There is currently some issues with the Image ratings.
That being said, the best way to improve image is to make good components/vehicles, and market.
The reason you probably dropped from Fantastic to Abysmal is because the reports are relative to other companies in the game. So lets say you're at 10/100 rating, and you're in the upper tier of companies in 1910, you'll be at Fantastic, but the next year an AI company starts with 50/100 rating. You're now much worse than the AI company, thus you go to Abysmal...
The main thing is, the actual numbers do not change. And behind the scenes, that's what matters.
I have a fix for this planned for 1.16 (the next patch) as racing effects many of the image points, so I'll take care of both at the same time.
That being said, the best way to improve image is to make good components/vehicles, and market.
The reason you probably dropped from Fantastic to Abysmal is because the reports are relative to other companies in the game. So lets say you're at 10/100 rating, and you're in the upper tier of companies in 1910, you'll be at Fantastic, but the next year an AI company starts with 50/100 rating. You're now much worse than the AI company, thus you go to Abysmal...
The main thing is, the actual numbers do not change. And behind the scenes, that's what matters.
I have a fix for this planned for 1.16 (the next patch) as racing effects many of the image points, so I'll take care of both at the same time.
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good human beings save the world, so that bastards like me can keep creating art, become immortal.
if you read this after I am dead it means I made it." ― Charles Bukowski