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DRS in wet races

I used my skills and tactic in the wet to not get relegated, in order to gain more xp and thus build my car up faster to the higher levels, which is what the game is all about.


The fluke of the wet races is part of the tactics and game mechanics in my opinion, i used it to my advantage. 

Imo, no need to change drs as it would only benefit the higher level players.

I’m not knocking you for staying up and using it to your advantage. You’ve described it perfectly by saying “the fluke of the wet race”, it shouldn’t be about flukes. Though I’ve never known flukes to be part of someone’s tactics 🤦🏻‍♂️

It doesn’t just benefit the higher level players, it benefits the better racers. There’s a big difference between the two.

No sir, with lower level kers and boost, you can be as good as you want to, in a competitive league you won’t earn scratch in dry races, not until you hit level 18 ish.

Opening up drs as we know it today to 4mm would take opportunities away from lower level managers and it would change wet races into drs-train races and those are never won by lower level managers. Not in a competitive league. It doesn’t take a good racer to hold onto a drs train so it doesn’t benefit the better racers.

The fluke of the wet race, English is not my mother tongue, i mean that wet point-scoring opportunity races are a rare thing for a lower level manager, not something that happens every day. And as a manager, you should seize this opportunity when it opens up, in that way it should be part of your tactics to go all in for those races.

I think you forgot the struggle these managers are in, parts, engines, upgrading buildings, hiring and firing staff. Lower level managers’ car development only gets near the level 20 ones near the end of the season so a well timed wet race near the end of season is not a common thing.

Then there’s the realism part. Heavy rain and drs, in my view is not realistic at all. I know not all parts of the game are realistic but drs at about 4mm, it would bug me, seems to be reckless and takes the gist out of the game for me.

The game as it is, is a grown up pretty realistic game. It doesn’t ask to buy boxes or present paying boxes, x parts to upgrade wings to level 2 and so on, its a grown up racing game which is hard to come by these days.

Activating drs in heavy rain would be the opposite, it would take the game closer to Mario Kart, hence it would bug me and take the gist out of the game.

So for me is a no go, all due respect Gian, wet races can be boring, but in my honest opinion, opening up drs to 4mm would not be the solution.

Moaning, i’m not gonna elaborate any further, i know you like to discuss endlessly, i’m not going there.

You say that after you’ve just written an essay....

The reason I put my suggestions and agree with others isn’t to make it easier for elite drivers, it’s to make it more about the skills of the drivers and tactics. 

Saying you don’t like it because it is unrealistic and doesn’t feel right at 4mm, is perfectly reasonable, I completely agree. I said I agreed with it because there is a lack of another option at the moment, and qualifying is already massively flawed/random, which makes wet races all pot luck. It’s all about qualifying, which is wrong, especially as when half the time you may as well draw lots to decide where you start from. 

 

It's a really tough question. For the sake of realism I'd say no, or maybe activate it below 1mm. For the sake of making wet races less dependent on qualifying results I'd say yes, because they can be like a precession with equally matched teams. 
Even though I'm level 20 though, so would stand to gain from DRS in the wet, I have to say no overall. I remember being level 13 or 14 in elite, against 8 or 10 level 20 managers, and the wet or changeable races were my one chance to get amongst them with it being more equal. I wouldn't want to deny up and coming managers those opportunities 👍

Stop it already!!!! Now you're just making sense here... pft... lol!!


But seriously, this is a solid idea!!!  It's got excitement written all over it. More importantly, it gets everyone involved. 

I know slo.... there go any chances lower level managers may have had... Life isn't always fair...  

I think Gian suggested the drs because just making overtakes easier must be difficult for the devs (best solution, that I'm sure they already considered).
Wet races need a change. Lower level managers should ask to weaken the drs instead of just hoping in rain (?!)

personally i dont like it for i like it when its realistic and in real life drs is not not in f1 when it rains