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Simon Mahon
1 year 172 days ago

Well this game !! As it was raining I set up my cars to start on inters , joined the race it was dry, managed to eek out 7/8 laps on my inters 1st stint , then went hards all the way home to try and make up ground,
That is two sets of tyre compound in a dry race, my car then stopped a lap from home as I had been disqualified I mean WTF !!

Connor Cooper Super Mod
1 year 172 days ago (Last edited by Connor Cooper 1 year 172 days ago)

Hello,

In simple terms, you were disqualified for not using 2 different dry tyres in a dry* race.

In iGP Manager, a dry race is defined as a race where ~~rain never falls~~ ~~between lights out and the chequered flag~~ the track is dry and 0.0mm for the duration of the race and given the qualifying and strategies of your league mates, I suspect this is what has happened to you.

Due to wet races being defined the way they are, you may have a race start at 1.0mm, and dry all the way to 0.1mm be defined as a dry race as rain never actually feel during the race.

Please correct me if anything of the assumptions I've made about your race are not true.

Following a correction by SuperMod, Kevin Bissell, I have edited a section of this response.

Simon Mahon
1 year 172 days ago

I set up at work and joined the race on the grid ,just to late to change tyres when I got in , so the race was 0.0 dry to start with ,so I tried to go as far as I could with the inters, then switched to hard.
By my calculations that's two compounds in a dry race ?‍♂️

Community Manager
1 year 172 days ago

Hey Simon,

I perfectly understand that due to an unforeseen situation you couldn’t adapt your strategy to the race but this is explained at the game, see the screenshot:

Simon Mahon
1 year 172 days ago

Not with you, I set up inters all the way which you can do in a wet race.
Even so dismissing everything you can still see in the dry race I used two compounds ,inters and hards, I don't get where you coming from.

Community Manager
1 year 172 days ago

Read the text front the screenshot, is clearly explained. During a dry race only dry tyres are counted.

Simon Mahon
1 year 172 days ago

Well I must say that's stupid, I've still used two different compounds in the race, also stating the obvious I was around three seconds a lap slower, why penalise me even more ?
I wasn't allowed to change them in the pit area also so your also saying I should have made a extra pit stop to change my tyres leaving me further behind.
When you can see I've used two compounds and not gaining any advantage why penalise me more, plus the fact and I still maintain I HAVE used two compounds ,

Community Manager
1 year 172 days ago

Hey Simon,

Thanks for your reply. This rule follows the same logic and regulations as real-life open-wheel racing series.

Simon Mahon
1 year 171 days ago

So I didn't use two compounds then ? Inters and Hards ...
Strange I thought I did ?

Community Manager
1 year 171 days ago

In a dry race, use of two or more dry tyre compounds is required.

Inter compound is not a dry tyre.

Simon Mahon
1 year 171 days ago

But if I'm stuck with that tyre at the start what am I supposed to do , pit again straight away be even further behind ? at the end if the day that rule should be changed after all I used a slower tyre, 2 separate compounds why get punished further if in no way it was my fault.
I certainly haven't read through every thousands of rules in this game and wasn't even aware as long as you used two compounds the rule existed, I state again what advantage did I have ,answer none, tried to use two compounds best of my knowledge then I get DQ there should be something in place to protect the player in this instance.

Austin Morvik
1 year 170 days ago

Given the situation where qualifying was dry, but the strategy was preset, unfortunately you take the hit. I see where you're coming from and it does suck, but using advanced strategy to place your car on inters if there's any water at all comes in handy and that's where it's beneficial, otherwise the strategy you've set is forced.

Kevin Bissell Super Mod
1 year 170 days ago

Simon

But if I'm stuck with that tyre at the start what am I supposed to do , pit again straight away be even further behind ? at the end if the day that rule should be changed after all I used a slower tyre, 2 separate compounds why get punished further if in no way it was my fault.
I certainly haven't read through every thousands of rules in this game and wasn't even aware as long as you used two compounds the rule existed, I state again what advantage did I have ,answer none, tried to use two compounds best of my knowledge then I get DQ there should be something in place to protect the player in this instance.

The reason you were stuck with that tyre at the start is you set a strategy where Inters were your tyre choice for stint 1. If you use AS you can select a dry compound tyre for stint 1 and rely on AS to fit Inters for qualifying if the track is wet. If you do it this way and the track dries out before the race begins you can switch to your selected dry compound on the grid without needing to do an extra pit stop.

At the end of the day, it's a management game and you set a strategy that was in contravention of the tyre rules and as a result of this your cars were DSQ. There's no point is asking for the rules to be changed because they won't be. Now you know what happened you're not going to do it again and if you still disagree you could always move to a league that doesn't use the tyre rule.

Simon Mahon
1 year 169 days ago

Plain and simple I'm nor asking for the rules to be changed, IMO I still used two compounds in a dry race.
That's what it asks you to do and that's what I followed.
Never did I realise it had to be dry compound tyres, if you gain a advantage I can see why your dsq, but your not thought no fault of your own.
I've been playing this game for a few years and never knew the two compounds meant you had to use two dry compounds.

Kevin Bissell Super Mod
1 year 169 days ago

Simon

Plain and simple I'm nor asking for the rules to be changed, IMO I still used two compounds in a dry race.
That's what it asks you to do and that's what I followed.
Never did I realise it had to be dry compound tyres, if you gain a advantage I can see why your dsq, but your not thought no fault of your own.
I've been playing this game for a few years and never knew the two compounds meant you had to use two dry compounds.

The rules state... In a dry race, use of two or more dry tyre compounds is required. It has always been this way in iGP and is the same as the rule for real F1. The fact that you have played the game for a few years but didn't understand isn't relevant.

You say you were DSQ through no fault of your own, but it was you who set the strategy, so unfortunately it was your fault.

You say you're not asking for the rules to be changed but you're asking for the wet type tyres to count as one of the compounds in a dry race. So you are in fact asking for the rules to be changed.

Maybe it's time to stop complaining and just accept you got it wrong.

Herbie Rides Again
1 year 169 days ago (Last edited by Herbie Rides Again 1 year 168 days ago)

Simon

Plain and simple I'm nor asking for the rules to be changed, IMO I still used two compounds in a dry race.
That's what it asks you to do and that's what I followed.
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In a DRY race with 2 tyre rule you have to use two DRY compounds

DRY = SS, S, M or H (use any two of these in a DRY race and you won’t be disqualified)

WET = I or W (use one of these in any 2 tyre rule DRY race without using at least 2 DRY compounds and you will be disqualified)

These are rules of the game!

Simples!

p.s. learn how to use advanced strategy correctly and this whole thread would have been avoided

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