USE MORE THE SIMULATER

Hello everybody,

I have a good idea! I mean why don't we use more the simulation i mean the game gave it. But we can't use it. Secondly why can't we have some test day's so we can test new engin tyre.

Give me your opinion on the topic.

Phil

Like the idea of test laps, probably quite hard to implement with other things top of the agenda.



But something along the lines 5 lap runs during season break to confirm what fuel usage would be a certain track(say Melbourne) and have supplies locked in for the season. Could then use data against previous seasons round Melbourne to check for differences in fuel usage

I like the idea of off season testing.  Real Formula 1 has twelve 8-hour days of testing at two different tracks.  I would assume that if they had multiple tyre and fuel suppliers that teams could probably test with all of them in preseason before deciding on one for the entire season.  Engine suppliers, on the other hand, you would probably have to choose before entering testing. I would like to keep this thread going and hear other's thoughs on off season testing and being locked in to suppliers for the entire season.

I think testing would be a good idea, if you were restricted to having a supplier for a whole season, which i know some people would not be happy about. However i think it would add another aspect to the racing.

I think what might be good would be for managers to vote on where the test should be carried out during the prevous season?

Also for the testing itself you could take 2 suppliers (engine, fuel and tyres) which after testing you could choose one of these suppliers, or none. If you chose a supplier that you tested with maybe your could have a performance bonus i.e.5%

Sim testing between races would be great along with practice lap times......

Also what about on the assembly page a total weight of the car?   Know your drivers weight an the motors weight is a non-relevant stat as of right now.

BD

+1 on off season testing!  Would be nice to be able to make some runs without others on the track.  Even if it were something "down and dirty" that provided output on what the car is doing (nothing fancy IMHO if it would speed dev).  And I'd even be OK with just a single set of suppliers if it would shorten the load on the devs.

Or, as an option, a way to have your driver(s) race in a league, and also in a private "testing league" that just contained them. With all the reporting you get from a race results.  They would get no points, experience, additional training, but they could run 4-5 "races" each season to see how the car is progressing.