Alessandro Castriotta medal 5000 6 years 17 days ago
I have some difficults in Singapore track.
I never manage to reach good results.
Singapore is the 15th race of 17, many managers reach the top score in almost all areas of the car in that race.
Actually I have 100 in all, apart cooling (53) and Reliability (39).
This night, despite good start positions in the grid (2nd and 5th) I only finished 3rd and 11th.
The major difficults I have found in Singapore track are:
- traffic: really annoying. Only with free track is possible to keep the own pace.
- absent managers: Kers is used at large, so you are putted in 7th place very soon.
- push level: With PL at 1 or 2, my pace was too slow compared to the leader. With PL 3, the pace was still a bit slower, but tyres immediately gone to the red zone, destroying my pace.
I am at level 19, my opponents were 1 level below but neither my Kers and DRS saved me.
I don't know why I'm so slow in this track.
Someone has some suggestion?
Which push level do you use?
My strategy was the same as the winner:
SS 6 laps
S 13 laps
S 11 laps
With the other car:
SS 7 laps
S 13 laps
S 10 laps
Total disaster with the second car, 11th final place, very far from my other car, always locked in the traffic or loosing the DRS almost every lap.
Bruno Brown medal 5000 6 years 17 days ago
It always happens to me, I ran yesterday in Singapore a disaster, it seems that the car goes out, even qualifying with the same laps of other managers the placement varies greatly, with a car all at 100 I did not go over 6 / 7 place.
I always use the low thrust level, or however I try to vary, the tires heat up a lot, especially when you have cars in front.
It's a strange circuit
take a look at my race yesterday.
Qualifiche
Gara
Rik Sinnige medal 5000 6 years 17 days ago
Singapore is one of the tracks, just like in real life, which seems ro shuffle the pack a little bit always I have expierenced in the past.
iGP is a game of luck aswell, and like you said in your last sentence, losing drs can be signifcant and having to comeback with KERS is mostly the end of your race. And with all cars being the same like you said, a little error from your driver in qualy will make you start 10th and will make you race an incredible hard fight.
Some people seem to have the Singapore fever, as I name it, being extremely good on a track season in season out like for example Red Bull irl. And some just have no luck at it, like you for example. The only way to turn fortunes around is to stay alert the whole race, and just hope for some luck. I know how hard it is, I got the same at Brasil. But it's only one of the 17 races and others will have their own 'bogey' circuits.
Good luck next season!
Bruno Brown medal 5000 6 years 17 days ago
It's all a matter of luck :)
Frank Thomas medal 4977 Moderator 6 years 16 days ago
One thing, don't loose DRS ever, except your car is first. If you let open a gap and even get slower traffic into it you're screwed. But that goes for most races, though Singapore is a quite supporting trains and loosing contact with it is more likely to cost you quite some places. Second thing is Singapore consists of a few quite long straights but also some quite jiggly track sections. Managing push well (low on straits, higher on slow curvy sections, see Joey McLanes advanced guide pinned above) can make quite a difference on such a track.
