While practise kept 3 soft tires over

[noordj]

TThen in qualt i lose a 100 red tire? so now only 2 red tires sets?
why i lose a new set of tires?

[cwattyeso]

I have learnt that during the 3 Practice Sessions the game tries to simulate the aspect of real F1 where teams have to return sets of tyres to Pirelli. However rather then this being the team and in the game the player's choice, the game is scripted to return the same tyres from the compounds available for each race. So I have made a bit of a cheat sheet to help me remember which tires get returned after each practice session and make sure I only use those tires which are going to be returned, thus keeping other sets for qualifying and the race.
I'll post a link to the image I made to see which tyres get returned and when:

https://i.postimg.cc/ZKJ9Scqd/Tyres.jpg

[noordj]

Hmm i still dont understand, so for the 2nd gp you got only 2 sets red for qualify???
total 3 sets but the last set is greyed out for the race.

[gnomegemini]

The amount of tyres compounds is different for each GP. And if you use 2 sets of tyres those are transfered to Pirelli. So if you use all your soft tyres in training 1 you won't have one in training 2. So just try to manage. Think ahead of what compount you wanna use in quali and which in race and then just don't touch them in the training session.

[noordj]

Originally posted by gnomegemini:

The amount of tyres compounds is different for each GP. And if you use 2 sets of tyres those are transfered to Pirelli. So if you use all your soft tyres in training 1 you won't have one in training 2. So just try to manage. Think ahead of what compount you wanna use in quali and which in race and then just don't touch them in the training session.

Well i did, but i find out that a 100% red tires are send back. I thought only used tired sent back. So my plan was to keep 1 red 100% for the race, and 3 100% reds for qualy.

[cwattyeso]

That's the mistake people make thinking the game is going to return Used Tyres, when in fact it's currently programmed to return only the tyres occupying specific spots on the table regardless of whether you have used them or not.

You've got to stop trying to play this game as if it were real F1 and at the moment play it as if it's a game, and working out how that game is programmed. So presently you really don't have much of an option with what tyres you want to use in practice, you have to make sure you use the ones which are going to be taken back after the session.

So sadly there is no strategy like in real F1 where teams can try to carry over an extra set of softs or mediums for use in the race, by ditching a set they don't want in Practice.

[Mighty]

correct I hit this issue yesterday, during wet practice I used wets and inters then lost 2 sets of soft. I have never really had a massive issue during the race, you can always run at least 2 reasonable strategy during the race given the fact that there is no lap time deg until 30%. Plus once your car is OP halfway through the season you normally get through to Q3 with one set of soft.

[gnomegemini]

Just tried it. Used some tyres but NEVER touched the other ones. So that is after FP1: https://abload.de/img/usedtyresafterfp1jjc1n.png

And only those tyres are gone as you can see: https://abload.de/img/tyresreturnedtopirell1qihw.png

But only some of them though. And this is expected.

[noordj]

Originally posted by cwattyeso:

That's the mistake people make thinking the game is going to return Used Tyres, when in fact it's currently programmed to return only the tyres occupying specific spots on the table regardless of whether you have used them or not.

You've got to stop trying to play this game as if it were real F1 and at the moment play it as if it's a game, and working out how that game is programmed. So presently you really don't have much of an option with what tyres you want to use in practice, you have to make sure you use the ones which are going to be taken back after the session.

So sadly there is no strategy like in real F1 where teams can try to carry over an extra set of softs or mediums for use in the race, by ditching a set they don't want in Practice.

Yeah , i have to look next race what tires will sent back, as i mentioned, iam at the 2nd race, after won the first race, So yeah i play it like the real F1, thought i was smart to save a set. But obviously the game doesnt work like that, and it doesnt have anything to do with a manage game and f1 game. The best job they did is that max looks like max and perez looks like perez.

[Blackfyre]

You enter sessions with soft tires on, unless you configure your car first. So even if you change to Inters or Wets straight away, you will lose the 2 softs. I don't care, there are plenty of tyres available, just don't use any needed tyre in 1 of the practices and you should be fine.

[gnomegemini]

And in trainings when you search a setup, you can just use 1 tyre all the 60mins. Just tell the guys to calm down the pace.