Silverstone 2018

Just because the AI has a lot of fuel left at the end of qualifying. Currently the AI struggles to reach the real life times in qualifying.
Regarding the free practice sessions, the AI only does long runs and always carries full fuel at the beginning. I always have to get comfortable to a track in FP1 which the AI does not. Usually I am much more up to the front in qualifying and have to struggle to keep that good track position in the race.

 

Just out of curiosity, is there an actual way to know how many liters in excess they're carrying at the end of the session or is it pure speculation?
I'm not saying you're wrong....Something that might translate to 0.5 secs in pace then I'd say probably....+1 sec, I'd say not likely because the gap between quali and race pace would be too much IMHO.

If you choose between 10-15-20 minute quali sessions, does the AI modify the initial fuel load accordingly? I'd personally like to know this. If they don't, then in longer sessions, AI lap times should be lower at the end but I personally don't have time for 20min sessions without time accel

 

I just did 15/15/15 or 20/20 qualifyings like in reality and in many cars you can see the actual fuel level. There are several kilograms of fuel left at the end of a session. Probably enough for a couple of tenth. And don't forget that in real life they take two sets of fresh tyres at least in Spint Cup qualifyings and then use the driven rubber in the race.
IMHO the race pace is fine but I wouldn't mind the qualifying pace to get a bit faster like it is in RL. And we also should not overestimate the effect of the fuelweight. We are not talking about a second.

 

Lol from this i remember that i always wanted to ask dev that cars with endurance lighting systems weigh more than sprint cars with standard headlights.
@Aristotelis maybe you can shed some light here

 

I want that sticker as well!!!

 

i used to use the same set of tyres on both practice, than 1/1 new set in the qualy. so i'll have 2 new sets for the 2 races (sprint race)
i didn't make a full endurance weekend yet.

 

Would be good to have a setup option that allows you to choose how much fuel you want in the car for qualifying. If I reduce it down in the setup screen I tend to forget to put it back up come race time.