"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
07/18/2019 at 09:30 • Filed to: None
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"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
07/18/2019 at 09:30 • Filed to: None | 0
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In my last playthrough, I decided to put my faster race-day driver, Simonsson, on hard tyres but made her push it like mediums at the start and end for a 1 -stop stint. My line of thinking is that I can stay in range of the faster leaders enough that I can box for tyres and stay in the top 5 even if I pit a lap earlier or later.
Problem is that pitting in a lap earlier isn’t doing me favors for position, and a lap later is a death knell if I’m somehow ahead on the leaders’ out lap but her tyres are shot. So I’m 11th, unable to get the sponsor rewards.
Now I'm about to start a new run at Doha, an 18-lap race with 2-minute laps. What should I do to keep both my drivers well within Top 5 in one stop?
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Wheelerguy
> Wheelerguy
07/18/2019 at 09:44 |
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Thing is: going hard on the mediums is already a bad look—our car isn’t running well at Doha. But regular pace on the mediums see my drivers just drop like a stone late in the tyre’s life , and we’re still SOL once we pit because we’d be dead bloody last on a 2-stop stint .
Sir Halffast
> Wheelerguy
07/18/2019 at 10:04 |
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I’ve played this game way too much on the mobile version and I’ve found that running the softest tire is always the best bet. I try to pit at 20% wear regardless, and usually I can more than make up the extra stop time with the quicker lap time that the softer tire affords. Trying to make a one-stop strategy work without an already-top-level car just results in falling out of my sponsor bonus position. I also rarely push hard on the tires, preferring to save fuel and run in overtake mode instead of attacking on the tires.
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Wheelerguy
> Sir Halffast
07/18/2019 at 11:40 |
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So medium-medium-hard, then?
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Sir Halffast
> Wheelerguy
07/18/2019 at 11:48 |
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If you’re getting 6/8 laps on your mediums then just go M-M-M. I usually won’t switch compound in a dry race unless there’s a gap that would necessitate another stop.
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Wheelerguy
> Sir Halffast
07/18/2019 at 11:51 |
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I’ll try this on later. Thank you!