Questions about temperatures

[Raadush]

Hi. I have two questions about in game temperatures.
1) Does high tire temperature in race affect only tire degradation, or does it affect also for example lap time? Lets say its last couple of laps and I put on soft tires. I am not concerned about deg, since it is end of the race. Is it better to just maximum push with extra high tire temperature, or will it be actually quicker to keep tires in "white" window?

2) What is the effect of brake cooling and engine cooling in race?

Thanks

[Der Wolf]

temps also affect pace but not much so pushing with hot tyres is still the fastest way if the deg is not a problem and you need maximum time gain
if you only need fastest lap its best to cool the tyres down before you start your push lap

i think brake cooling also affects your tyre temp + chance to get a lock up but not 100% sure on that

engine cooling is to get less wear on the engine if its to hot its dying faster not sure if you loose power if its way to hot

[Raadush]

Yea, I think those things should be communicated better in game

[Steve]

Originally posted by Raadush:

Yea, I think those things should be communicated better in game

Agree glad you asked i was wondering the same

[Team Triss]

Currently it's hidden on the Tire Temp popout; if you click the little i icon on some screens you get additional information about it, in the case of tire temps it will tell you that higher temps will affect pacing, as well as chances of blowout, wear, etc.

It is kind of buried though.

[Elincia]

Thanks, I was wondering the same thing.
Playing on Xbox and it's hard to find some of these pop out menus. The game could probably use some tutorial screens or something.

[Oggmeista]

pretty sure from watching the data that all overheating does even extreme overheating is increase the wear rate , though in real life it most definitely would cause you to lose grip and not just tire life,
It works correctly when tires are too cold then it affects lap time but not when too hot, which is incorrect again IRL the rubber has an optimum temperature range start moving outside this range and lap time will suffer whether they be too high or too low cold

The other thing here is that the game represents tire temperature comparison between compounds incorrectly (i looked into this) as i was already suspicious it was wrong

Contrary to this game IRL softer tires generate more heat and run at higher temperatures all other things being equal this is because the thermal resistance is lower due to the tires build composition, but in this game softer tires will be seen to be running at lower temperatures which is fundamentally and scientifically incorrect, Thankfully this basic oversight and error is largely irrelevant because the actual wear rate are consistent, ie softer tires still wear out faster, but the actual temperature is wrong it should be the other way round ie the softer compound get;s hotter than harder compound, pretty basic oversight and fundamental error if you ask me, again signs of rushed development, did they not think people would realize?

[IceMan PJN]

Originally posted by Elincia:

Thanks, I was wondering the same thing.
Playing on Xbox and it's hard to find some of these pop out menus. The game could probably use some tutorial screens or something.

Ah, so I'm not the only person playing games on Xbox but discussing them on Steam. Greetings, fellow Xboxer.

Edit:
Well, crap. I see this was almost a year old and got bumped. Odds are you're not still lurking here to see my greeting. 🫤