Niko's Realistic 2016 Database 4.1 - The Finale!

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v4.1 - The Finale

Regular changes:
- Updated Drivers and Teams' virtual performances (simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated Drivers' habilities (non simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated tyre wear levels for each team.
- Updated "Race Only" GPs grid.
- Updated stats (podiums and wins) until 2016 Mexican Grand Prix (official numbers).
- Updated driver's favourite tracks.

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THANK YOU FOR DOWNLOADING MY DATABASE. I NEVER, NEVER EXPECTED THIS SUPPORT FROM YOU GUYS, I HOPE TO CONTINUE ON 2017 AND WITH SOME SURPRISES DURING THE WINTER

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NOTE: Esteban Ocon Add-on available on RaceDepartment!

Major changes:
- McLaren down to tier 3 and Renault down to tier 4.
- Sauber is a little bit better.
- Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg performances are exactly the same, except for wet weather.
- Engine performances update (it can change next version, i'm testing, appreciate your feedback).
- Wet weather drives update! (Before dry and wet performances were the same, now I have made a ranking of drivers performance which you can see below or in the main post).
- New Calendars for medium and short career seasons.

Regular changes:
- Updated Drivers and Teams' virtual performances (simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated Drivers' habilities (non simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated tyre wear levels for each team.
- Updated "Race Only" GPs grid.
- Updated stats (podiums and wins) until 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix (official numbers).
- Updated driver's favourite tracks.

Spoiler: Stats and Values

STATS:​

Driver's + Car Overalls [Driver only overall] (0-100)

Based on a complex excel calculation that I design. Using a driver best season - 2 points for each year that has transcurred since it + a factor that measures team-mate battles considering both drivers strenghts + a multiplier for the car performance. It's complex, trust me, but realiable.

100 - Lewis HAMILTON [100] - Nico ROSBERG [100]
89 - Daniel RICCIARDO [99]
88 - Sebastian VETTEL [98]
79 - Max VERSTAPPEN [88]
78 - Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN [87]
75 - Valtteri BOTTAS [97]
70 - Sergio PÉREZ [85]
63 - Fernando ALONSO [98]
62 - Nico HÜLKENBERG [75]
59 - Carlos SAINZ [77]
58 - Felipe MASSA [76]
55 - Daniil KVYAT [72]
54 - Romain GROSJEAN [77]
53 - Jenson BUTTON [82]
42 - Kevin MAGNUSSEN [70]
35 - Esteban GUTIÉRREZ [50]
34 - Felipe NASR [57]
32 - Marcus ERICSSON [54]
29 - Pascal WEHRLEIN [48]
28 - Jolyon PALMER [47]
21 - Esteban OCON [34]

Wet Weather Overalls (car and driver considered) (0-100)

Based on the only 3 wet 2016 races: Monaco, Silverstone and Interlagos. It's a wet vs. dry comparision...that's why Vettel and Alonso have relative low values...because they perform similar on the wet that on the dry. Perez, on the other hand, has won more points on the wet than on the dry (average).

100 - Lewis HAMILTON - Sergio PÉREZ
97 - Jenson BUTTON
94 - Carlos SAINZ
90 - Nico ROSBERG - Daniel RICCIARDO
89 - Felipe NASR
87 - Fernando ALONSO
86 - Nico HÜLKENBERG
85 - Max VERSTAPPEN
83 - Esteban GUTIÉRREZ
82 - Esteban OCON
77 - Daniil KVYAT
76 - Sebastian VETTEL
62 - Felipe MASSA
61 - Pascal WEHRLEIN - Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN
58 - Marcus ERICSSON
49 - Kevin MAGNUSSEN
48 - Romain GROSJEAN
44 - Valtteri BOTTAS
41 - Jolyon PALMER

Team Overalls (85-100)

Based on a complex excel calculation that I design. It's based only on 2016 points.

