Hello
First of all, I want to say that this game, even with its current state is quite amazing, biathlon in general is an amazing sport!
I agree on some points with previous posts, so here are some suggestions.
-Penalty lap does need to be longer, between 15-20sec, its way too short and gives a good chance to win even if you miss a lot of shots. It would also be nice if the heart rate affects the shooting, because i can easily abuse the range area sprinting with max while others slow down to prepare for shooting, and i can still shoot accurately, which in reality would be extremely difficult. The events are a bit too short too, 5-8min races are simply too short, if i play a game of nba/fifa/football manager etc the duration of one match could go from anywhere between 20-40minutes, this would help to make the penalty lap more realistic and also would give room to add more athletes.
-42 athletes per division is way too low! It makes team races super boring and it takes out one of the best features of biathlon, which is that there are so many countries that can compete for top spots! There should be 2 divisions, around 100 athletes in each. I played the game for 10 seasons, I did not face any bugs which is nice, but after 10 seasons the variety of nations gets even less exciting. New athletes appeared only from handful of countries, almost all new youth athletes were from Norway/Sweden/France/Russia/Germany, i also had few athletes from Ukraine/Belarus/Finland/Switzerland and Italy BUT i think 0 from other countries :/
Team/Mixed relay competitions are extremely fun, but not when you have only 5-8 teams.. There should be a limit on athletes per country, racing against 16 norwegians is not that fun (no disrespect, i love Sturla and Tiril and Bö brothers too!)
-Make weather and ski choice matter more. Currently it doesnt really matter which skis i select, no matter the weather, they all behave and feel the same, but bad skis in reality can make an athlete lose a lot of time uphill/downhill situations. Same with the wind and snowfall - these should make the shooting trickier but they had 0 effect.
-Shooting speed also needs to be reviewed, it feels like most of them use automatic guns to shoot, they are so fast)
Thanks :)