Phantom medal 6246 209 days ago (Last edited by
Phantom 199 days ago)
The push levels allow you to choose how hard your driver will push the car.
There are 5 push levels in the game. Push levels control the overall speed of the car and affect both your fuel consumption and tyre temperature, although the impact on tyre temperature is much higher. So you effectively control your tyre temperature through selection of the right tyre and push levels.
Push level selection depends on various factors such as,
- Track layout: On long straights, the tyres overheat quickly. So on tracks with long straights or sweeping long corners, push level has to be low.
- Track temperature: Higher track temperatures (can be attributed to higher ambient temperature displayed in the game) can overheat the tyres quickly. So you need to select harder compounds to be able to push harder or keep the push level low for softer compounds.
- Tyre wear: Depending on where in the stint you are, push levels can vary. Coming just out of the pits, you can push to the max level till the tyres reach the optimal temperature (just below the red line without crossing it). Also, when tyres are worn out beyond 60%, you need to increase the push level for the last few laps as the tyre temp starts to drop. As a rule of thumb, always push to max for your in laps (lap before pitting).
You can vary your push levels while in between a stint for important aspects of a race like getting into DRS range of the car in front of you or getting out of DRS range from the car behind. You can also create distance between your 2 drivers (lead driver - higher push, folllow driver - lower push) so you can double stack them (pit both of them in the sam lap) in case of weather changes during races.
Hope this helps!
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