Peter
Ran a few races since the most recent tyre update, in 100% league and 50% leagues.
I think the tyre balance at 50% distance is very good now...there are different situations for every type of tyre.
For 100% distance, Softs still have a sizeable edge, but not to the extent as they did previously with x0.50 scaling.
Some data to explain:
Silverstone, GBR 15C, Dry
Tyre Economy: 37
Laps on Soft, before hitting the 50% deg cliff: 15 laps
Laps for Medium to gain on Soft (in a typical stint): 1 lap
Nurburgring, GER 21C, Dry
Tyre Economy: 37
Laps on Soft, before hitting the 50% deg cliff: 14.5 laps
Laps for Medium to gain on Soft (in a typical stint): 1.5 laps
Hungaroring, HUN 24C, Dry
Tyre Economy: 46
Laps on Soft, before hitting the 50% deg cliff: 20 laps
Laps for Medium to gain on Soft (in a typical stint): 0 laps
Valencia, EUR 24C, Dry
Tyre Economy: 51
Laps on Soft, before hitting the 50% deg cliff: 15 laps
Laps for Medium to gain on Soft (in a typical stint): 0 laps
As you can see, the Medium tyre is not given enough laps to gain on the Soft tyre, while Soft is below 50% Tyre. The result is Soft has been chosen by 95% of managers in my league so far.
So I believe, in order to get Softs, Mediums and Hards on the same wavelength, increased scaling is a must.
x0.75 scaling for 100% distance would give Mediums 3 laps to gain on Softs, giving near identical stint times. This would also put more emphasis on live viewer racing, as currently with Softs, you can set a low PL, and not have to attend the live race.
the problem with scaling is, what you gain in one tyre against the others One type will lose. as we can See now, with the supers.
See the tyre types and strategy choice as a range:
h m s ss
before the updates we were on the left side of the range, so just h worked
after the update 2 we were between s and ss
After update 3 we are close to s Maybe a Bit close to m.
with changing tyre characteristics you can just move to the left or right. so at least 2 types will be obsolete.
to make all them work in the current condition you would have to make them close to similar. so other parameters should be checked and used. Maybe track, Maybe fuel,maybe temperature etc.