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New Player need help on tires

Hello! I just discovered this game and I'm really excited for my first race tomorrow! I read joey's guide and its really helpful but I need more depth info about tires. Like how much lap on softs before they lose their effectiveness and stuff like that. I hope you guys can help me! :)


Btw, what is the advantage of having an active host on your league? The league I joined in has an inactive host for like 136 days. Should I join a new league?

Hi Jan, having an active host can enable a league to kick inactive players and allows new, active players to join when spots open up.

I see, I guess I should get myself a good active league to fully experience the fun

With an inactive host and no chat on the league page it would be better to change leagues. However rookie leagues fill up quickly so that may be difficult. Check the League forum and contact the host about joining a league. Good hosts are constantly removing inactive teams from rookie level and may make room for you if you ask.

Tires, when you run practice laps you get a tire wear percentage. However dividing 100 by that percentage is not the maximum number of laps that you can use . Tires will not puncture until the wear is under 5%. Tires will deliver a higher speed than the next harder tire until the tire is at 50% wear. But usually that is not an effective stint length. For example, supersoft tires with 17% tire wear shown can run 7 or 8 lap stints but the last 2 or 3 laps will be slower than your opponents that are using soft tires.

Check the forum for more details about tires.

Thanks man! Will definitely read more in the forum, I still have a lot to learn haha.

I looked in the forums for a new league and youre right, the rookie leagues does fill up quickly :/ Will try to message the hosts.