RR3 Wiki:Standards and Data Sources

The purpose of this page is to advise the data source, standards and methods to gather in-game data used in this wiki.

Car Data
Sources and information regarding data used in car articles.

Car Name
The main source for the car name is taken from the car picture when owned and in the player's garage, take a picture of the car and note the full car name. Alternative sources are the car name while servicing the car. In all car names have been capitalised. Manufactuirers are also capatalised except McLAREN

Car Picture
From Manufacturer select > purchase car. Then go to your garage. Take pic icon, zoom in & take pictures, repeat for all purchased cars. The pictures should be in your shared Nox images folder. Rename each one: Showcase MANUFACTURER MODEL.jpg (exactly as displayed in the picture) Car pictures are full HD size (1920 x 1080), signed out and zoomed in, the picture is uploaded as File:Showcase  .jpg (exactly as displayed in the picture) e.g. File:Showcase ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE GTE (2012).jpg

Navbox

 * Manufacturer Logo is the manufacture name, since this name is now capitalised.
 * Model Name is the car model, since this name is now capitalised.
 * Production is taken from in-game files. On Android an device use a file manager and navigate to Android > data > com.es.games.r3_row (or na) > files > .depot (hidden by default) > vehicles, look for the new cars, they are displayed as _manufacture_model
 * Class is taken from the car while displayed in manufacturer select > purchase car.
 * Engine is taken from the type F*/M*/R* for Front, Mid or Rear-mounted
 * Drivetrain is taken from the type *4/*F/*R for 4WD, FWD or RWD
 * Gearbox, drive a drag race and chanage top top gear, in a standard race, in copckpit view, if the driver moves his are the car is manual (default), otherwise enter Automatic.
 * G = Yes, used for car, if not used the car is BRL
 * Cost, purchase cost either BRL or
 * Servicecost, BRL cost to service the carService_Cost.png
 * Servicetime, the time taken to service the car, in Hours and Minutes

Example:

Method to Maintain Stratagy

 * Created by Sirebel

As usual, my intentions are better than the time available. I will get around to writing something at some point before the next update. There isn't as much work as you might think in producing the strategy. The key activities are:
 * 1) Update the pages with the new or updated series each update.
 * 2) Work out the minimum PR and minimum upgrades for each car in new or updated series.
 * 3) Calculate the cheapest strategy

Any of these stages can be done by more than one person, and typically are as many people point out when I get it wrong. The key role is really an owner, someone to arbitrate when there are disagreements (which isn't often).

The first step can certainly be done with anyone who understands the wiki tables and templates. I've greatly simplified the strategy template recently and it is much easier to maintain now, once you understand the complex bits like GTE-Pro: Chevrolet and Porsche and Ferrari Evolution.

The second step is the most time consuming as it requires the upgrade tree to be created (doesn't have to be the same person but often is), some potential upgrade options to be created and a second account and time to test all the combinations. Understanding how to use cloud save/restore is essential in doing this (or how to use a Nox setup).

The last part is the most important bit. Someone has to own the strategy and check that any changes that are made have been checked in game and where cars are used in multiple series the combinations of all those series are considered. Thankfully, there are only a few in this last category.

I think if the creating of the upgrade trees and working out the cheapest upgrades for each car was farmed out to a number of people then it would just be left to the owner of the strategy to determine the cheapest strategy.

Method to Create Upgrade Tree
To give some idea on how long it takes to create the upgrade trees for cars I updated the RR3 Wiki:Upgrade Strategy FormulaE Sunday March 4, 2018, starting with the APT car testing five upgrade trees to find the cheapest one. Then upgrading the other two which ended up being identical upgrade trees but they still needed to be verified. This still took many hours to do, looking at the version history upgrade sheets:


 * ABT: 17:51 to 20:00 hours ABT Google Sheet
 * NEXTEV 20:03 to 20:35 NEXTEV Google Sheet
 * Renault 20:46 to 21:02 Renault G Sheet

These cars have exiting upgrade costs and descriptions, saving time, only the tree was confirmed, along with Base, upgrade with R$ and fully upgraded stats.

The method to check the cheapest strategy starts with a car at base upgrades. Tip: It is normally easier to takes several passes to collect the costs and descriptions in the first pass then the strategy in the subsequent passes: It is very time-consuming!
 * 1) Cloud save
 * 2) Capture and complete one upgrade at a time, from the base, from the cheapest R$ to the most expensive (sort of R$)
 * 3) Pay gold to complete any R$ purchases
 * 4) Check and confirm the PR data, before the next upgrade, one at a time. Tip: Although the PR upgrade can be entered, instead use a calculation e.g. =55-54.5, instead of 0.5, sometimes the required PR can be spotted in the upgrade and as it is from cheapest to most expensive this is a result!
 * 5) Capture & complete all R$ upgrades before starting  upgrades
 * 6) Double check the data captured actually equals the R$ upgrade data (Base PR + R$ upgrade data = Max PR w/ R$)
 * 7) Capture the car data for PR Max cash, (PR, Top Speed, Acc., Braking, Cornering, Cost, Parts) - change the device's settings between imperial and metric (Settings > Display > Display Speed: MPH | KPH) for top speed MPH/KPH and braking ft/m, do not use a calculation.
 * 8) Continue to capture the remaining data, as before, one at a time, (sort on Gold cost), any Cold upgrades that are followed by R$ upgrades should be confirmed before the next cheapest Gold upgrade, pay gold to complete R$ upgrade.
 * 9) Once all data has been captured double check the data captured actually equals the fully upgraded car data (Base PR + upgrade data = PR Fully upgraded)
 * 10) Once the car is fully upgraded, capture the car data for Max PR w/, (PR, Top Speed, Acc., Braking, Cornering, Cost, Parts) - change the device's settings between imperial and metric (Settings > Display > Display Speed: MPH | KPH) for top speed MPH/KPH and braking ft/m, do not use a calculation.
 * 11) Cloud restore (to get all the gold back)
 * 12) Now all the data has been captured once/twice, the strategies can begin:
 * 13) work out the cheapest upgrades to reach the required PR, using calculated values. (normally test calculations required PR -0.1 to 0.1+). Tip: Check the upgrades, sometimes the required PR can be spotted in the calculation.
 * 14) Then test from the cheapest upgrade strategy, until the cheapest is actually confirmed.
 * 15) Re-capture the upgrade tree in the order of the cheapest upgrade strategy.
 * 16) Cloud restore (to get all the gold back)

See the ABT Google Sheet for different strategies tested: 3355055, 6333055, 6353035, 6353053 & 6335053

Hopefully, my explanation hasn't put people off wanting to help.

Please ask if you have any questions.

RR3 Michael P (talk) 20:55, March 6, 2018 (UTC)