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Changing strategies after qualifying

Hello, I would like to suggest these changes for qualifying and pre-race:
I would like the qualifying to be farther in time from the race, for example 30 minutes before the race, so to put those 20 minutes between the qualifying and the race in which you could change the strategies of the pilots.
Sometimes, on the basis of the results of the qualifying, I need to change my strategies that I've done before qualifying.
Obviously, the pilots should start the race with the tyres chosen for the qualifying, so I'm saying if there would be a possibility at least to change the tyres and fuel amount to use from the first pit-stop to the end of the race.
I think that would be useful in order to make your strategy clear just before the race, instead of changing everything during the race, which may be confusing.
Would that be possible?

Hi Roberto,

That can all be done by living managing your race using the race viewer. I think this would just create another reason for people not having to join live races?

I know that it can be done in the live race, but as I said before, sometimes it can be chaotic, at least for me, changing strategy in the first laps while managing live the positions of my drivers, the tyre and fuel consumption etc... at least I would like to change them in the race viewer during the pre-race grid, which starts 5 minutes before the race... but the function to change the fuel amount and the tyres for the first pit stop is locked.
Never mind, it was only a suggestion to make it more comfortable (in my opinion).
And at least for me, it wouldn't be a reason not to join live races, because I always follow them :)

The idea of Roberto is not too bad, and i personally think that changing some strategies just before the race may be more intresting for all, and using the same tires of the qualifying in the race is more realistic for my point of view.

Could still do with someone explaining how iGP benefits in any sort of way from a manager turning up to live-manage their race.

In my opinion there are a number of reasons.

First is that is a community based game, so any reason to join a live race and chat and joke with people is a good thing.

But on a more game related level, is all about the small details. How warm are you tyres, how cold are they, are you carrying a too much fuel for your stints, are stuck behind someone and should you pit early or use kers. Being there to push for that last lap before you pit cause your tyres are getting old can make up a few seconds over a race. Being there to change from push level 1 to push 2 if you change tyres can make a massive difference too. People have made suggestions around being able set different push levels for different stints and tyres etc. All technically possible I am sure, but all have been rejected so far.

If you enable all these different things that make it easier to not live manage, they why bother having the option to join a race at all. I am sure it would be much easier for Jack and the team to abandon the viewer etc, and have some machine crunch the numbers in a matter of minutes rather than simulating the entire race.

Please dont take this as an attack on Robert or anyone for making these suggestions. I have made a few before too, only to have them turned down. There is never harm is making suggestions, I am just giving my 2cents :D

Abandon the race viewer! No, no, no, no, no. lol

I think Reberto finds it chaotic changing strategy because you cant make changes until lap 2. A buddy cant do any changes until the fuel per lap, wear rates and health lose kicks in, it takes those first few laps for the simulation to get to work. ( tis why you can get away with using highest push level in the opening lap without doing damage)

The reason you can get away with a slightly higher push level on the first lap of a race is because the car starts the lap with a slow average speed, affecting the entire lap's fuel consumption by around .1l. The same can be said for the start of each stint, to an extent.

Something I have not done in a while that I used to always do in the old version of the game was push hard at the start,in-laps & out laps. But also I pushed hard on the longest straights of each track. Doesn't use anymore fuel than normal, but it does mean you have to manage the temp of tyres over the rest of the lap cooling them down getting to push again.