Wow this thread has spiralled out of control.... in before the lock
Anyway my 2p as stated before, after a couple of races you will know how long tyres take to heat up/cool down etc low level technical director will give you the fuel amounts, look at somebody elses previous race data to see how many laps to run/tyres. Over the course of a race [below level 6] theres no advantage at all to having 2d, after level 6 [KERS] you get to use kers manually instead of the AI using it for you, so you have more chance of getting races fastest lap but still dont really gain any advantage
To Sum Up....
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[*]Bad/Inexperienced teams would not suddenly get better if they had more 2d trials [or full 2d]
[*]The majority of Good/Experienced teams would still win if they never had 2d
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to prove this point, rookie with 50/100% races I reckon i could win even if every1 had 2d and I never
http://igpmanager.com/play/?url=league-standings/156/5#tab2
^ This is pre-patch despite not having 2d and 5 or 6 other teams having it he still came 2nd, 197points ahead of 3rd... Imagine how much improvement he will gain now that he can adjust push settings and make better pit-stop etc