Saeson 10 tire model discussion and poll

Would've been so much easier if PD had given us a slider for tyre/fuel adjustment (similar to the time change adjustment), instead of 4 hard settings.

I'm thinking more along the lines of 87% race distance.......... :lol:

I can see the argument for having the option of 1 tyre to last 85% of the race or conserve and last the whole race and not pit, but I think we are forgetting that a pit stop would be inevitable due to the fuel burn basically rendering this option as a 1 tyre - 1 stop series.

I reckon we have got it right in the current series, it mixes things up a bit while bringing it all back together at the end and allows drivers with different strengths to take advantage of what suits them (i.e. at the last round at tokyo I seemed to be better on the hard tyre(my fastest lap on the softs was nearly 2 seconds off the fastest lap of the race) while nugget was much better on the soft tyre, overtook me on the last lap an bagged the win by 0.2 of a second) different strengths on different tyres and still super close.

Just a thought

Cheers

Yeah, I totally understand that, I was absolutely killing it at le sarthe and did the same thing (actually I have done this numerous times a couple in the old DTM series come to mind) where you caught me coming out of the pits was actually my second stop in as many laps to rectify that I didn't change tyres (I should have been long gone up the road) which blew my whole race because of the extra stop and my strategy got messed up causing me to run out of fuel just short of the pits on my last stop. So I did 4 stops instead of 3 and ran out of fuel.... I absolutely trashed that one.
But I (stupidly) did it to myself, and mistakes do happen in racing on the track and in the pits.(not saying that never was stupid at all, just saying it's not an isolated incident) yes it is a bit of a pain and it's not ideal but it's what's there at the moment, now I just think of it as one more detail to get right to have a good race (to tell the truth I've actually put a post-it note next to the controller buttons that I use during pit stops that says "CHANGE TYRES NUMPTY")

Cheers

ninja wally out

i went into pits last race and it would only allow me 13 litres and i tried to get more and could not

I'm not too fussed about the tire decision. I personally like the current model with fuel/tire burn rates, it adds more strategy into the racing; if you push too hard you'll burn your tires and might need 2 stops to complete the race.

Just my 2c.

I like the idea of tyre management and deciding to go hard and pit, or go easy and stay out, but have decided Im not a massive fan of the two compounds.
I has led to some close finishes, but I have found that there is more lonely driving than when there is only one compound. Most of the overtaking is one driver sailing past the other on a different strategy, so while the fastest driver is still winning, everyone is arriving at the end by different means. Hope that makes sense.

Absolutely hear what you're saying Barra - my Monza win was accomplished only passing 2 people on the same tyre.
HOWEVER - I had to pass everyone in the entire field to get to the front, which is still a challenge not losing time.

Stu ran the opposite strategy at the Burger-Ring, and yeah - circulated out-front by himself the entire race.
Not sure if he planned on it going down that way, but I think if someone plots & strategises to run solo, so be it.

I enjoy the wheel-to-wheel just as much as the strategy & chasing/being chased down at the end. I think they're both Ace!


The hard part will be selecting the right combo of tyre/fuel depletion speed (new feature) and tyre compound(s).
Good thing there's over a month to test & tune the regs eh?

I always switch my mind lol, but at the moment, I'm for one compound per race. When we used 2 compounds in the Camaros, it seemed simpler. Don't know if thats just a psychological thing or lapse of memory, but I haven't liked it as much as that or even last season.
Last season just seemed more focused on the racing, rather than strategy. It was pretty obvious what people were going to do i.e. pit around half race distance and not worry about fuel. I enjoyed that but in the end, I don't really care. I haven't put as much prac in this season so that as probably contributed to my view as well.
Like I said, I'm easy and can help with lots during school holidays.

i too liked the setup of S8... it was a simpler time where radio sounded like this (*generic 1930s broadcasting voice*) and $1 got you your weeks food im all for a move back in time

Good points Natman, but there is something not quite as satisfying about blowing through the field on superior tyres. Dont know about anyone else, but when I get caught at 4+ seconds a lap, I more or less move over and get out of the way as not to lose time defending position and screw my own race.
Having said that, SH-SM or SM-SS model might work because there isn't so much a performance difference as there was RH-RS. To the test track!!!

i think that if we have 2 compounds we need to narrow the gap as u are saying barra even RH and RM would be better then soft and hards or even RS and RM

The Race/Hard tyre seems alot closer to Sport/Soft than it used to be.. . . .

Who wants to test those 2 against each other ? !