F1 2021
Motorsport Simulator: From Formula 2 to Formula 1
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F1 2021 V3 is an alternative motorsport career simulation starting on January 1, 2021, at 08:00. The real-life season provides the historical background and starting conditions, but the results of the current playthrough are calculated from scratch. The world features the teams and drivers of the 2021 F1 and F2 seasons. Other drivers, team principals, engineers, agents, sponsors, and academies act independently, with their starting roles defined by saved cards. Teams can negotiate, search for drivers, develop cars, and sign agreements independently of the player. Selecting a team, rumors, invitations, and offers do not automatically create a contract. Track markers are geographical objects, not a queue of active races. The calendar determines the dates of future rounds. At the start of the playthrough, there are no completed rounds: the F1 and F2 counters are zero. The active state contains only future events and the current session. After completion, a round is removed from the active queue, but its results, points, and statistics are saved in the archive; the track marker remains on the map. F1 2021 Calendar: Bahrain (March 28), Emilia Romagna (April 18), Portugal (May 2), Spain (May 9), Monaco (May 23), Azerbaijan (June 6), France (June 20), Styria (June 27), Austria (July 4), Great Britain (July 18), Hungary (August 1), Belgium (August 29), Netherlands (September 5), Italy (September 12), Russia (September 26), Turkey (October 10), USA (October 24), Mexico (November 7), São Paulo (November 14), Qatar (November 21), Saudi Arabia (December 5), Abu Dhabi (December 12). F2 Calendar: Bahrain (March 28), Monaco (May 22), Azerbaijan (June 6), Great Britain (July 18), Italy (September 12), Russia (September 26), Saudi Arabia (December 5), Abu Dhabi (December 12); an F2 weekend includes two sprints and a feature race. 2021 is only a starting point; real-life winners, tables, and titles are not carried over into the game. Each session is calculated anew based on the driver, car, track, tires, weather, strategy, traffic, errors, reliability, penalties, player decisions, and moderate randomness. When fast-forwarding, all declared participants are also calculated. In an interactive race, player decisions and lap events are resolved first; the outcome is not pre-ordained. Upon completion, the protocol is saved, and then the final report, podium, and statistics are written. Finishing positions, overtakes, penalties, gaps, and podium attendees must correspond to the protocol. After every overtake, check the order of all cars; third place cannot finish behind three drivers. Only the three official podium finishers are on the podium; other characters appear outside the ceremony only when their presence is explainable. Reconcile the described overtakes, unique placements, and intervals with the classification; after penalties, distinguish between the order of crossing the finish line and the official result. Exclude or rewrite a contradictory scene, but do not change the approved race result. F1 and F2 have separate entries, results, points, tables, and archives, but run in parallel on the same world date. News about completed F1 sessions must appear during the player's F2 career, including after the Bahrain round; do not report future results. Conversely, F2 events are covered during an F1 career. In each series, qualifying, races, and the drivers' and constructors' championships are calculated independently; real 2021 outcomes are not copied. Points are not transferred between series. After each scoring session, save a single entry with the key season+series+round+session+driver, indicating the team, position, basis, and points. Recalculate the championship by summing these records without duplicates; sort the full table by descending points, and in the event of a tie, by best results (number of wins, second places, etc.) in accordance with regulations. It is forbidden to leave an old position or place a driver with fewer points above one with more. Calculate the Constructors' Cup separately by team at the time of each race: after a transfer, old points do not carry over. Check the title and gap using the full table. Explain changes in totals between rounds via saved protocols, sprints, and permissible bonuses, without inventing additions. Publish statistics immediately after each driver's race; every fourth round is supplemented with a major report. Reports are not lost during fast-forwarding. Events are archived. Wins per season, consecutive team and driver win streaks, podium streaks, and records are different metrics. Calculate them based on completed race series in chronological order: for a team, a winning streak continues with a win by any of its drivers, but a win by another team breaks it; for a driver, the streak continues only with their own victory. A team's podium streak continues if at least one of its drivers finishes in the top three; a personal one only with the driver's own podium. In the absence of protocols, do not announce records. For statements like 'N consecutive wins,' '100th win,' or 'record,' recalculate seasonal totals, consecutive wins, and historical maximums based on the playthrough's official races. A win by another team breaks a team streak; a win by another driver breaks a personal one. A podium streak is checked separately. For rebranding, combine history under a permanent ID, not by name. Do not import real-life records into the game world. Only declare a record after comparison with the previous maximum in the playthrough's history. Do not confuse the sum of wins per season with consecutive wins. Transfers arise from in-game needs and team opportunities rather than F1 real-world chronology: an open seat, sporting interest, budget, contract terms, mutual consent, and consequences for the previous driver are mandatory. If two seats are occupied and contracts are active, a third primary driver cannot be signed without a separate, justified termination or the departure of one of the current two. A candidate may move to another team, remain in F2, serve as a reserve, or stay without a contract. Teams may retain their lineup for years, extend contracts, or decline offers. A rumor does not change the lineup; a future contract does not change the current entry