Tips for a rookie?

[a Orc]

Hi, I'm new to this game and F1 games in general. I'm looking for some tips to get me on track, because right now I'm rubbish at it (it's still fun though).

Some questions:
- I've the optimal racing line indicator on. For speed, should I aim for green or yellow?
- Before a corner, should I slam the breaks just in time, or reduce speed gradually?
- When taking a corner, should I drive on the rumble strips or barely touch them?
- Does tuning the car make any difference for a newbie, or is this only useful for experts? If it makes a difference, what are good adjustments to get started with?

Any other general tips? I'm using a G27 steering wheel, in case that matters.

[thialves88]

some guides made by the steam community + a website with game tips

http://steamcommunity.com/app/208500/guides/?searchText=&browsefilter=trend&browsesort=creationorder&requiredtags%5B%5D=-1#scrollTop=100




http://www.racedepartment.com/forums/f1-2012-the-game.178/

[Ninphiro]

-With the racing lines you should aim to start braking parhaps just before the line turns from yellow to red. remember not to press to hard of the brakes to prevent your tires from locking up (this would cause your braking distance to extend and impede your ability to turn effectively)
-It always better to reduce speed at around the yellow racing line area and then apply brakes in the red zones
-As for the kerbs it really depends. So long as you feel that the racing line requires to go onto the kerb then go for it but beware of spins. Some kerbs have a tendancy to spin cars very easily. Also try to have a maximum of just 2 wheels on one side on the kerbs.
-Tuning cars is very important. You'll feel the difference driving with a full aggressive set-up on monaco as opposed to a less aggressive set-up. aggressive set ups (Dry) focus on reducing drag to improve straight line speed whilst less aggressive set up lean toward making the car produce as much downforce as possible to get the car to turn better. (you'll find that in places like Canada, in the long straight if you are running a wet set up the AI will over take you very easily as they would be using a dry set up (providing it isnt raining)).
-so for tracks that you feel confident with and have long straights (such as Canada, Bahrain, China) you should run dry set ups to increase your speed for the long straights and for tracks like Monaco and maybe Singapore you should run wet set ups).

I would also recommend playing with AI slighly better than you and if you are playing with assists, gradually turn them off or reduce them incrementally to a point were you feel you have full control of the car and the game isn't helping you alot.