Why more than one Bob?

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Sorry if i'm being slow but I don't really get it, as you end up spending more time levelling up your less experienced Bobs when you could be levelling up your old Bob (Black Hole reference not intentional)

I'm just about getting to the endurance races, but even in some of the races before that, some of the longer ones, my Bob apparently runs out of physical and mental strength, but it doesn't seem to adversely affect him. Also he maintains the same mood all the time between races (just cool of middle) and I never see the "arrows" people keep mentioning. And he very rarely spins, only if I am constantly pacing him up in a very lively car. Am i just lucky?

So can anyone let me know if there is actually any advantage in training up more than one Bob? Thanks!
 
If I remember correctly, you will need multiple drivers for long endurance races such as 24 at The Ring, and 24 at Le Mans
 
their lap times get considerably slower when they run out of physical/mental strength.
running the first endurance yesterday, my #1 b-spec was running Grand Valley in about 2:05 in the Camaro '10 RM. once his stuff drained, he was around 2:15 lap times. i changed him up, and #2 b-spec was running 2:05 again.

and you have seen the arrow everyone keeps mentioning.
on the b-spec driver select screen, there is an arrow icon beside the driver helmet. it's either blue w/up arrow, green w/right arrow, or orange w/down arrow. it's there.
 
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Sorry if i'm being slow but I don't really get it, as you end up spending more time levelling up your less experienced Bobs when you could be levelling up your old Bob (Black Hole reference not intentional)

I'm just about getting to the endurance races, but even in some of the races before that, some of the longer ones, my Bob apparently runs out of physical and mental strength, but it doesn't seem to adversely affect him. Also he maintains the same mood all the time between races (just cool of middle) and I never see the "arrows" people keep mentioning. And he very rarely spins, only if I am constantly pacing him up in a very lively car. Am i just lucky?

So can anyone let me know if there is actually any advantage in training up more than one Bob? Thanks!
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The arrows appear before and after the race in the drivers profile picture (showing whether they are up for it I reckon, positive, negative and neutral which in itself makes having more drivers useful as having only one makes you dependant on this as it does seem to affect their performance), the drivers have different talents which can be further trained making some perhaps more suitable for certain kinds of events than others.
Some events, not just endurance races, can be entered with more drivers and ironically when you enter with more drivers it seems their physical and mental strenght weakening does affect their driving more than when they are on their own, although maybe this is just my imagination.
 
Yea, you're gonna need more than one once you get into the longer races. I have 5 currently and at least one of them will have a good up arrow. Also, my best driver is my one that I selected third. He seems to pass better than my first driver that has a higher level. It seems they all have different personalities and I like my 3rd and 5th drivers the best. Plus they retire once their exp level goes too high.
 
Thanks, i was looking for the arrows in the race, didn't realise it was in the kinda summary screen.

And also didn't see my lap times drop off that badly, but maybe I was way out in front already. Certainly in the endurance races that could be a major disadvantage.

I'll train a couple more up as I understand the entry requirements are based on your overall XP, not the XP of that particular driver, and you can build them up pretty quickly.

Jacking my own thread but can anyone confirm that you build more XP in a harder race (that you might not even win) than a cakewalk, grinding race where you leave Bob alone? Or is it simply a set amount of XP based on the event and your position? Thanks!
 
So PD acknowledges that it takes more than one driver to race the endurance races, then why the 🤬 can't we use them in A-spec to help us!
 
Yeah I loved the way you used to be able to take over in the pit stops, not sure why that's been dispensed with. I guess the separation between A and B Spec has become very literal.
 
XP is set, regardless of whether you use an FGT to win or a bone-stock Camaro SS.

entry requirements are in fact based on overall, and not driver specific.
i don't have a single lvl 25 b-spec racer right now, but i'm doing my second run of the b-spec Grand Valley endurance race.

i was in the lead by a good 3 laps when my first b-spec driver got too tired to maintain good lap times. unless you're watching the Live Timing screen, it's not likely you'll notice your lap times. but that's the screen i keep it on during b-spec races.

just keep your eyeballs peeled while he's racing.
set a controlled environment. get your driver to completely cool and watch his speed through a particular corner while he's still got a reasonable amount of stamina left, then notice the same corner, same completely cool demeaner, and watch his speed drop by 3 or 4 mph through the same corner.
 
You don't need more than one driver. I've run countless endurance races, including a 24H race, with only one driver. I don't see his lap times drop off at all.
 

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