Tyre PRESSURE & TEMPS really matter on F1 22
Hi, everyone! DISCLAIMER: Anything in this topic is mainly about the CAREER MODES, especially the MyTeam mode, but I believe it applies to all other modes as well if you plan to have long races (25...
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I'm obsessive about getting my tires at just the right pressures and temps. I like to do a long run on softs with a full fuel load in practice, ideally with track temps about the same as forecast for the start of the race, and adjust all pressures such that all four tires are pushing 100 or even 101 C. So if I'm seeing temps like....
Front Left -- 102
Front Right -- 100
Rear Left -- 100
Rear Right -- 98
I'd lower the front left pressure one or two clicks and raise the rear right pressure one or two clicks (higher pressure --> higher temp).
I want pressures as high as I can set them on the softs so that I can get higher temps into the hards if I run them on lower fuel loads late in the race. I'll also do a long run in practice on hards with a lower fuel load to make sure I'm hitting 92C at least in each core.
@sc31245
Great tips and also a slightly different way of getting the right values for Tyre Pressure (and tyre temps)!
But the point is still how important these things are in this game, especially against the AIs that can do all of that 'automatically' and this can be a pretty unfair fight if we don't try and get these things right too!
It's also important to remember we can always just restart the session to avoid burning extra tyre sets and/or wearing the engine parts too much by doing lots and lots of laps.
Once people are a bit more used to all of this, there's also an easy way of testing it - it's not super precise, but it can help to gain time if people don't want to spend literally hours just setting up their cars:
At the moment, what I usually do is this:
I use the Race Strategy Program (5 laps on Mediums) to test my tyre temps - I start the test with Tyre Presures around the middle of the bars and at the end of the 5th lap, I check the tyre temps and make the necessary adjustments (1 click here.. 1 click there..) to the Tyre Pressure values and that's it.
This is super lazy and as I said above, it's not super precise, but if you are 'sure' you're getting something around 95-97ºC on Mediums at the end of lap 5, you SHOULD be ok to go and just race without worries, even on Softs or Hards as well.
If you want to be super precise though, just use the method @sc31245 suggested above (save your setup and restart the session when you're done to avoid burning extra tyre sets and/or wearing your engine parts too much, etc, etc, etc) - cheers!
