Frank Thomas medal 4987 Moderator 6 years 314 days ago (edited 6 years 314 days ago)
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Frank
True, the US would have to replace the current SS to have a use, H stays where it is and the others will have to be evenly spaced in between making the steps smaller. While I don't really see a need for this I suppose people expect to have them because real F1 uses them.
My suggestion would be making SS and S running slightly cooler to avoid them overheating that much in higher tyre wear, fast tracks and/or hot weather and allow sometimes somewhat push on conditions easier on the tyres. Another thing is that the faster the car goes the more heat is generated in the game and thus the second part of the fast straights near top speed, or even DRS, are the main source for heat, which isn't exactly realistic. Putting a cap on that heat generated there, or allow tracks to have variable tyre wear sections, would help the softer compounds way more than hards and at the same time would make it harder to get heat into the tyre if it already struggles there elsewhere on the track.
I don't like the 2 tyre rule as a mandatory one because it limits the amount of working strategies even further. If a track allows for 2 or 3 different amounts of pit stops the one with fewest stops demands to sacrify the softer tyre, and with it starting position, because that tyre can't take the stint length and making the other stints longer puts too much fuel weight on the cars. Forcing two compounds would kill off those strategies plus the ones using only one compound to make the later stints shorter for less weight and wear just for everyone putting on SS or S for the first stint and then still use H for 80-90% of the race. For me less strategies = more boring.
Frank what i meant to say with 2 tyre compounds mandatory is to atleast use two different tyre compounds as it is in F1 at the moment. As many players use 4 stints all M or 3 stints all H. Instead players have to use minimum 2 different compounds in various combinations. For example:
SS+S+S
SS+H
S+M
SS+S+M
SS+M
SS+M+M
SS+H+H
And many more combinations you can even use reverse above combinations start on H and finish on SS etc. But this way player's can't just go with boring and easiest strategy of 1 tyre compound and spices up the race.
I know, but while one compound strategies look boring they provide a second or third option for a working strategy and thus make up for a more interesting race. Taking those out reduces the number of useable strategies and together with the human inclination to go with the pack it'd be way more likely for races in which everyone just runs the same basic strategy with minor adjustments, which I would find boring.
Taking your H-SS example instead of running SS-H. First you'll have to be really lucky not to start the race with a 10 second handicap due to all the cars in front because of the qualify disadvantage, then the SS stint as last one has to be much shorter than a starting one because running the last lap(s) with worn tyres isn't something that's usually turning out well, but making it shorter means putting even more fuel weight on the hard stint, which often is already pretty borderline doing it the opposite way, and finally laps later into the race are usually faster and generate more heat, something SS don't take very well either. It's advantage is the huge overcut but it'd be tough to use that if you don't manage to stay close enough those early laps so that the others don't leave pit in front of you. It'll need an extremely good insight of how a race will be going to know when and how to make such a strategy working out better despite all those drawbacks, definitely more than I've got.
Greg
If you are going to post an opinion like this Mo, don't do it under your mod account.
What many who complain about this fail to realize is that the highly competitive leagues already use multiple compounds in a race. You have to to gain an edge. If a single compound strategy is winning at more than 3-4 tracks a season, you need to find a new league to challenge yourself.
I don't think posting as a mod is a problem. It's not an official account, with which you wouldn't know who's posting, and so an opinion remains an opinion.
I agree with that, it's all about finding an edge and the more options the more interesting the races.