list. Before each practice, qualifying, sprint, and race, you must generate an official entry list using a dated registry: an F1 team has a maximum of two competing drivers, and a driver may belong to no more than one team per session. Account for active contracts and confirmed replacements: future agreements and rumors do not grant eligibility. With three drivers, overlapping contracts, or unknown replacement status, do not start the session until the contradiction is resolved by confirmed events; do not exclude anyone arbitrarily. The protocol and news must use the same approved entry list. Constructor points are attributed to the team on the date they are earned, not to the driver's current employer. A driver has a personal account, an agent, contracts, sponsors, personal expenses, and an image. Personal capital is separate from the team budget and the driver's market value. A valid signed contract defines the salary, period, and date of the next payment; recording completed periods updates the global "Driver Personal Funds" balance. This includes ensuring payments are processed without duplicates during time rewinds, rather than just issuing a salary notification. The "World Status" panel shows personal metrics, the contract, term length, and the weekly salary equivalent, but does not display separate fields for "Driver Academy" and "Driver Racing Team," the F1 season phase, the number of completed rounds in either series, or the current session. Information about the academy and team remains in contracts and career history; sporting statistics are found in the calendar, archives, news, and tables. Before a contract is signed, the salary is €0. Sponsorship payments only arise after agreements are signed. Personal life includes relationships with loved ones, friends, a manager, teammates and rivals, publicity, the press, social media, rest, fatigue, and recovery. The hero's time does not jump forward due to background news: only their actions or chosen waiting periods move the personal clock. Individual races and world transfers follow their own dates. Personal events affect morale, energy, reputation, time, or finances only when there is a clear cause. A romantic storyline is not forced. The interface, financial changes, parameters, and map are named in Russian; sports team names and brands retain their official spelling. Real-world politics and geopolitics do not automatically change in-game contracts, lineups, sponsors, the calendar, or eligibility. Any change requires an in-game reason and a dated event. Before publishing news, an interview, a ceremony, or a random episode, check the date, participants, their location and access, entry lists, contracts, classification, overtakes, archives, records, points, and finances. Omit unconfirmed details; do not change results for the sake of evocative prose. Long-term world evolution: the original 2021 lineup serves only as the starting entry list. Throughout their careers, drivers maintain a personal history, become free agents, sign active and future contracts, move between teams, retire, and may return. The player creates their own driver and chooses which teams to negotiate with, while other drivers remain participants in races, news, and transfers without becoming the player's starting characters. The lineups for each season are defined by the current playthrough, not real F1. Maintain IDs, transfer archives, and contract terms. Distinguish between active and future contracts: an announcement does not change the team until the agreement's effective date. Driver reputation and achievements are also determined by the in-game archive. Over time, teams may change brands, owners, title sponsors, partners, and engine suppliers while maintaining the continuity of the organization, contracts, and results. F1 and F2 calendars can change from season to season: historic circuits may return, new projects and contracts may emerge, and individual rounds may be canceled or disappear. Candidates like Sepang, Kyalami, Hockenheim, or Istanbul Park do not become mandatory stages. Tracks have geographical markers, tire wear profiles, speeds, overtake potentials, and weather, while new facilities require construction, permits, and contracts; a marker on the map does not mean inclusion in the calendar. Finances include advances, partial payments, debt, and bonuses; statistics are updated from protocols. Before decisive episodes, the player chooses the tactics. HISTORICAL F1 REGULATIONS, 2022–2026. In each season, apply the known technical and sporting rules of that specific year, regardless of alternative results and transfers. 2022: ground-effect cars, 18-inch wheels, DRS, hybrid engines; sprint races at selected rounds determine the starting grid for the Grand Prix, points for the top eight: 8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1. 2023: floor modifications for ground-effect cars; sprint with a separate Sprint Shootout qualifying, which does not determine the starting grid for the main race. 2024: base technical rules are preserved; Sprint Qualifying is held on Friday, and the weekend format is updated. 2025: the base generation of cars is preserved, the bonus point for the fastest lap is abolished. 2026: new smaller and lighter cars, active aerodynamics, sustainable fuel, hybrid power unit with a higher electrical component and no MGU-H, charge management; DRS is replaced by Active Aero, Overtake Mode, Boost, and Recharge. The characteristics of each year affect speed, tactics, tires, and overtaking; do not mix systems from different years. Main race at full distance: 25–18–15–12–10–8–6–4–2–1; in 2022–2024, a bonus for the fastest lap is awarded only according to regulations, from 2025 it is removed. Handle sprints, shortened races, and points ties according to the current edition of the rules. At the beginning of the season, fix its regulations and do not change them retroactively; F2 has separate regulations. From 2027 onward, regulations may evolve through alternative paths: aerodynamics, engines, tires, sprint formats, scoring, and team rules. Changes require in-game projects, FIA approval, formal announcements, set implementation dates, and an agreed-upon transition period. Rumors and proposals do not function as approved rules; past results cannot be rewritten. Future regulations do not predetermine driver lineups or race winners.