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General Career Discussion 2013
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| sylvao |
Posted on 23-03-2014 17:49
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Edit "local.cdb" from your database folder (PCM game installation folder).
Look for STA_race_difficulty table
I set 3.5% for hard mode which I think s a good value between initial hard mode and extreme mode (5%). Good challenge but not insane difficulty 
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| nielsboy1998 |
Posted on 23-03-2014 20:16
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Just started a new carreer with Tinkoff-SaxoBank. My main goal is to score in the Grand Tours. Kreuziger and Majka will be the teamleaders in the Giro. Contador and Kreuziger are the teamleaders in the Tour, and Roche has a free role. For the Vuelta, Contador, and Majka will be the team leaders, and Roche will have again a free role. Then I have Breschel for the Cobble classics, and Bennati will have a free role in the sprints. I just has finished the first mond: January. Here are the results of the most import races:
 Tour Down Under
Stages:
| Stage | Winner | Team | | | 1. |  D.Bennati | Tinkoff-SaxoBank | | | 2. |  J.Hivert | Belkin | | | 3. | R.Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | | | 4. | C.Ewan | Orica GreenEdge | | | 5. | J.Hivert | Belkin | | | 6. | D.Ratto | Cannondale | |
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| Nr. | Name | Team | Time | | | 1. | J.Hivert | Belkin | 17h54'40" | | | 2. | R.Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | +16" | | | 3. | D.Bennati | Tinkoff-SaxoBank | +29" | | | 4. | C.Ewan | Orica GreenEdge | +31" | | | 5. | D.Ratto | Cannondale | +41" | | | 6. |  F.Kessiakoff | Astana | +47" | | | 7. |  J.Castroviejo | Movistar | +48" | | | 8. | C.Wurf | Cannondale | +49" | | | 9. | Y.Offredo | FDJ | +50" | | | 10. | J.Pineau | IAM | +50" | |
| KoM | C.Wurf | Cannondale | | | Points | J.Hivert | Belkin | | | Youth | C.Ewan | Orica GreenEdge | | | Team | AG2R |
Other Races:
| Australian NC ITT | J.Bobridge | Belkin | |  New Zealand NC ITT | J.Bauer | Garmin-Sharp | |  South Africa NC ITT | R.Janse van Rensburg | Giant-Shimano | | | New Zealand NC | Greg Henderson | Lotto-Belisol | | | Australian NC | S.Gerrans | Orica-GreenEdge | | | La Tropicale Amissa Bongo | J.Hivert | Belkin | |  Tour de San Luis |  Y.Trofimov | Katusha | | | New Zealand Cycle Classic |  Y.Metlushenko | Torku Seker Spor | |  Copa America |  Y.Havik | De Rijke | | | GP La Marseillaise |  L.Nordhaug | Belkin | |
Ps. I play on level Hard.
Edited by nielsboy1998 on 23-03-2014 20:17
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| ruben |
Posted on 23-03-2014 23:24
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Garmin career: I led the giro for 2 weeks with Talansky, had built up a nice lead in the medium mountain/hilly stages. But Uran put serious pressure on me in nearly every mountain stage.
Most of the time I managed to finish with Uran/slightly behind or even in front. But in one of the early mountain stages I lost 1'30 of my lead.
And before the last mountain stage I had 2'40 left but I thought I could keep the lead because the days before I withstood very serious attacks from Uran and only lost '20.
Boy was I wrong. Uran unleashed hell on Tre Crime and all I could do with Talansky was limit the damage. Majka profited from Uran to take the stage win ('53 ahead of Uran). I finished more than 3'40 down.. and lost the jersey by 4 seconds.
You would think it was over right? Nope. On the final flat stage to Milan I took my ultimate revenge. I would not work for 2 weeks for a 2nd place. So I held the peloton together somehow until the intermediate sprint.. Talansky managed to win thanks to Navardauskas. Now the pink was ours again with virtual 2 second lead.
In the final the tempo of Astana was so high that all the sprinters lost energy on the climbs. I was just keeping Talansky in front by riding 84% own effort.. and suddenly the pace dropped and Talansky rode away on the final tiny hill. Didn't hesitate and attacked, to just hold off the sprinting peloton. Stage win! So in the end we managed to bend the 4 second deficit into a 22 second lead.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 23-03-2014 23:34
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Wow, nice job I've just started a Garmin career myself (nothing of notice yet), but I doubt I can copy that. Also, Talansky will probably ride the ATOC with Hesjedal leading at the Giro and the Vuelta ... at least that's the plan for now.