100 - Mercedes AMG Petronas
99 - Red Bull Racing
98 - Scuderia Ferrari
96 - Sahara Force India - Williams Martini Racing
94 - McLaren Honda - Toro Rosso
92 - Haas F1 Team
90 - Renault Sport
87 - Sauber F1 Team
85 - Manor Racing MRT

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v3.9 - After USA & Mexico GPs

NOTE: Esteban Ocon Add-on available on RaceDepartment!

Everything is updated following last two Grand Prix in the Americas. Sorry for the late-arrive.

Regular changes:
- Updated Drivers and Teams' virtual performances (simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated Drivers' habilities (non simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated tyre wear levels for each team.
- Updated "Race Only" GPs grid.
- Updated stats (podiums and wins) until 2016 Mexican Grand Prix (official numbers).
- Updated driver's favourite tracks.

Spoiler: Funny Extra

Images: F1 Trolls and News​

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v3.8.1 - After Japanese GP

NOTE: Esteban Ocon Add-on available on RaceDepartment!

Major changes:
- New Medium tyre option (with softer and harder tyre for each race, Ex: Suzuka -> Soft and Hard)

Regular changes:
- Updated Drivers and Teams' virtual performances (simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated Drivers' habilities (non simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated tyre wear levels for each team.
- Updated "Race Only" GPs grid.
- Updated stats (podiums and wins) until 2016 Japanese Grand Prix.
- Updated driver's favourite tracks.

Thanks for downloading! Hope you enojoy it! ​

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v3.8 - After Japanese GP

NOTE: Esteban Ocon Add-on available on RaceDepartment!

Major changes:
- New Medium tyre option (with softer and harder tyre for each race, Ex: Suzuka -> Soft and Hard)

Regular changes:
- Updated Drivers and Teams' virtual performances (simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated Drivers' habilities (non simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated tyre wear levels for each team.
- Updated "Race Only" GPs grid.
- Updated stats (podiums and wins) until 2016 Japanese Grand Prix.
- Updated driver's favourite tracks.

Thanks for downloading! Hope you enojoy it! ​

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v3.7 - After Malaysian GP

NOTE: Esteban Ocon Add-on available on RaceDepartment!

Major changes:
- Jolyon Palmer is now better.
- Many teams and drivers' performances tweaks.
- Malaysia is now a special race for Mercedes in Career Mode (Petronas sponsorship/fanbase)

Regular changes:
- Updated Drivers and Teams' virtual performances (simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated Drivers' habilities (non simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated tyre wear levels for each team.
- Updated "Race Only" GPs grid.
- Updated stats (podiums and wins) until 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix.
- Updated driver's favourite tracks (Ricciardo, Palmer -> Malaysia)

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v3.6 - After Singapore GP

NOTE: Esteban Ocon Add-on available on RaceDepartment!

Major changes:
- Toro Rosso is now a tier 3 team.
- Reduced a bit performance gap between Grosjean and Gutiérrez.

Regular changes:
- Updated Drivers and Teams' virtual performances (simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated Drivers' habilities (non simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated tyre wear levels for each team.
- Updated "Race Only" GPs grid.
- Updated stats (podiums and wins) until 2016 Singapore Grand Prix.
- Updated driver's favourite tracks (Ricciardo, Nasr -> Singapore)

I'm giving you all driver's favourite tracks up to date. This is where a high performance is expected for each driver:

• Melbourne: Rosberg, Palmer
• Bahrain: Grosjean
• Shanghai: Vettel, Kvyat
• Sochi: Massa, Magnussen
• Spain: Verstappen, Raikkonen, Sainz, Ericsson
• Monaco: Perez, Alonso
• Canada: Bottas
• Austria: Button, Wehrlein
• Silverstone: Hamilton
• Hungaroring: -
• Hockenheim: Gutierrez
• Spa: Hulkenberg, Ocon
• Monza: -
• Singapore: Ricciardo, Nasr

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v3.5 - After Italian GP

NOTE: Esteban Ocon Add-on available on RaceDepartment!

Major changes:
- Better balance between car performances.

