Hey all,
So I'm slowly getting better at the driving part of this game, but some of the strategy aspects still confuse me. Mainly dealing with the weather.
I race on 40%, and whenever I have a race with changing conditions, I always always always have my race ruined by pit strategy. It seems that no matter how the race starts, I pit one lap before the weather shifts. For instance I just had a race at Hockenheim. Started in the rain on Inters, did well for 15 laps, then pitted for a fresh set of Inters. The very next lap, my engineer comes in my ear "looks like teams are switching to primes"... Seriously? You just had me change tires, and now you tell me that I should've gone for a dry compound?
I've had it go the other way too. As soon as I switch from Options to Primes, he comes over telling me that the track is getting wet and teams have switched to more appropriate tires.
Is there anyway to approach these races so that I don't end up pitting twice while other teams (who clearly employ better meteorologists than Virgin) only make one stop? Is the trick just to hold off and run with worn tires until I get a better idea of track conditions? I'm just baffled here.
Thanks
So I'm slowly getting better at the driving part of this game, but some of the strategy aspects still confuse me. Mainly dealing with the weather.
I race on 40%, and whenever I have a race with changing conditions, I always always always have my race ruined by pit strategy. It seems that no matter how the race starts, I pit one lap before the weather shifts. For instance I just had a race at Hockenheim. Started in the rain on Inters, did well for 15 laps, then pitted for a fresh set of Inters. The very next lap, my engineer comes in my ear "looks like teams are switching to primes"... Seriously? You just had me change tires, and now you tell me that I should've gone for a dry compound?
I've had it go the other way too. As soon as I switch from Options to Primes, he comes over telling me that the track is getting wet and teams have switched to more appropriate tires.
Is there anyway to approach these races so that I don't end up pitting twice while other teams (who clearly employ better meteorologists than Virgin) only make one stop? Is the trick just to hold off and run with worn tires until I get a better idea of track conditions? I'm just baffled here.
Thanks