Tyre strategy in the Game

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@ultimatepitschko wrote:

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Also they dont need to hand back tyres after every practice session.

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Are you certain about that? When did the rules change?

I think they changed it after the teams couldn't choose their tyres anymore.
Pirelli always gives them the same amount of softs, mediums and hards.
And they have to manage by themself.

The German broadcast always got a list of tyres which are fresh and used so they know in the race.
(Idk if other have these too)

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@ultimatepitschko wrote:

I think they changed it after the teams couldn't choose their tyres anymore.
Pirelli always gives them the same amount of softs, mediums and hards.
And they have to manage by themself.

The German Broadcast always got a list of tyres which are fresh and used so they know in the race.
(Idk if other have these too)

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It was specifically the returning of tyres at the end of practice sessions I was querying? I can't quickly find anything definitive on this - do you have anything you're able to share to prove the requirements have been dropped?

@mariohomoh probably knows all about this if he's about actually?

Actually they have to hand back the used tyres of FP1.

Source: https://f1chronicle.com/how-many-tyres-can-f1-teams-use/

The tyre strategy could actually be soo good in the game.. all that needs to be done is simply

• Lift the lock on tires for practice (except for the single Q3 tyre, thats the rules)
• Make the C1 tyre slower, 0.5-1% less grip to simulate how bad it is IRL
• Dont lock the strategy to ~75% tyre maximum but to 90% maximum as these tyres just dont get punctures from wear or only shortly before hitting the canvas
• add more time to the expected race time in the strategy for each stop, short tracks with short pitlane 4-6s, long tracks with long pitlane 7-9s, Singapore and Monaco 10s minimum

This would mostly lead to less stupid AI strategies doing 2 stops when the player can easily do a 1 stop, make for realistic behaviour on the tracks with C1-C3 tires, allow some car specific race pace with different tyre wear as the AI wont make unnecessary stops but for example Merc can keep good pace while Ferrari will reach higher tyre wear and slowly fall of the pace..

It could be soo good if these things were implemented and they dont even take much effort i think ☹️

Agreed that this should change. I think it was updated last season to allow teams to manage all sets of tires that can be used.

You do still have to give back sets of tires though.