@The_Laskinator @Jimlaad43
I don't find it logical or fair to reverse the order. The best teams would probably work a lot to climb the Tiers, it shouldn't be rewarded by signing Kvyat. I want to have tough battles for the title every year with 3 teams engaged (as there are 3 Tier 1 teams) and with the best drivers.
This is exactly why I've made a signing system where contract length is only 2 or 4 years. First because this way I will prevent someone to sign both driver at once (which is just impossible to make it work properly with a signing order). Second for the turnover of teams into Tier 1 : you will access Tier 1 and sign a top driver, he will make your team a championship winner, then the old guy will decline, and you'll be stuck with him for a year or two.. it seems logical to fall with him... Buffon with Italy to take a recent example. Each season, mostly half of the line-up will change, it's good. I don't think all the teams should change every year, or none of them. 4 years if you want to keep the guy a long time, 2 years if you just wait for someone else.
By the way what you said Jim about the Rookies in the previous version isn't true. Some guys just came into F1 with high ratings : Prost 85, Senna 86, Schumacher 85, Verstappen 85, Vettel 87. The problem was that they just came in a awful car, 10 pace points below everyone else.. It couldn't make the difference ! Now it's different, no team will be stuck forever into the abyss of pace ^^ unless you ALWAYS give the farthest number and NEVER guess the formula one champions (driver and cons')
But you also pointed a problem, when they were good enough.. their contract ran out ! It is exactly why I've added another year for signing a driver