James Warren medal 4608 11 years 224 days ago
Is it ever worth 1 stopping in the dry? It would seem to me that a short race (27 laps) that it would be hard to make up the speed gained stopping twice?
Leopard Snezhny medal 5000 11 years 224 days ago
In a short 25% it's a great option. I tried it, but then I moved to league with 100% races... ;)
Ignatius Corleone medal 5000 11 years 224 days ago
yes. last race in my league, i was gob smacked.; japan 26 laps high tire wear, one stopped and won. 10 seconds behind the second guy (me)
Risto Kukk medal 5000 11 years 224 days ago
1-stopper can also be a winning strategy when the weather comes into play
Kemba Walker medal 5000 11 years 224 days ago
Italy is a great 1 stopper for 50% races.
James Warren medal 4608 11 years 224 days ago
My next race is
Abu Dhabi 27 laps. 1 stop?
Leopard Snezhny medal 5000 11 years 224 days ago
Don't do it man. 1-stop is good in Italy,Malaysia,Suzuka and Bahrain but races such as Hispain, Abu Dhabi or Australia needs 1-stop.
James Warren medal 4608 11 years 224 days ago
Stupid question... What makes Italy, Malaysia etc good for 1 stop? Less tire wear?
Jason Lee medal 5000 11 years 224 days ago
There's so many variables to consider before using a 1 stop strategy. But in a nutshell, yes, there are many great situations where 1 stopping is a better choice.
Kevin Dashire medal 5000 11 years 224 days ago
"Jason
There's so many variables to consider before using a 1 stop strategy. But in a nutshell, yes, there are many great situations where 1 stopping is a better choice.
I agree to Jason... Recently I won in Germany were I was up against teams that were faster than me but somehow won with a 1 stop strategy... The variables that need to be accounted for in order to make a 1 stop strategy work is unmeasurable but you basically need a sheer amount of luck...
Best of Luck to everyone out there racing...
James Young medal 5000 11 years 224 days ago
I've seen one-stopping work on about half the tracks in the game. I haven't yet figured out every situation where it works on each track where I've seen someone succeed with it, but in my opinion it comes down mostly to the following factors:
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[*]Weather (both temperature and condition)
[*]Tyre wear
[*]Competitor's strategies
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Typically one-stopping is a good idea when it's raining, because the Wet tyres don't hardly wear at all. In my experience you can fully cook them and as long as there's a good bit of water on the track you won't lose pace. It can also help if you tend to qualify in the midfield and have a hard time gaining places over the race when you run a similar strategy to those ahead of you. You sacrifice pace on high fuel but it can get you out of traffic and end up a net gain.
Jason Lee medal 5000 11 years 224 days ago
The biggest factors I consider when choosing a 1 stop strategy are..
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[*]My design vs my opponents design (higher design for you = even safer to start on hards)
[*]How hot it is (or in some cases how cold it is)
[*]How risky qualifying is for you on softs (EG if you often qualify like 10th/12th on softs, it's probably safer to 1 stop on hards)
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Tom Hinds medal 5000 11 years 224 days ago
Yes, on 50% races (the ones i do), there are a few tracks where 1 stopping is favourable, especially Brazil.
Bart Stroobants medal 5000 11 years 223 days ago
I'm also a fan of 1-stopping (on hards of course) since this can be a good strategy on tracks with high tyre wear and/or where your softs would be quickly overheating otherwise.
You'll lose a couple of seconds in the first laps and after your pitstop, but then you can drive a consistent stint where you will be even faster than the soft-runners when they are nearing their first and second pitstop. Also, if you are in a fight with a 2-stopper the latter will have to overtake you on track, which may be difficult on some tracks.
(this is based on my limited 50%-races experience)
Chris H medal 5000 11 years 216 days ago
I won on a 1 stop at Monaco yesterday. I was surprised that everyone else 2 or 3 stopped. I made a 1 stop work comfortably +5 push on softs. Won by 25 secs.
Was also my first ever win so was very happy with that!!
Lee Churms medal 5000 10 years 223 days ago
About to have a monaco race myself. 39 laps. default it says best strategy is 2 stopping. Soft, Soft. Soft.
I have Komehome tyres, i think the other guy has one of the most grip tyres.
im going to do a 1 stopper as he is 1 seconds a lap faster then me. im going to qualify on hards then pit for softs. (not many people in our league), or should i qualify on softs and finnish on hards. or even just do a 2 stopper, all on softs.
I was thinking of getting Donlots tyres just for this race, abit more grip, but more tyre wear, but would probably have to 2 stop.
also iv noticed Komehome and Donelots tyres have 16 as a total value, the rest have 15. is this much of a advantage?
what would you guys recommend? thanks
Gary Collyer medal 5011 10 years 223 days ago
Hards are terrible at monaco, 2 stop softs......
Yuri Kasdorp medal 5000 10 years 223 days ago
1 stopping seems dead after the last update in 50% racing, just sayin