Giannis Tapeinopoulos medal 5000 6 years 154 days ago
I have two suggestions involving DRS. First, is how about a second DRS zone in the tracks as it already happens in real F1. Not in all the tracks only in those which realy have a second zone.
Second, is how about enable DRS and KERS in rain wheather races. The reason KERS and DRS are disabled in real racing is to reduce the possibility of an accident. Since there are no accidents in iGP (and there won't be any as it looks like) i dont see a reason for disabling KERS and DRS. The only think that happens by disabling them is to eliminate the chance of an overtake.
Nitro Nik medal 5000 6 years 154 days ago
Only DRS is disabled in the rain, but I fully agree that DRS needs to be enabled during wet weather because currently all full wet 50% races are boring 1 stops with almost no overtakes.
I B medal 6230 6 years 154 days ago
I like it when drs is disabled in the wet.
Maybe I'm in a minority but what I find really boring is when a long drs train forms. If you aren't in it then your race is over. Having 2 drs zones would make it worse.
Craig Taylor medal 5712 6 years 99 days ago
I would prefer DRS be removed altogether
Richard Herman medal 5000 6 years 99 days ago
Craig
I would prefer DRS be removed altogether
Why?
Duc Anh medal 5000 6 years 98 days ago
Craig
I would prefer DRS be removed altogether
As if auto-KERS users are better
Carla Sta medal 5000 6 years 94 days ago
I personally hate DRS, I would much prefer an element of slipstream all around the circuit, which would potentially benefit everyone, not just those fortunate enough to catch the DRS zone at the right time. How many times have you been a couple of seconds ahead of someone, been hindered by a backmarker (even in highly populated lobbies backmarkers still get lapped) and lost position and not been able to regain...
Wet races don’t always result in single stop borefests... Virtually all 50% races (wet or dry) are most frequently won with a single stop strategy, regardless of DRS. Wet races open the opportunity for many different strategies covering different risk factors, (I have had 2 wet races this week, one starting wet and turning dry, the other starting dry, going wet and getting dry afterwards) which can blow open strategy (destroy planned strategy) and certainly would not allow for a single stop race, even in a 50% race.
Nitro Nik medal 5000 6 years 94 days ago
I understand what you mean, but like I said, "currently full wet races in 50% leagues are boring 1 stops with almost no overtakes". This is especially true in the harder leagues where everyone is so close on pace.
The slipstream system would benefit everyone, who isn't in first position. I believe this would create more trains, especially if DRS got removed. This is idea is basically just DRS but all the time. DRS and slipstream in real life are literally the same thing (one is just a little bit more effective than the other)
I also don't think it would be much help in full wet races (it would have the same effect as slipstream in dry weather).
And finally, just as Duc Anh implied, drs is one the things that gives us an advantage over inactive users. Removing this would have a detrimental effect on the game imo
Frank Thomas medal 4992 Moderator 6 years 94 days ago
Yes, slipstream is basically like DRS, just weaker and the car has to be far closer to the car in front to have any decent effect than the 1 second for DRS. I don't know if slipstream is coded into the game at all, at least I didn't notice anything like it. The trouble is with dirty air there is another effect that is in the game, it's the one that causes that about equally fast cars are usually seperated by 0.3-0.4 seconds on most tracks and in parts of Monaco slightly more than 1 second even. This renders slipstream useless because the cars can't keep close enough in the corners before a suitable straight to take advantage.
But with stronger slipstream and less dirty air sensitive cars, basically like F1 until the 1980s maybe 90s, it could replace DRS and would generally make overtaking easier.
But things like that should be optional. There are plenty of players like the thread starter that would rather like the game to resemble the current season more rather than less. Same for DRS enabled in rain and several DRS zones/newer track variants.
Adam Murphy medal 5000 6 years 91 days ago
Nitro
I understand what you mean, but like I said, "currently full wet races in 50% leagues are boring 1 stops with almost no overtakes". This is especially true in the harder leagues where everyone is so close on pace.
The slipstream system would benefit everyone, who isn't in first position. I believe this would create more trains, especially if DRS got removed. This is idea is basically just DRS but all the time. DRS and slipstream in real life are literally the same thing (one is just a little bit more effective than the other)
I also don't think it would be much help in full wet races (it would have the same effect as slipstream in dry weather).
And finally, just as Duc Anh implied, drs is one the things that gives us an advantage over inactive users. Removing this would have a detrimental effect on the game imo
50% leagues are the issue then. Play 100% like the real men. Can't stand people playing 50%
Duc Anh medal 5000 6 years 91 days ago
Yeah good luck,recovering health after the race then,Mr.Know-It-All
Leo Yeo medal 5000 6 years 91 days ago
idk if this guy was joking, how does playing an extra 45 minutes of a game make you a real man. I mean, it's just a game! Liven up a little! He acts like racing 50% is a rookie mode compared to 100%, when both offer unique challenges that shouldn't be compared imo
