Driver Contracts

Here you can find more information about Driver Contracts and tips how to best negotiate your contract.

## Unlocking New Drivers

Not all drivers will be willing to negotiate with you from the start. The pool of available drivers at the start of the game is quite small but it can be increased by progressing through the Career Mode. As you progress through Tiers and Classes, new drivers will be interested in negotiating with you.

Once a driver is intersted, he will show as Available in the Scouting tab.

In order to approach a driver, go to the Scouting tab, select the driver you want to negotiate with and tap Approach. This will open the negotiation screen.

## Approaching a Driver

There are several factors you need to take into consideration when placing your offer. If you offer is not good enough, the driver may reject it and you will not be able to approach him again for several races.

As you approach the driver, a progress bar will show the preliminary status of the negotiation. Lower Overall drivers will start closer to the middle while better drivers will be further away from your reach.

There are four things you can negotiate about a driver's contract:

* Contract Duration
* Contract Cost
* Support Staff
* Car Quality

After placing an offer, the progress bar will display how close to signing the deal (or not) you are. You should use the progress bar as an indication of how much more you need to sweeten the deal in order to get it signed.

If your offer is not good enough, the driver will lose one point of patience. Losing all points means you are no longer able to negotiate with this driver for 10 races. Note that patience can be increased by 1 via HQ research.

## Contract Items

### Contract Duration

This is the number of races the driver will be hired for. The default value is 10 races but it can be decreased down to 5 or up to 15.

Longer contracts mean the drivers will probably require a better deal to sign the contract.

### Contract Cost

How much money are you offering the driver for all those races?
Usually, offering more money will help the drivers make up their mind but money is not always the only thing they are interested in.

### Staff Support

Money is important but having mechanics assigned to you means your chances of performing well are higher, right? Unfortunately, the number of Staff you assign to a driver doesn't really affect his performance on the track but it does affect a lot the outcome of contract negotiations.
Offering more Staff will drastically increase the likelihood of the driver accept your offer. Note however that these mechanics will no longer be available for researches or building parts. Be wise when offering staff or you may end up short-handed and not be able to improve your car.

### Car Quality

In order to be able to select this option, you need to first unlock it via Headquarter Research. Once unlocked, you can tell the driver he will have the best car, worse car or a similar car to your other driver.
Bear in mind that, if you promise a driver he will have the Best Car, you need to give him the best car. If he drivers a worse car for more than a few races, he will get a temporary negative buff, lowering his performance.

## Renewing Contracts

After the contract duration is finished, you need to renew the contract.

If your driver has not leveled up since the last

     contract, there is no need to improve the offer. The driver will be happy to simply renew the contract with the same conditions.

If the driver has leveled up, you will need to do a new offer, which needs to be slightly better than the previous one.

## Contract Cost Cheat Sheet

We have been trying to discover what is the sweet spot for offers for each driver. This list is being constantly updated with new information but should give you an idea how good your offer needs to be for each driver based on his Overall Stats.
Contract Cost Cheat Sheet