28-11-2019, 12:22 PM
It seems these races will come down to tyre management. I don't know if anyone has tried to do a race simulation yet, but I couldn't even manage to make it to the first stop yet lol
The hard tyres are plain terrible. They don't wear, but after a few laps they start to heat up and they immediately lose all grip.
The soft tyres wear a lot, but keep more grip outside the operating window, as long as you don't overcook them too much either. After a few laps I had a few small slides and the tyres started to heat up. Over 100+ degrees they become terrible and it takes a lot of effort to cool them down again. You really have to tip-toe around the track, otherwise you will no doubt encounter a bigger slide. That is when they really light up (140+ degrees) and you just lose all grip.
So beware! It's worth putting effort in the race setup over qualifying, because a few slides and you're in the pits for new tyres
I am putting Antti on the case to figure out some setup magic to make the tyres last longer :p
The hard tyres are plain terrible. They don't wear, but after a few laps they start to heat up and they immediately lose all grip.
The soft tyres wear a lot, but keep more grip outside the operating window, as long as you don't overcook them too much either. After a few laps I had a few small slides and the tyres started to heat up. Over 100+ degrees they become terrible and it takes a lot of effort to cool them down again. You really have to tip-toe around the track, otherwise you will no doubt encounter a bigger slide. That is when they really light up (140+ degrees) and you just lose all grip.
So beware! It's worth putting effort in the race setup over qualifying, because a few slides and you're in the pits for new tyres
I am putting Antti on the case to figure out some setup magic to make the tyres last longer :p