How to use ultrasoft tyres?

[Admiral]

So I noticed in tyre management, there is "ultrasoft" tyre logo. Is there a way to use them?

[Pink Fat Cap]

what do you mean ? not all tyres are available for every race or FP session

[Admiral]

Ohh, so they are available for certain races only. Thanks for the answer.

I'm new to this game, so I only have played the first 3 GP's in career mode, and none of them had ultrasofts or mediums available.

[Trux]

The rubber compounds used at each race are determined by the tyre supplier (currently Pirelli) according to the known characteristics of the track.

You can decide to go for a more aggresive approach to each weekend with a higher number of the softer compound tyre, or a more conservative higher number of the harder tyre by selecting it from the options before each race weekend.

[NichoZefanya]

Correct me if i am wrong, but i read the news back then in 2016, Pirelli (Tyre supplier) said that UltraSoft tyre (purple) will only be used in STREET circuits

Street circuits are like Singapore, Monaco

[jqlifice]

mediums are always avivable except on tracks where the ultrasoft is avivable.
so you had one of them for sure.

further: in australia you ran mediums for sure xd(pretty sure atleast)

[Admiral]

Originally posted by |\| >JQLIFICE< |/|:

mediums are always avivable except on tracks where the ultrasoft is avivable.
so you had one of them for sure.

further: in australia you ran mediums for sure xd(pretty sure atleast)

Yeah, my bad. Earlier I meant hards, not mediums.

Just tried ultrasofts on Monaco - Thanks for the info & clarification guys

[Hyeson]

Originally posted by mrcl:

Correct me if i am wrong, but i read the news back then in 2016, Pirelli (Tyre supplier) said that UltraSoft tyre (purple) will only be used in STREET circuits

Street circuits are like Singapore, Monaco

Don't know if they have said that, but they use them generally on circuits with really low tyre degradation.

Not sure if they took each compound for the game like it was actually used, but:

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2016/7/pirelli-announce-final-compound-choices-for-2016.html

[Inardesco]

Originally posted by mrcl:

Correct me if i am wrong, but i read the news back then in 2016, Pirelli (Tyre supplier) said that UltraSoft tyre (purple) will only be used in STREET circuits

Street circuits are like Singapore, Monaco

While it is true that they were used on Singapore and Monaco, the ultra softs also saw use in Austria and Canada among others.

Originally posted by F1fanatic:

Circuit
Melbourne= Super-soft Soft Medium
Bahrain= Super-soft Soft Medium
Shanghai= Super-soft Soft Medium
Sochi= Super-soft Soft Medium
Catalunya= Soft Medium Hard
Monte-Carlo= Ultra-soft Super-soft
Montreal= Ultra-soft Super-soft Soft
Baku= Super-soft Soft Medium
Red Bull Ring= Ultra-soft Super-soft Soft
Silverstone= Soft Medium Hard
Hungaroring= Super-soft Soft Medium
Hockenheimring= Super-soft Soft Medium
Spa-Francorchamps= Super-soft Soft Medium
Monza= Super-soft Soft Medium
Singapore= Ultra-soft Super-soft Soft
Sepang= Soft Medium Hard
Suzuka= Soft Medium Hard
Circuit of the Americas= Super-soft Soft Medium
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez= Super-soft Soft Medium
Interlagos= Soft Medium Hard
Yas Marina= Ultra-soft Super-soft Soft

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/07/26/ultra-soft-tyres-return-final-race/

[Admiral]

That list is very helpful indeed, thanks for sharing.