Forum topic: Development

Can anyone tell me if this is normal? I have developed a new electrical system and iterated 6 times (mostly to see what it does as it doesn't cost much).

I have concluded it makes things worse - 2 of those iterations have done nothing, whilst 4(!) have apparently set me back, to the point where the part's improved rating (bearing in mind I /have/ to iterate at least once) is now 4(!) levels lower than it was when I started - or at 5% rather than 9%:

Traction control
Project rating 4%
Improved rating 5%
Levels improved -4

What is the influencing factor here? Am I doomed to go backwards unless I upgrade my designers?

PS - did switch teams in the end (thanks Animal Racing!) - life is much easier with more points coming in every hour (even if this is not the best way to encourage new players to stick around).

I've had some parts developed where the result has been a very small or maybe even no improvement, i've never had something get that much worse. Your designer doesn't look terrible, so i'm surprised it's so bad, maybe you just got really unlucky. I'm fairly new too, so a player with more experience might have a more definite answer.

I would guess i've developed ~10 parts overall and whilst some haven't been great, none have been anything that bad.

EDIT. (And to clarify my designers aren't especially better than yours at this stage, though i do have 2 of them)