Temperature & Tyres

Was wondering if anyone could give me advice about the air temperature and which tyres to go for? So, say the air temperature is 15 degrees and it's a high tyre wear track, would i go for softs (as they're less likely to overheat in colder conditions) or hards. Never really factored the air temperature in until now and it's throwing my strategies up in the air now! :L

Hmm never thought about that. I would go for hards but i'm a noob.

Softs all the day

Softs but do short stints.Maybe 4-6 stints for a 100% race distance 2-3 50% distance and i don't know for 25%.These have helped me gain positions and got me into the points a lot.Hope it helps you to

It varies depending on the track. Hards are almost always faster in Monza, but they don't work at all in Monaco, even if it is hot. Just depends on how hard you can push on each type of tire.

Yer.I used softs at Monza at roughly the same track temp and i had to keep pitting after 8-10 laps and it worked but i had to keep the tyre temp at roughly light blue to stop them wearing out quickly.but if you put on the hards like James y said i would recommend short stints or soft for the first stint then hard for the rest on any track.

You can do atleast 8 laps on softs at every track. Softs is much faster than the hards. When your tyres are white, go to back off or take it easy. The softs will be slower at 35%, hards also.

At most tracks though depending how well you can manage the tyres will depend how long you can go for but ive saw guys in my league win the race by about 5-10 seconds pitting 5 or 6 times mainly using the softs for about 6-8 laps at most tracks. Wouldn't the soft tyres be slower when they reach below 50-40% though?

You have to keep in mind that air temperature in this game is some what counter-intuitive. While it can be cold, cold temperatures require you to push harder for a longer period of time, so in return tyres (particularly softs) wear out faster than they do at high temperatures. I guess all I really mean to say is consider tyre wear just as much as air temperature and tyre temperature - Sometimes the slightly cooler (10-15 degrees) weather favours hards more so than softs at some tracks.