I think it would be great if we could have optional cooldown laps after a race, it would make the game experience much more immersive! Just one more lap to cool down the car and get to the pits after it, ACC and AMS 2 have that feature. Dunno if it is difficult to add such a thing to the game, hope Im not the only one who wanna see that feature in F1 25 too :)
The problem with including a cool down lap is that, unlike the formation lap, there are people still racing and you wouldn't want cars that have finished the race to go and interfere with the stragglers that just about avoided being lapped. With the formation lap, you have control over your tyre temps and grid box position which directly affects your race start. But cooling the car and picking up rubber are not relevant to the game since your car isn't weighed by scrutineers, so there is no benefit to it. In most online races you get kids smashing their cars into walls as they cross the finish line as well. So you can imagine the mayhem if they were let loose on a cool down lap that served no purpose.
I'd love to see more realism and authenticity in the game, but there are many more features that I think would offer the player a better experience and value
Completely agree with you. I suppose that feature would be great only in career or solo GP modes and optional. I can think of cooldown lap affecting engine state in career, for example. And, in general, it would feel more natural to drive another lap and get to the pits, than finish your drive right after the checquered flag.
