Minimum reliability

[Vrenizilla]

I read in a guide that your parts should have a minimum reliability of >=65%, so you don´t have to repair your car parts during the race anymore.

Can you than use the red motormodi without any risk?

If you have enough fuel in it, cause in this mode you need 1,35 times more fuel than normal.

[Xautos]

you can actually make it to the end of a race with 40% parts and still be competitive enough, it will require creative use of pitstops and making a gap at the front of the race while banking on the AI not pitting their cars for repairs or if they di it's even longer than yours.

it means adjusting your driver and engine strategies to a lower setting for a longer time in order to preserve the car.

i won a race with 40% parts in season 2 overall (2017 season) in the IGTC in race 1.

however yes, you need between 65% and 80% on your car to stand a fair chance of gettign to the end, but more often than no i ran into reliability issues even at that %, so if you can work upto 100% and just save yourself some bother.

[Traksimuss]

Or the skill nurse, that reliability almost does not drop and I have finished 40% reliable races with minor repair (1 wing usually).

[Vrenizilla]

The nurse and motor skill mechanic needs a long relationship between him and the driver.

I have one mechanic with these skills. Should I look for a second one with these skills?

If available.

I better start with 2x yellow because the tyres of Q2 are the one you have to use in the race at the start and they are after the qualifying on 75%.

OK. Then i will drive only yellow motormodi til the parts have at least 65% or better 75%.

Ah yes. When a mechanic can make 3% reliability per day, is this really 3% or a little bit less?

[Xautos]

it's both mechanics contributing and their skills towards that end in reliability and performance, the higher both of their nuumbers are the better they are with their improvement per day. also make sure you don't have all slots full, that will take more time from the improvements per day.

[Traksimuss]

What I mean, if you have nurse, do not upgrade reliability on parts you will give that driver, but upgrade only part other driver will use. First upgrade reliability for engine, suspension and critical component for race. Do not upgrade wings, repairing them is fast and easy on track.

[Vrenizilla]

How much reliability do I still need if I have nurse or both of this mechanic attributes? Nurse and a better motor modi or something like that.

[Tig_green]

Originally posted by Vrenizilla:

How much reliability do I still need if I have nurse or both of this mechanic attributes? Nurse and a better motor modi or something like that.

Why don't you just try it out :p