probably isn't the best topic for my question however - I just finished B-spec Touring car championship and my B-spec driver (the only one I have) levelled up to CLASS 23 but my B-spec lvl did not change - it is 22 (around 80% of it) - is this normal ? - your driver can have better class than your Bspec lvl ? so far it was perfectly equal when I got any experience...
 
I'm level 30 B-Spec, three drivers level 26 and one level 27. I'm racing Susuka Endurance level 30 with my Formula Gran Turismo and believe I've noticed an interesting trick. My drivers were running low on strength, even after resting, so I ran them several laps beyond their zero points. It appears that they do not accrue negative values, meaning that the extra rest the other drivers got while pushing others beyond their limits (five laps or so didn't greatly impact their driving) was a net plus. Hope this makes sense.
 
Lotrzyna
This probably isn't the best topic for my question however - I just finished B-spec Touring car championship and my B-spec driver (the only one I have) levelled up to CLASS 23 but my B-spec lvl did not change - it is 22 (around 80% of it) - is this normal ? - your driver can have better class than your Bspec lvl ? so far it was perfectly equal when I got any experience...
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Yeah there seems to be a difference between class and level on the drivers - that's why the driver list probably is shown after the xp gain after a race.

However I had a L4 driver do a Indy race and he bumped from LEVEL 4 to LEVEL 7. I thought his CLASS still would be at CLASS 5 - but looking at the CLASS, it also showed being a bit over 7.
Rubberband effect perhaps? Or wtf is going on here?
 
Use overpowered cars but always use the best tires allowed, Bob will just throw on the TCS to 10 and dog it to middle of the pack if you use lower tires.
 
Thanks for the tips. I didn't notice that there is a tire limit. When I read that you buy the best I thought you all meant the best I can afford (Racing hard :)). So I did and didn't buy any others. Was struggling a little seeing as it was still running on comfort (A and B-Spec). found out about the limits now and Bob is currently 1 lap a head of the clubman championship :)

Another quick question if you don't mind. My Bob has a cool mentality does this mean that he drives better when cool and a Bob with a hot mentality drives better when hot? Just now he is sitting out front and has had no input from me at all. He did get hot while overtaking everyone and was at a full bar before getting first. But once he got first the bar started getting cooler and now its as cool as can be. Is this what should happen?
 
They make more mistakes when they get too hot (spin out, crash, wear out tires by drifting) - on the opposite, they slack too much if they are too cool and might get overtaken later even if they had a considerable lead.
afaik it's best to keep them at a little over halfway on the temper bar.
 
Tires. Bob's are tire dependent. Also, if you have enduros unlocked then have your low level Bobs enter. Level up fast.
 
Garthur
Thanks for the tips. I didn't notice that there is a tire limit. When I read that you buy the best I thought you all meant the best I can afford (Racing hard :)). So I did and didn't buy any others. Was struggling a little seeing as it was still running on comfort (A and B-Spec). found out about the limits now and Bob is currently 1 lap a head of the clubman championship :)

Another quick question if you don't mind. My Bob has a cool mentality does this mean that he drives better when cool and a Bob with a hot mentality drives better when hot? Just now he is sitting out front and has had no input from me at all. He did get hot while overtaking everyone and was at a full bar before getting first. But once he got first the bar started getting cooler and now its as cool as can be. Is this what should happen?
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Ive noticed my hot headed Bobs drive faster and way more agressive than my even or cool temptered Bobs. My fav Bob is almost all the way toward hot and I love him. He will rearend and occasionaly spin out cars, and is very aggresive when passing. He did make a few mistakes in the FGT though, so maybe he will get better with more practice in that car. However, leveling him was a bit painful. He spun out frequently until I get him higher level.
 
If I do an endurance race with 3 drivers, is there a set amount of XP shared between them, or do they all get a specific amount, regardless of how many there is?
 
They all get a third of what one would get if three drivers took part.

Make sure you have done some A Spec stuff first, its a lot easier to win the Italian cup in a Ferrari than a Fiat. So a good bit of A spec first should see you in some cars to cream the opposition.

Concentrate on one Bob for a good bit until you're in the races giving 5000xp, and you've got an FGT, you can then put level 0 Bobs in these races in the overpowered FGT and they'll win and be level 10 in a 15 minute race, which took the first Bob 10 days to get as far.

Never quit a race, even if Bob is running dead last. The xp difference from winning and finishing last is quite small.

The basic rule in my opinion is that Bob should be able to run without supervision, so massively overpowered cars for the race are a must along with upgrades and best tyres. The races later on are long, even the FGT ones are close to an hour, so you don't want to be sitting there watching him race

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