Tips on wet stages?

[Chef Christopher]

Thank you to anyone who replies.

[rob_every05]

Quit and do something else, wet physics and brake feel are rotten in the game

[Chef Christopher]

Originally posted by rob_every05:

Quit and do something else, wet physics and brake feel are rotten in the game

LOL.. How so? Compare to dry stages, I often would drop 100-200 on leaderborad when it’s wet. I just don’t know how people manage to be so fast even when it’s wet.

[Axe]

Op. ignore that reply. It's rude as you can see and irresponsible too. This particular member is here to constantly ruin anyone else's potential for fun with this game. It's a burden these forums have endured for months and months. He hates the game but can't seem to leave it as moaning about it has become a disturbing obsession for the rest of us to have to witness.

There are some fantastic members/players here and some intelligent experienced ones too although they are dwindling as time goes by. This particular 'player' continues to hang about and yet hates the game as so spreads his vile crap around at any and every opportunity.

I implore you to ignore this vile rubbish and wait until the experienced players connects with you on a positive note as per your question.

All I can say here is that you be perhaps a little more specific as to your current situation and where you think you need more help as you seem genuine and interested :-)

[Axe]

Perhaps check the stage ahead and choose the right tyres in advance although I struggle sometimes with this because I hear others don' use the ones recommended and I wonder why - but I am thinking that it's just a lottery anyway and have never worked out anything enough to know whether I chose the right set, or not, as how do you know? Many trial of experience will tell you of course :-)

But... it's all there as part of the thought process.

Also with wet stages it's perhaps more obvious that you should brake earlier depending on the current surface conditions of the track and choose your acceleration out point a little later when the car is more aligned with the direction you are heading off to.
Short-shifting which is choosing a lower gear than would otherwise be chosen (if conditions weren't as slippy) can enable this as in the same manner in snow/icy weather to avoid any harsh inputs which will be exaggerated due to less grip levels. Although to have to use this would mean it would have to be extremely slippy in any rainy stage.

They all have to work in unison and are going to affect the end result of every corner you ever take in each rally/stage/section. it's all in the details - all the time.

But like I say take advice from those players who play well and get good results.

Do not let these parasite trolls bring you down.

[Chef Christopher]

Originally posted by Axe:

Perhaps check the stage ahead and choose the right tyres in advance although I struggle sometimes with this because I hear others don' use the ones recommended and I wonder why - but I am thinking that it's just a lottery anyway and have never worked out anything enough to know whether I chose the right set, or not, as how do you know? Many trial of experience will tell you of course :-)

But... it's all there as part of the thought process.

Also with wet stages it's perhaps more obvious that you should brake earlier depending on the current surface conditions of the track and choose your acceleration out point a little later when the car is more aligned with the direction you are heading off to.
Short-shifting which is choosing a lower gear than would otherwise be chosen (if conditions weren't as slippy) can enable this as in the same manner in snow/icy weather to avoid any harsh inputs which will be exaggerated due to less grip levels. Although to have to use this would mean it would have to be extremely slippy in any rainy stage.

They all have to work in unison and are going to affect the end result of every corner you ever take in each rally/stage/section. it's all in the details - all the time.

But like I say take advice from those players who play well and get good results.

Do not let these parasite trolls bring you down.

Thanks for the reply. I love the game. Nobody can talk me out of this lol.
1) I always choose the soft tires (wet tires if on tarmac). And I believe that's the best option for daily challenge.
2) I modulate the throttle when getting out of corners and it seems that I don't need to short shift but I'll give it a try.

It's just weird how difficult wet stages seem to me. I'm fairly comfortable with Lancia Stratos and often can land a good place in online events but when it's wet I'm gonna be way down below where I used to sit. I am just wondering what people's secret weapons are.

[Axe]

Yeah sorry, it's not easy to understand other players levels of experience when starting off a discussion. Clearly you are not a new inexperienced player :-)

Yes, short-shifting is for extreme circumstance. if you are proficient with the Stratos then there is little I can tell you on a personal level :-)

Like I say I can only hope the top guns here can help you if not only in increments of personal experience Mr AkinaSpeedStar

[Chef Christopher]

Originally posted by Axe:

Yeah sorry, it's not easy to understand other players levels of experience when starting off a discussion. Clearly you are not a new inexperienced player :-)

Yes, short-shifting is for extreme circumstance. if you are proficient with the Stratos then there is little I can tell you on a personal level :-)

Like I say I can only hope the top guns here can help you if not only in increments of personal experience Mr AkinaSpeedStar :lunar2019smilingpig:

Thank you man.

[Roughdude]

An overall advice in wet gravel is "gear down once more" than in dry gravel. I talking about corners of course.

[Chef Christopher]

Originally posted by Roughdude:

An overall advice in wet gravel is "gear down once more" than in dry gravel. I talking about corners of course.

Gear down once more. What does that mean?

[Roughdude]

a corner you can take in 3th gear on dry gravel -> 2nd gear on wet gravel.

It's an overall rule however... You'll surely have to adjust depending of the conditions.

[EF_Neo1st]

Start sliding earlier, be more gentle with your throttle/brake/steering inputs (be it for keyboard/controller/wheel) and consider the angle of the road (up/down, left/right) when doing the turns because it make a lot of difference too.

Some cars require more throttle and turning, some other cars require less, it is more a "feel of the car" thing that requires testing, but overall for wet/ice terrais you need to let the car slide a longer distance before the turn (some terrains and track inclination may make your car spin where art other conditions it would make it understeer so it may vary) and being more gentle with your inputs.

[Axe]

Originally posted by Roughdude:

a corner you can take in 3th gear on dry gravel -> 2nd gear on wet gravel.

It's an overall rule however... You'll surely have to adjust depending of the conditions.

... short shifting.

[JeQ]

Try lowering your graphic settings, it feels that more FPS you have the more grip you get on wet. Maybe wet graphics (rains and reflections) lowers fps so low that physics misses some calculations too, and therefore game doesn't work like intented when fps gets too low.

I mean i just had my first green section at rainy condition, just after tweaking graphic settings to extra low. Thats why i came here to seek if others have same problems.

[Chef Christopher]

Originally posted by JeQ:

Try lowering your graphic settings, it feels that more FPS you have the more grip you get on wet. Maybe wet graphics (rains and reflections) lowers fps so low that physics misses some calculations too, and therefore game doesn't work like intented when fps gets too low.

I mean i just had my first green section at rainy condition, just after tweaking graphic settings to extra low. Thats why i came here to seek if others have same problems.

Hmm... that’s interesting to know. It’s almost a certain thing that I dropped significantly on leaderboard if it rains. I’ll try it in single player see if this is true.

[JeQ]

Originally posted by AkinaSpeedStar:

Originally posted by JeQ:

Try lowering your graphic settings, it feels that more FPS you have the more grip you get on wet. Maybe wet graphics (rains and reflections) lowers fps so low that physics misses some calculations too, and therefore game doesn't work like intented when fps gets too low.

I mean i just had my first green section at rainy condition, just after tweaking graphic settings to extra low. Thats why i came here to seek if others have same problems.

Hmm... that’s interesting to know. It’s almost a certain thing that I dropped significantly on leaderboard if it rains. I’ll try it in single player see if this is true.

Let me know how it goes.
And do you use VR or just desktop?