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Fuel: possible theory

Does anyone know if the fuel levels become accurate, rather than underfuelling everyone, when you get your car development fuel usage up to your personal maximum, or is it just a bug?

Ah, that's brilliant news, thank you!

Could it be that "Fuel economy" is not working correctly ?

Eg. it is considered into the prerace calculations, but not working correctly in the actuall race ?

It works well in the actual race.

For example, if your actual fuel usage would be 3.4L/lap, before the race it's likely going to round the calculation to 3L/lap. If your actual fuel usage would be 3.6L/lap, before the race it's likely going to round the calculation to 4L/lap.

At this point i would love to see the accurate calculations come in, it can't come soon enough! pretty sure i lost 2 victory chances with what is going on but thats not a problem, as long as it is fixed i would be happy with that.

Guys/Girls. It'e really not diifficult. If you've done a couple of races with the same fuel and engine supplier there's no excuse for fueling incorrectly. It's simply a case of working out the litres/km from the previous races you have competed in and use this figure to predict the fuel usage per lap for the upcoming races. If you know how much fuel you use per km and you know the length of the lap in upcoming races it's not rocket science to calculate how much fuel you need for a stint of x laps, If you blindly follow the advice of the TD you only have yourself to blame if you fuel incorrectly.

Accurate pre-race predictions from the tech director are not necessary, they should be a rough guide for the newbies otherwise they will dumb down the game by removing yet another variable/ which the more experienced managers can exploit,

Just as soon as this game becomes so dumbed down that anyone can win based on suggestions from the TD, CD and Doctor is when I stop playing. I'm okay losing to someone who is a better strategist than me, but when all variables are handed on a plate to all players is when I bale out.

Fuel consumption per lap is different at every circuit. The length of the circuit is not listed here and I suspect not simulated to the exact, real length. Only the fuel usage per KM can be looked up - for a circuit you have already been to. Next season, it will be easy. This season, accurate fueling is impossible. Or you are a much better strategist than I.

I have had a couple of races that I calculated the fuel during the race, made sure I was at least .8 or lap to the good, then have to pit on the last lap, way under my fuel numbers. Its happen to me in two races, And I have seen other cars pit on the last lap also, so it must has happen to them. If my usages was going up I would understand, but it shows the same.

It pits with just over a lap of fuel left. I have tried manually stopping it pitting, then brought the driver in next lap. It works, but that is only viable when you can sit glued to the computer all race. I think you'll have to overfuel by a whole lap and a little bit to pit when you wish to. And you will always do so with a lap of extra fuel.

"It pits with just over a lap of fuel left."

Sometimes it does that. Not allways. Maybe when your really close to one lap of fuel (1.1, 1.2, or so ?)

"I think you'll have to overfuel by a whole lap and a little bit to pit when you wish to."

I don't think so, overfuelling with half a lap or a bit more should be ok.

Even if Km values were a bit off, you propably still get a decent value compared to the old estimate.