I have a few questions about regens and the development team and money.
Information is scarce out there about this, so I went and created this account and post to ask you guys for answers.
So I'm managing a continental team and money is pretty tight atm, I started a development team at the beginning of the year but it is really draining my bank account, so I was wondering, can I disband it at the end of the season or am I stuck with it forever?
Also I got a fairly large lump sum at the end of last season, any idea where that could've come from? It wasn't noted in the finances tab. Can i expect this every year?
Also about regens, I used to play a lot of Football manager and they had a system where the newly generated players always spawned at a fixed date every year. so my question is how does it work exactly in this game? I haven't been able to figure it out. Is it with a date, and if so, what date? Also what ages do they spawn in is it always 18?
If any one of these questions can be answered I will be happy
You have to actively renew the dev team every year or it will disband. I'd call it a waste of money, it's something you can indulge in once you have the cash as a WT team.
I'm not 100% for PCM 20, but yes, you get a one-time payment once a year.
Newgens do spawn once a year, not sure when, tbh, there is a message while simulating that it happens on the 25th of October, but I never check before January 1st (which I think was the date in much older versions of PCM). They are between 18 and 21 years old, generally the older they are, the better their starting stats will be (with a lot of randomisation).
Learn to manage your money. When you do the renewals/hirings in August you have a strict limit. However, if your staff contracts are running out they aren't included - nor is a dev team!
(This is a little trick to spend more on rider wages starting in the second season. Don't extend your staff contracts prematurely and if you hire new coaches do it in December, you have to pay their wages for an extra month, but their "2-year contracts" will only run for 13 months and not be included in the August calculation. But only spend as much as you can make from race income, so not very much in the CT.)
Thanks for all the info, I appreciate it. This pretty much answers all my questions.
And yes, I do agree that development teams are a huge waste of money for continental teams. When I created it, it gave me an estimate how much it would cost but it didn't include the salaries of the riders, it ended up being almost the same salary cost as my main team which is absolutellly ridicoulous.
I'm on huge losses per month now but I should be able to hold out till the end of the season, when I'll disband the dev team and I hopefully get that lump sum.
I also read the post you linked and it was pretty insightful. This is my first ever PCM though so everything is still pretty new to me. But I have also encountered the problem you mentioned with morale, having a 66 rated player complain he isn't winning enough was also pretty ridicoulous to see.