Regular changes:
- Updated Drivers and Teams' virtual performances (simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated Drivers' habilities (non simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated tyre wear levels for each team.
- Updated "Race Only" GPs grid.
- Updated stats (podiums and wins) until 2016 Italian Grand Prix.
- Updated driver's favourite tracks.

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v3.4 - After Belgian GP

NOTE: Esteban Ocon Add-on available on RaceDepartment!

Major changes:
- New Manor Racing Team driver Esteban Ocon with name, texts and nationality (for driver pic, download my add-on on RD).
- Little car performance tweeks.
- Race Only GPs grid even more unpredictable (but still 'realistic')
- Updated tyre compounds for last races (all completed).


Regular changes:
- Updated Drivers and Teams' virtual performances (simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated Drivers' habilities (non simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated tyre wear levels for each team.
- Updated "Race Only" GPs grid.
- Updated stats (podiums and wins) until 2016 German Grand Prix.
- Updated driver's favourite tracks (Hülkenberg, Ocon -> Spa).

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v3.3 - After German GP

Hopefully I can upload another update before the return of F1 at Spa-Francorchamps. But this is looking good!

Major changes:
- McLaren Honda is now a tier 2 team.
- Force India/Haas/Renault performance down a bit.
- "Race Only" GPs grid is more unpredictable (not only Rosberg P1, etc.)

Regular changes:
- Updated Drivers and Teams' virtual performances (simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated Drivers' habilities (non simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated tyre wear levels for each team.
- Updated "Race Only" GPs grid.
- Updated stats (podiums and wins) until 2016 German Grand Prix.
- Updated driver's favourite tracks (Gutiérrez -> Hockenheim).

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v3.2 - After Hungarian GP

Great battle between Kimi and Verstappen at the Hungaroring. Here is a new update for this database!

Major changes:
- Max Verstappen habilities up (only counting results since Spanish GP, when he joined Red Bull).
- Improved balance (Red Bull / Force India performances up. Ferrari / Williams / Haas / McLaren performances down).
- Added driver styles (good at qualifying, neutral, good at race) based on 2016 teammates comparision.
- Fixed error with Toro Rosso drivers (performances were inverted).

Regular changes:
- Updated Drivers and Teams' virtual performances (simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated Drivers' habilities (non simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated tyre wear levels for each team.
- Updated "Race Only" GPs grid.
- Updated stats (podiums and wins) until 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix.

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v3.1 - After British GP

After many (MANY!) hours of trial and testing, finally got a balance that I like. Mercedes will be a little bit more dominant than before, and also each tier will be much slower than the tier right-before. Hopefully (again ^^) Williams is not OP in the races. I think with every version this mod is becoming more and more realistic without losing the unexpectability and becoming boring, so i'm happy with that! I would appreciate so much any reviews or feedback that you can give me.

Thanks to Spooky1611 for his feedback, it helps to make this mod better and better (checkout his Youtube channel, has some good F1 and videogames content).

Major changes:
- Difference between tiers is now bigger (in order to avoid unrealistic OPs by teams like Williams or McLaren).
- Difference between Mercedes and Ferrari/Red Bull is now bigger (Mercedes will be a little bit more dominant).
- Some teams have changed their 1st drivers (Williams, Toro Rosso and Sauber).

Regular changes:
- Updated Drivers and Teams' virtual performances (simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated Drivers' habilities (non simulated/fast-forwarded sessions).
- Updated tyre wear levels for each team.
- Updated "Race Only" GPs grid.
- Updated stats (podiums and wins) until 2016 British Grand Prix.
- Updated drivers favourite tracks (Hamilton -> Silverstone)
- Updated tyre compounds for Monza (Super Soft, Soft and Medium) and Suzuka (Soft, Medium and Hard).

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v3.0 - After Austrian GP

I've spend a lot of time working on math formulas that improved the quality of drivers habilities on my mod to make it as close to real life as possible (considering 2016 team-mates battles, driving styles, car performances, and drivers who aren't at the prime of their careers, like Räikkönen or Massa).

Obviously, I think it's still perfectible, but it's way better than the old system.

