Finally weather forecast is really a forecast?

[Hikyu]

How you can see there:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1207436419

amount of water on track is different and much more then shown in the graph. And this is very appreciated, because IMHO is much better that the weather forecast is only an idea of which can happen and not written on the stone! I had a lot of race in which I know that at the end of a certain lap will start rain and I have to mount Intermediate for 4 laps and then switch to dry etc... IMO is better if rain starts at next lap then displayed in graph or with more or less intensity.
This could add game depth and some variables to strategies.
What do you think about?

[Tig_green]

I agree it should be more of a forecast than real time data, at least the amount of water on track.

Not sure if your picture proves that much has changed. Does the amount of water on track change to the the amount presented in the next bar always at that point now? If so, then it's predictable (the forecast bar that is up next and the live track wetness data look the same so I'm sceptical that this would be anything new).

[Hikyu]

The only difference I can record is that the extreme wet condition happen before the line reach this forecast on the graph. Infact, according to how shown in the graph the water on track would be less then how it is in the current lap, while in past races in most cases I notice they coincide.
I hope from now can happen they don't coincide

[Tig_green]

But the wetness bar isn't full so it's not the most extreme condition yet. It coincides with the bar where it's heading next.

[Hikyu]

Yes, but it reached this condition when red line was in the middle of the actual bar, then before reach the next bar

[Brian]

The conditions match at the start of the bar only. The bar is flat but covers a period of time, so it's only accurate at the point that bar becomes lit up, after that the conditions are changing to match the next one.

[Hikyu]

Ok, then I never realized that, my error. But if it were not so accurate it'll be better IMO, it would be more challenging

[Kapika96]

Woah, that's a pretty crazy jump in wetness! :O

[Brian]

Certainly, Red and I had this very same conversation some months ago about how it would be awesome if the bars were an approximation, rather than a certainty.

[Tig_green]

Originally posted by Brian:

Certainly, Red and I had this very same conversation some months ago about how it would be awesome if the bars were an approximation, rather than a certainty.

And how did that conversation went?