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m3RRY_cHRISTMAS
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DSQ in wet Monaco race: mandatory dry-tyre rule wrongly applied to wet tyres

Game: F1 25 (latest, incl. 2026 Season Pack)

Mode: Career Grand Prix, Monaco GP, 27 laps, wet race

Platform: PC

 

WHAT HAPPENED:

I was disqualified on lap 27 with the message "Failed to use enough different tyre sets".

 

MY STRATEGY:

- Started on FULL WET

- 1 pit stop, switched to INTERMEDIATE

- Finished the race on intermediates

 

That is a perfectly legal wet-race strategy. In real Formula 1, the "two different dry compounds" rule does NOT apply to wet tyres (full wet + intermediate are both wet tyres, not dry compounds).

 

WHY THIS IS A BUG:

1. The DSQ message says "different tyre sets" but I DID use two different tyre sets (full wet -> intermediate).

2. The mandatory "two compounds" rule is being applied to WET tyres, which are exempt in the real FIA sporting regulations.

3. Other AI drivers did the SAME full-wet -> intermediate strategy with 2 pit stops and were NOT disqualified - the rule seems to count pit stops inconsistently.

4. This bug has existed across multiple F1 titles (2016, 2020, 2023, 2024) - the wet-race mandatory-tyre rule has never been fixed properly.

 

EXPECTED BEHAVIOR:

Wet-race strategies using only wet tyres should be exempt from the mandatory "two dry compounds" rule, exactly like the real FIA rules.

 

I have the session results CSV showing the DSQ at 40:03.096 on lap 27 if needed. Please fix this - it's ruining wet races.

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