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i've run some 12 race laps against AI of light rain and rain conditions.
As a disclaimer i am expecting to be down the grid, around last place. I'm not fast in the rain, i probably dont know how to setup my car for the rain. My findings:
1. It's tricky to setup aero a bit less downforce in the rear and its oversteer all over the place. A bit more and the car understeer on certain corners. I had to compensate a lot on ARB and suspension settings to make sure the car feels balanced.
2. Race starts will be very dangerous....i'm not sure if everyone wil test starts but because i would rather not see crashes, PLS test your race starts beforehand as it's a bit different than usual: medium throttle at start, short shifting until 3rd or 4th gear and yeah thats i hope to do it.
3. It's kinda stupid the wet tyres start by default overheated. I know they get back into temp after a few corners (before going up again) but nonetheless...
4. I have more trouble on the light rain than proper rain. Simply because the tyres will overheat more easily.
5. This will be more of a who can manage tyres better than raw speed in my opinion. Running at 100% pace will destroy your tyres and overheat tyres quickly and thats worse in the long run. Also, one single spin, even if no dmg is done to the car will be heavily punsihed as the tyres will overheat a lot and lose 4 or 5%.
6. Overall i think it will be an interesting event and i'm expecting some surprises .
As a disclaimer i am expecting to be down the grid, around last place. I'm not fast in the rain, i probably dont know how to setup my car for the rain. My findings:
1. It's tricky to setup aero a bit less downforce in the rear and its oversteer all over the place. A bit more and the car understeer on certain corners. I had to compensate a lot on ARB and suspension settings to make sure the car feels balanced.
2. Race starts will be very dangerous....i'm not sure if everyone wil test starts but because i would rather not see crashes, PLS test your race starts beforehand as it's a bit different than usual: medium throttle at start, short shifting until 3rd or 4th gear and yeah thats i hope to do it.
3. It's kinda stupid the wet tyres start by default overheated. I know they get back into temp after a few corners (before going up again) but nonetheless...
4. I have more trouble on the light rain than proper rain. Simply because the tyres will overheat more easily.
5. This will be more of a who can manage tyres better than raw speed in my opinion. Running at 100% pace will destroy your tyres and overheat tyres quickly and thats worse in the long run. Also, one single spin, even if no dmg is done to the car will be heavily punsihed as the tyres will overheat a lot and lose 4 or 5%.
6. Overall i think it will be an interesting event and i'm expecting some surprises .