Hey folks,
Thank you for your detailed feedback on this topic. We've shared an update on this which you can find here: Tyre Allocations - Answer HQ.
I've just come here to point out the same thing as the original poster.
Being locked into 4 sets soft, 1 medium and 1 hard makes alternate strategies almost impossible.
I'm not sure how hard it is to fix this problem but the user being able to choose which tyres are handed back after each practice session would solve the problem. I'm unsure of the exact rule for tyres before the race, but if you are only allowed 6 sets of slicks for the race then the teams IRL must be handing back quali softs in favour of keeping practice run mediums and hards. A simple solution might be to leave all the tyres available for us to run until just before the race start. At that point make the user select 4 sets of tyres to use with the mandatory race designated 1 medium and 1 hard sets. The user could choose 1 hard, 2 mediums and one soft if they like and have a great strategy option.
That is where EA x Codies made the mistake... In F1 2020 or 2021, we had a set of Mediums for Q2; now woth the Top10 Q2 tyre rule voided, the devs have swapped that Medium into a Soft tyre set. IMO, I think that Codies should revert that change.
the assignment of tires is right by codemasters, they must cancel the return of the medium tires in FP2, which by regulation only one tire is returned in FP1.
We landed on the same spot... The issue comes from the fact that the FP2 & Q2 tyre have been incorrectly swapped. In F1 2020 or 2021, we had a 🟡 tyre set for Q2 (meaning that FP2 tyre was 🔴) and this year we have a 🔴 tyre set for Q2 (FP2 2nd set is 🟡).
RL Tyre allocation is the same in 2021 (which is 8x 🔴, 3x🟡 & 2x⚪️), except for GP where we have a Sprint qualy...
@mixmax83 wrote:the assignment of tires is right by codemasters, they must cancel the return of the medium tires in FP2, which by regulation only one tire is returned in FP1.
@EA_Kent Now that it's been figured out and clearly stated as to what the issue really is and how it can be fixed, please can you pass this onto the developers to fix?
Nearly 3 months now and we haven't been able to race properly. It's unacceptable that it's being left to us to solve the problems with this game when we've paid for it.
