Is the Mustang a decent car for race C? I don't think I've seen it mentioned yet. If not, what car is best for this race? Or is it just stay in the slip and hope for the best? Also, how dynamic is the weather? Are there all rain races? No rain races? Half and half races?
Sorry for all the questions, I don't want to enter and be completely off guard on what's going to happen in the race.
I've done 3 thus far. One started very wet and I quit before I finished the Mulsanne because I was 20 seconds down on softs.
The second started wetish, I started on inters. Finished in 10th or something after starting 2nd because I suck.
Third was dry all the way through. Started 3rd finished nowhere because I turned it off because someone was punting everyone right and left.
Probs not doing any more this week. I find qualifying boring as heck and the racing isn't all that much better tbh.
The Bugatti is what people are using as the meta car. Highest top speed, isn't bad getting there, and isn't an absolute dog in the corners.
Bump drafting will be key to finishing well but for that to work you've got to have people around you who are interested and willing to do that instead of just flying around you and then bogging down 1.5 seconds up the road.
If that's your idea of fun (while also having random weather that you can't stop for tires for because it's short bursts OR the circuit gets dry with a lap and a half to go) have at it. I'm playing Dark Souls this week lol
I've seen Bugatti, Viper, Vette, and GT-R doing well. Haven't seen a single Mustang. Ferrari is also good
edit:
Heard kie25 say on a stream many months ago they didn't do dynamic weather cause it affected the time trial too... Guess he was right and they still haven't fixed it. What a joke. Have to restart it until you get the best weather. Something to remember for all other time trials too, as even though there is no rain, track temps seem to be slightly variable too. Such poor coding.
This summarises the problems nicely.
The pit lane loss goes for races with tyre wear and high fuel rates too. Can't remember any races where a one stop for fuel or tyres was better than fuel saving or driving the harder compound and saving tyres. Pit loss needs to be dynamic and fine-tuned for the specific race to allow for more than one optimal strategy.
The way race c is now the statistically best option is always to just stay on racing softs. Seems extremely unlikely that you get a race where it's wet enough for long enough that it pays to go onto other tyres.
I did notice if you get into the lobby right away you can "practice" which will tell you what the weather is actually doing as well as how wet the track is. So then quickly hit "exit" and go back to the waiting room and swap to whatever tires you think is needed. I think starting either Softs or Inters as needed is the way to go. No point in any of the harder compounds and it's really "wet enough for inters with weather sticking around" or "go softs and pray"
Neither of which are that appealing tbh