Okay i didnt know that so fair point. I still am on the tune horse and think that taking that out is simplistic. Its just as big part of motorport as the racing itself. But also understand some people dont have time. I would suggest div1 as tune lobby. If you wanna be at the top then be prepared to practice. But i know that wont ever happen
You're right, a lot of people don't have time or don't care to spend hours tuning the car. There are arguments for both approaches though. Personally, I prefer non tune because it comes down purely to driving ability. On the other hand, tuning a car shows an intimate knowledge of how the car works and responds to different environments/settings, which is nothing to cough at.
yeah agree with that for sure. i also may be a bit biased because last time we had a tune series i won my division. maybe moreso because of my tuning ability over my driving ability.
I was short shifting from lap 18 trying to make it to the finish ran out of fuel crossing the line with 1 lap to go I knew I shouldn't have employed the engineer from red bull. I think if we can pick how much fuel we add in a pit stop adds a bit more of a strategic edge to it. I'm happy to advice people in div 3 of my fuel usage so they can choose how much to add in a stop or they just put 40 back in
I like the fuel strat aspect also. I was on the softs/hards tire strategy. Worked out I was going to use about 50L for the full distance, so I could pit any time after my fuel level reached 30L. It works out well that softs/softs runners have a tighter pit window compared to that for softs/hards runners.
Yeah I think I misunderstood what you were saying. But yeah there is that possibility of people "cheating".
Here is an idea, if one fuel stop isn't enough to get whats required how about x2 wear @stucar17 so people have to pit twice for rubber and surely will end up with enough fuel
If fuels turned off you could change your setup in the garage to be default which changes fuel load in a non tune room. So someone could end up have say 7 litres for qualifying and the race and not run out.
From memory, PCars refueling works this way: If you set your strategy to fill only 10L, if you come in with more than 10L, it won't add anything. The pit stop will only fill up fuel TO the 10L mark.
I can't imagine where we would need more than 80L to run a 45 minute race. Watkins isn't exactly a slow track, full throttle percentage would be considered moderate to high and I used less than 50L there. It's going to be a good challenge for people to work out their tire strategy, then work out how much fuel they will burn on their 1st stint, then work out how what level they need to top up to in order to make it home. Getting it right will mean less time in the pits waiting for fuel which could easily gain you track position in a close race.
Hence why I pitted after using 10L, as my refuel was set to 40L, that way I spent less time in the pits.
But you also spend a higher amount of the race with a Heavy car. If you ran the tank close to dry, and then pitted for the last little bit you needed, you'd have a quicker car over the distance. Sure your tyres will be worn, but running a car on Heavy fuel the whole time isn't doing wonders for your tyres either.
