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BewareTheHare's avatar
BewareTheHare
Seasoned Traveler
4 years ago

The Death of the Soft, Medium, Medium Strategy?

I know that the number of tyres available to teams on a given weekend has been reduced IRL this year, and that this is being replicated within the game. However it's a little frustrating that either in career or in one off race modes you can't choose to hold on to more of the medium or hard compound, which I believe some teams have been doing IRL. Certain tracks like Abu Dhabi have had the default race strategy of SMM for years, and it seems to be a shame to lose this - not least because in my friends leagues these races have typically had the biggest divergence in strategy (some might run a MH, whilst others chance a SSM). 

My question is whether this is intentional or not? I know there's a 'Tyre Allocation' screen that pops up all the time, but unless I've been missing something this hasn't done anything for a few iterations of the game now. I guess the other option is to make sure to burn up some softs in practice programs so these get handed back instead of the Mediums or Hards, but this seems like a bit of a faff just to get an extra Medium compound to use in a race, and isn't really practical to do for an online race.

Would appreciate any thoughts on this - am I missing a really simple option to bring back the SMM strat, or has this effectively been killed off?

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41 Replies

  • Meza994's avatar
    Meza994
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    @BewareTheHare The simple problem is that the tires you use in practice and that will be taken away from you before qualifying are locked. You cant do anything against it and its by design. A flawed design that was never like that IRL but Codemasters probably found it easier - more beginner friendly i guess.. There is no other solution than just lift that lock and give us free choice over tires we use in practice which will then determine which tires we got left for qualifying and race. For a online race without practice simply leave all tires or let the player choose "which to discard"
  • goodhand12's avatar
    goodhand12
    Seasoned Scout
    4 years ago

    I find it absurd that you can't use 2 hards in a race. But when I pointed that out in Codemasters forum last year I got a "LOL why would you want to use 2 hards, the hard tyre is not performant" so I guess we'll have to live with it

  • BewareTheHare's avatar
    BewareTheHare
    Seasoned Traveler
    4 years ago
    @Meza994 Yeah agreed - although I don't think this was as big an issue last year when there was an additional Medium set within your quali set, which gave you a decent level of variations in strategy at a 2 stop race. Ideally as you say, Codies would lift the lock and allow you to pick which tyres to take forward
  • MartzMimic's avatar
    MartzMimic
    4 years ago
    @BewareTheHare I’ve always been frustrated with this as well, particularly when it’s raining in FP 1. It’s not as bad in this iteration since we have two sets of mediums for practice, but you should still have a choice, particularly in My Team.
  • zed08je0ot2v's avatar
    zed08je0ot2v
    4 years ago
    @goodhand12 Hards is one thing. Not being able to use two sets of mediums is a major oversight on Codemasters behalf. They should come up with a solution for this, it will really ruin the fun of different strategies.
  • Meza994's avatar
    Meza994
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    @zed08je0ot2v Two sets of hards would be used fairly often if track temps etc. would be a thing.. The solution is really easy, lifting the lock on tires for practice, literally all they need to do😂
  • zed08je0ot2v's avatar
    zed08je0ot2v
    4 years ago

    Oh yes, absolutely. I just meant to say that last year it wasn't as big as a problem because 2 hards isn't as common as 2 mediums. They should both be possible, though.

  • Julianoren9's avatar
    Julianoren9
    4 years ago
    @Cuidado com a Lebre Incorrect tire rules are correct in this F1 22. Currently you can choose up to 7 sets of tires for the race, you don't need returned used in free practice. So we can take two medium and two hard for example. I hope this is fixed urgently as the race strategies are very restricted like that.
  • JasVerstoppen03's avatar
    JasVerstoppen03
    4 years ago

    Just like IN REAL LIFE, i want to be able to choose MY OWN tyre usage with returning the most worn sets, keeping for example a used medium for tactical use, and not at the end of a session tyres bluntly TAKEN AWAY from me. 

    if i don’t use the hard tyre in FP1, i want to be able to use it later on! This is just emberassing that it’s still a factor in AN OFFICIAL LICENSED TITLE! 

    IMPLEMENT THE DAMN RULES RIGHT!

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