- Completely new system to rank driver habilities.
- New realistic tyre wear system (now Mercedes has lowest, and Red Bull highest tyre wear, just to give one example).
- AI slower on wet weather conditions (they were so OP).

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v2.5 - After Austrian GP

- Updated Drivers and Teams' Virtual Performances.
- Improved Carlos Sainz and Pascal Wehrlein habilities.
- Updated "Race Only" GPs grid.
- Updated stats until 2016 Austrian Grand Prix.
- Updated driver's "favourite tracks", so they have more chance of a good performance (ex: Button and Wehrlein -> Austria, Verstappen and Sainz -> Spain and so on).

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v2.4 - After European GP

- Updated Drivers and Teams' Performances.
- Improved Sergio Pérez habilities.
- Updated "Race Only" GPs grid.
- Updated stats until 2016 European Grand Prix.

Note: Kris' 2016 Season Mod has been updated. Remember to install my database AFTER Kris' Mod update.

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v2.3 - After Canada GP

- Updated Drivers and Teams' Performances.
- Updated "Race Only" GPs grid.
- Updated stats until 2016 Canadian Grand Prix.
- Marcus Ericsson is now Sauber 1st driver (based on team-mate comparision).

Other Team-mate duels to keep an eye on:
Felipe Massa vs. Valtteri Bottas
Daniil Kvyat vs. Carlos Sainz

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v2.2 - After Monaco GP

- Re-Formulated Drivers and Teams' Performances. It's more realistic and accurate than previous versions.
- Re-Formulated "Race Only" GPs Grid, as well, it's more accurate and feels more realistic.
- Engines lines modified, so performance from Mercedes/Ferrari/Renault/Honda engines is closer (not really sure if it affects game or not).
- As a consequence, there are some small changes like Red Bull being even closer to Mercedes and Ferrari, and McLaren/Haas being almost equal on car-performance.
- No Tier-changes from previous versions have been done.

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NOTE: Kris' 2016 Season mod has been updated, remember to put my database AFTER Kris' mod.

v2.10 - After Monaco GP

- Big Tier-Change:
Force India is now tier 2 team.
Haas is now tier 3 team.
- Updated Driver's and Team's performance (ie: Ricciardo, Hamilton, Force India, McLaren faster; Raikkonen, Vettel, Haas slower)
- Updated Race Only GPs grid.
- Updated stats until 2016 Monaco Grand Prix.
- Sergio Pérez is now Force India's 1st driver (has been costantly beating his teammate during last and current season).

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v2.01 - After Spanish GP

- Max Verstappen moved to Red Bull Racing.
- Daniil Kvyat moved to Scuderia Toro Rosso.
- Updated teams and drivers' performances (i.e: Verstappen, Sainz, Perez, Gutiérrez are faster and Toro Rosso is now better than Haas).
- Updated "Race Only" GPs grid.
- Updated stats until 2016 Spanish Grand Prix.

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v2.00 - After Russian GP

- Fernando Alonso is back! Replacing Stoffel Vandoorne again.
- Updated team's and driver's performance after Russia GP (McLaren a bit better, Force India a bit worse, etc.).
- Updated "Race Only GPs" starting grid after Russia GP.
- Updated tyres for Austrian GP (Normal tyre: Super Soft, Soft - Softer tyre: Ultra Soft, Super Soft).
- Added language file with some corrections of team-names (ex: Force India -> Sahara Force India F1 Team) and driver's names (ENGLISH ONLY).
- Improved "Special races" in Career Mode (Ex: Now Haas has COTA as their local race and Monza as engine supplier race, etc.).
- Eliminated "Korea" and "India" tracks replacing "Europe" and "Mexico" GPs, they were making the game crash.
- Career Mode new calendars:
1. Brief 2016 Season (7 fan favourite tracks)
2. Medium 2016 Season (12 fan favourite tracks)
3. Full 2016 Season (All 19 tracks)

NOTE: For more inmmersion, I recommend using this Kris' McLaren Honda skin to have Alonso's car with Nº14.

NOTE 2: Start a new profile and career mode is a must to avoid any conflicts!