Drvier stats

[Brogie]

Hi, just abotu to start pre-season after the end of ym 2nd season, both my driver wont resign contracts,

i was wonder wich stats are most important for drivers?

thanks

[ShakaDBL]

Found out that Smoothness is TOP, a 16+ smoothness driver can run the same tyres for 8 or more laps than a 10- driver, also, Consistency, the more consistent the driver´s stat is, the closer the lap times are under the same tyre/engine settings (a 10- consistency stat will give you +/- 1 second on lap times, while a 16+ will give you +/- 0.400)
Disclaimer: all examples are aproximations, not tested relaly, but just what i saw on my 10+ seasons with predator)

[Cadieux101]

All of the stats are important. There isn't one stat that is more used than other. Its not like playing fifa or a sports game, where if you're character is super fast other stats don't matter.

If you're really unsure, look to get a driver who is overall good at all the stats.

Because if you have a driver with great, breaking, and smoothness, and overtaking, but has a 0 for consistency... his lap times will vary by 2 seconds or more anyway. Fitness is also important, for that late race push to over take or stay ahead. Focus is important so that your driver doesn't crash lock up and continues to do well.

In my opinion there is not one single statistic that is more useful than others.

Even feedback can be very important. a driver who is high in that stat helps you get bonuses to your race trim and tyre knowledge. +15% on race trim and +15% on the tyre of your choice is much better than +5% on race and tyre. 10% may not sound great, but if you did a 30min race 10% faster, you've saved 3 minutes!

[Hellvor]

This guys sums it up nicely, and I generally agree with him.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=820196997

personal note regarding the below list; I prefer overtaking over focus,and would rate it equally with braking and cornering. Nothing is more frustrating than having a faster car but not being able to overtake.

Here's the attributes in order of importance:

1 Braking / Cornering / Smoothness
I always prefer the top three attributes over all the rest, as they are the ones that directly influence how the driver handles the car in all situations. I prefer Smoothness over the others if I can. Tire wear will increase your lap times considerably. I've seen Super Softs add 2 seconds when at 75% before.


2 Focus
The higher this is the less likely your driver will make a mistake. This should have the greatest impact when driving with maximum aggressiveness, and since every race starts with everyone going Red/Red for the first 4-5 laps, this can have a big impact on making your way to the front (unless a vote has added qualifying)


3 Overtaking
Typically in ERS there is no qualifying so the drivers with the highest points start in the back, so overtaking coupled with good focus are going to get you back to the front.


4 Feedback
A high feedback will get you some very nice bonuses come race day. Especially if you can take advantage of the AI's poor practice strategies.

For example, if you see that during practice it will be hot and sunny, but on race day it will be a downpour, do all of your practicing on Wets or Intermediates. All of the AI will use softs because the practice is hot, leaving you with the only tire bonus on race day. I've seen this help numerous times on careers I wasn't slow building. I'd fight my way to the middle with a middle car and middle drivers, then the last 5 laps of a race was a monsoon and my +10% on wets that no one else had got both my drivers to 1st/2nd right at the end!

5 Fitness
No need to have it at max, but you probably don't want it really low. It makes your driver slow down the longer the race takes. Usually I'd put more importance on this, but with our super car we should be lapping half the grid so tapering off at the end shouldn't make much difference.


6 Consistency
Again, with an OP car and a great driver, having a poor lap here and there shouldn't have much impact. It can also swing the other way and give you an outstanding lap and equalize your total race time anyway.


7 Adaptability
The least important attribute from what I can tell. Whatever impact it has is situational and small. Your drivers talent and your car should make up for whatever negatives a low attribute might cause.

[Gigory Chadbert]

For adaptability, does anybody know what it specifically does? Yes - I have read the vague tooltip.

For example if you're in a GP with no qualifier and you use a high feedback reserve as one of your drivers in practice, when it comes time to race the car, does your main driver consider it a changed part?

What if the same scenario, but there is a qualifier? Does that driver know the car then?

Does part knowledge have to do at all with the level of knowledge gained during practice? If my main does not acquire knowledge on the practice run does that impact him/her during a race?

I am suspicious that the game doesn't care about this situationally at all and simply means "if you send a driver out with a grey-face setup" which means my reserve driver has assigned the setup smiley faces and now it is considered a tested setup that my main driver magically knows how to drive it without having driven it.

I think adaptability is the only vague driver stat. The others are pretty clear in name and through the in-game tooltips.