Update 1.2

Thank you for the update Kunos, the AI is much improved. I'm in the middle of a 3 hour endurance race right now and the only issues I have is, the players car has excessive tire wear towards the end of stint compared to the AI cars. Also there is no way to turn off tire wear in the game. It would also be nice to pause the game and adjust the pit menu instead of adjusting settings on the fly.

 

How many more things would u like to be turned off and done during game pause?

 

Similar game settings that Rfactor 2 has would be nice. Also being able to adjust AI difficulty during a race would make it easier to find that sweet spot track to track, not to easy but not too hard to keep up with the AI.

 

The higher tyre wear vs AI is setup and driving dependent. You need to work on your race setup to improve tyre wear across a full length stint and ensure you're not driving too aggressively on them. It takes a while to get the hang of what works in a race setup but once you do it's rewarding

 

Thanks for the reply. I take the same racing line and speed as the AI cars and I am using the safe set-up, with only changes to the brake bias and traction control. In Rfactor 2 I leave tire wear on and only adjust brake bias and traction control and I don't have tire wear problems at the end of my stints. If I used this game only for 10 lap sprint races it would be fine, but it's supposed to simulate endurance races up to 24 hours. Tire wear needs to be optimized in a future update.

 

I think he's asking how to disable Tyre consumption. Because he cannot manage it. I think he can disable it in realism menu.

@Team DTO honestly BB and TC of course influenced your tire wear. And anyway your request is not legit without any video showing what you do.
I don't want to say anything b4 I see you driving.
But one thing can be said. This sim has at least a different name. Probably a different set of tires. So...

you didn't specify anything. your psi? your temp? lol ask 4 help b4 ask for "optimization".

 

you should make your pit strategy before the race and then just adjust the tyre pressures / tyre selection in the fly
but usually you have enough time to do it in a long straight or in the pitlane.
(in case of an online endurance race, you also can't pause the game, better you learn it, will make you better driver )

 

I was discussing this with my son the other day. It would be great if I could be his Pit Crew and adjust pressures etc while he is driving. For that to work well I need access to the pit settings outside of the sim. Maybe using a shared memory model of some sort?

 

I think there are two different points of view here: 1) people working to become better looking for options that will help them focus on getting better and 2) racers who either are already capable or just appreciate the additional procedural challenge - as in the challenge of having to sort out pit strategies prior to the race or on the fly down a longer straight or the pit lane. (Also let me state that I am only referring to the paused game adjustment option - nothing to do with tire wear in RF2. Please don't beat me, Aris). I certainly can appreciate the case for the purist in category #2. I for one fall in to category #1 and have found myself in a race only to realize that I don't have a wet pit strategy set up in my loaded preset for that specific car at that specific track. I certainly could spend the time to set up a preset complete with pit strategies for every car in every weather condition, at every track, but I probably won't. I could also spend a few minutes prior to each race making sure I have everything all set up just right (and I do try to do so), but sometimes I find myself bouncing off the pit wall as I try to change my tire set up and adjust pressures with my eyes off of the road while being driven thru by AI on their way to their pit box; losing places all the while. Long way to say it would be nice to be able to access the pit strategy in a paused state. I know some might think that's all part of the realism, but it's really not. Tires, fuel load, driver change, are all managed by the team in the pit, not the driver. I don't mind having to be both the driver and engineer, it just can be hard to be both in the middle of the race.

 

Fair enough reply. I don't know how you guys code these sims, way over my head, but at difficulty setting only at 90, I can't see how I am pushing the car so hard to wear the tires so severely. I use the safe set up and set the traction control from 6 to 7. Brake bias is set to 61-62%. How am I getting tire wear induced over steer with these settings? If any tire wear is being caused by my set up, shouldn't I be getting some under steer late into my stint?

 

can't you show a video? can't you tell us your psi and temp? conditions? track?

 

In my league, we do races 75' duration without changing the tires... And it's difficult but ok...

 

I don't have time today to make a video. I'm currently racing at Monza, clear conditions, Dynamic Weather off. I have already posted my set up. I use the safe set up with only minor changes to TC, 6 to 7, ABS, 6-7 and BB 61-62%. These are very minor changes to the base set up, and I don't think should be causing severe tire wear, 40-50 minutes into my stint. At a game difficulty set only at 90, I can keep up with the front runners up until late in the stint. Then I start to lose 3 seconds per lap due to tire wear.

 

Thanks for the reply, but I'm referring to tire wear in relation to player vs. AI. I can see tire wear being less of an issue racing online since the physics are the same for all drivers.

 

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM... Thats it

I think it´s easy.... ACC is not RF2.. and this is good

 

OK, thanks for the replies. I guess I need a little bit more practice.

 

Very dificult for me to raise SA. I'm pretty clean slow driver but on single player is not raising and in multiplayer not going beyond 52