Well I'm working on small changes about drivers signings for FLM 3.
What annoys me is not that the good drivers in small teams are taken by the best teams because it's 100% realistic and for example Schumacher couldn't be stuck in a Jordan for a decade. (Or we could choose that each driver will make all his career with one team only.. or maximum 2, and after all why not, it's a choice)
What annoys me is that the best teams could steal the good drivers to worse teams when they already have one. The "No A driver signed when you already have one" was a good thing.. but it can go farther.
What I want is that every team can race with at least one good driver. You should all have a good n°1 driver.
For example, in our game, currently, Button should be the n°1 driver of someone else than McLaren. Same for Massa or Montoya.
Two "big" drivers in the same team is something that happened in Formula 1.. but it never lasted long. Piquet/Mansell, Senna/Prost, Mansell/Prost, Hamilton/Alonso, even Ricciardo/Vettel.. it can't work.
The solution is sometimes very easy.. in this game for example, Raikkonen and Alonso will NEVER be teammates. It's impossible. They came in Formula One the same year, they're signed for 4 years each time.. they are always signed by different teams. Contrary to Button, who came the year before, and who will always have a great teammate...
So here is my very simple plan for FLM 3 (or earlier perhaps if you like) :
Do you remember that we had "reshuffle" for car stats in the first FLM game ? Every 3 seasons, things were mixed up a little bit. Well what I propose is a drivers' contract reset every 4 years. Every 4 seasons, all drivers become free. Every one makes a wishlist for their n°1 drivers.. then we all signed the n°2 drivers. This way, the best drivers are "given" to different teams and we can't have a "cheat" line-up anywhere.