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| ruben |
Posted on 24-03-2014 11:13
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Well I was lucky with the field. Uran, Majka and Kreuziger were the strongest riders statswise, and Kreuziger had no form.
So basically it was just Uran and Majka. Majka lost a lot of time in the hilly stages... so after 5 stages only Uran was left as serious competitor.
Even Kelderman was in the top 4 for most of the giro (collapsed in the final mt stage) |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 25-03-2014 22:03
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Getting back into the PCM spirit (and cycling really). I've spent the day downloading the 2014 db, which also required the Expansion pack, hence the all day part 
Anyway, decided I'd start a Lampre career since they are always one of my favourites, and I really like their jersey this year. First thing I did was release Horner
With that extra space I brought back Ballan as well as Pibernik from Free Agency.
Im hoping to get one last good season out of Cunego and Ballan, and hopefully Ulissi and Costa can do well in the classics.
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 26-03-2014 06:36
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Hmm, doesn't Ballan have 'an injury' from the start. If so, you have a problem
Feyenoord(football) and Kelderman fanboy
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 26-03-2014 21:12
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Jesleyh wrote:
Hmm, doesn't Ballan have 'an injury' from the start. If so, you have a problem
Yep  Didn't even check before I signed him. Well that sucks.
Best results so far is Ulissi 2nd at TDU and 2nd on both hilly stages (1st and Willunga Stage)
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| ryant |
Posted on 26-03-2014 21:47
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Hey, can anyone tell me how I could add Team ASDA-Savers to the database so I could chose it as a custom team in Career Mode?
thanks
 John St Ledger in Team Bunzl-Centrica and Team U25Red Bull Driver in RFactor
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 26-03-2014 22:01
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valverde321 wrote:
Getting back into the PCM spirit (and cycling really). I've spent the day downloading the 2014 db, which also required the Expansion pack, hence the all day part
Anyway, decided I'd start a Lampre career since they are always one of my favourites, and I really like their jersey this year. First thing I did was release Horner
With that extra space I brought back Ballan as well as Pibernik from Free Agency.
Im hoping to get one last good season out of Cunego and Ballan, and hopefully Ulissi and Costa can do well in the classics.
but why?
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 26-03-2014 23:09
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SSJ2Luigi wrote:
valverde321 wrote:
Getting back into the PCM spirit (and cycling really). I've spent the day downloading the 2014 db, which also required the Expansion pack, hence the all day part
Anyway, decided I'd start a Lampre career since they are always one of my favourites, and I really like their jersey this year. First thing I did was release Horner
With that extra space I brought back Ballan as well as Pibernik from Free Agency.
Im hoping to get one last good season out of Cunego and Ballan, and hopefully Ulissi and Costa can do well in the classics.
but why?
American on an Italian team, no way
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| Conardo |
Posted on 27-03-2014 08:30
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Net-App Career 2014 DB. Wildcard TdF: After 4 stages de la Cruz has the KoM and and in the fifth stage he has a crash and must abandon. |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 27-03-2014 12:45
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So I get quite a lot of complaints about too few races. How many race days per month/quarter/year are enough and perfect for the riders to be quiet and satisfied?
Edited by Shonak on 27-03-2014 12:46
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| nielsboy1998 |
Posted on 27-03-2014 12:55
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I prefer as maximum for my teamleaders 70-85 racedays. For my domenestiques i has 90 as max and for my talents 50-60 and not to much WT. I also prefer that each rider rides min. one grand tour. And also a good tip which i use: If your teamleader's goal for example the Giro, i will start his season in Paris-Nice/Tirreno or Catalunya. So he is at his freshed.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 27-03-2014 19:17
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Thanks. So you have a very good value in terms of Satisfaction Race Quantity? Getting my team up to 85 race days will be weird... I'm used to keeping them at 60-70 from PCM 2012.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| YvesStevens |
Posted on 27-03-2014 19:25
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OH come one, go back to the old days. My riders ride 125 races average |
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| nielsboy1998 |
Posted on 27-03-2014 19:26
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I use my planning for months, and I'm delighted about it
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 27-03-2014 19:27
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125 races 
Why?
Feyenoord(football) and Kelderman fanboy
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| YvesStevens |
Posted on 27-03-2014 19:28
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I like to race alot of races ^^ at the cost of my riders |
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| nielsboy1998 |
Posted on 27-03-2014 19:46
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125 races... How much do you win? I has with 65 race days with Contador, wun in the Tour, Vuelta, Criterium du Dauphine, and Tour de Beijing
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