Just in case you missed it in the chat, I'm copying what I wrote here again:
@ Frank: No idea what I am doing wrong, but my new instant chassis turned out bad as well. research level 10/10, conservative, short, weight -> 477kg. I did this the last two seasons too, I always managed to get around 430kg with much lower research levels
Also I have the same designer as the last seasons, and I dont do something differently. I clicked design part, and then a minute later finish project. No research, no test bed, 95%.
With all the other parts it worked fine.
EDIT: Frank, can you check if the gearbox got its development. Its also very heavy in my opinion.
Yes, I had seen the parts reach either 95% or 100% right away but was thinking that they should have stopped developing them shelves. I have since clicked finished.
As for the Production aspect I think they are producing but not showing up into the production page; where as the second ones show up since they are being developed. I am guessing this is due to season 8 being see able versus season not being see able. So I would suggest maybe adding way that we can see what has been produced for each season (current (S8) season and next (S9) season). Maybe add it to the Production page as well as the Car page so that we can build next season car before the end of the current season so that we can confirm that we have produced enough parts for next season.
I know think i have 4 chassis & 4 Gearbox but have no true way of confirming if this is truly the case.