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battle skill seems to come from pitting your driver in EVENLY MATCHED cars against the competition, where he'll spend more time overtaking and being overtaken and less time doing hotlaps with a 20 second lead
i bought a stock itr, nsx, rx7, wrx and put my driver through the beginner cup about 3-5 times per race. this gives a large range of tracks, and different types of cars to drive on those tracks. i like to put him in a car that he can win at 5 push hard, sometimes win at 4 increased pace, and maybe win maybe not at 3 steady pace
put him in stupidly powered cars and totally gutless things (with appropriate races) and he'll build his skills even more. generally, if you can pass a race without cheating (bumping or cutting corners), try putting your b-spec driver in the same race a few times to build his skills, soon he'll be at very high skill levels and you'll be able to confidently leave him on endurance races while you're off at work, school, sleep, etc
setup also matters. if you can't drive a car without spinning around every corner, or ploughing forward when you try to turn, it's unlikely your driver is going to be any better. your driver is an overly cautious (underconfident?) braker
in summary:
vary cars - make, drivetrain, and power levels
vary tracks - location and direction
evenly matched - passing and getting passed
unless you've done a race a fair few times and you're not getting points anymore (check your status pages), even a b-spec lose is worth skill points, so no time spent training your driver is wasted. i actually think coming close 2nd or 3rd is more advantageous than winning, as your driver is probably going to be battling most of the race
people say when his skill reaches 5000 to 7000 or more, he will stop touching other cars altogether
i bought a stock itr, nsx, rx7, wrx and put my driver through the beginner cup about 3-5 times per race. this gives a large range of tracks, and different types of cars to drive on those tracks. i like to put him in a car that he can win at 5 push hard, sometimes win at 4 increased pace, and maybe win maybe not at 3 steady pace
put him in stupidly powered cars and totally gutless things (with appropriate races) and he'll build his skills even more. generally, if you can pass a race without cheating (bumping or cutting corners), try putting your b-spec driver in the same race a few times to build his skills, soon he'll be at very high skill levels and you'll be able to confidently leave him on endurance races while you're off at work, school, sleep, etc
setup also matters. if you can't drive a car without spinning around every corner, or ploughing forward when you try to turn, it's unlikely your driver is going to be any better. your driver is an overly cautious (underconfident?) braker
in summary:
vary cars - make, drivetrain, and power levels
vary tracks - location and direction
evenly matched - passing and getting passed
unless you've done a race a fair few times and you're not getting points anymore (check your status pages), even a b-spec lose is worth skill points, so no time spent training your driver is wasted. i actually think coming close 2nd or 3rd is more advantageous than winning, as your driver is probably going to be battling most of the race
people say when his skill reaches 5000 to 7000 or more, he will stop touching other cars altogether
