Nurburgring 4 hour: Is tire conservation worth it?

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I've done a few practice stints in Yamauchi's GT-R, and it seems like I can stay ahead with Racing Mediums and pitting every 2 laps, if the AI pits every 3 and I don't crash too often :sly:.

Do you guys think tire conservation to eke out one extra lap from my tires would be worth it?

(By the way: I'm not interested in comments like 'Use the X2010' or 'Get mad tunzorz' or other stuff like that. I want a relatively well-matched race, which is why I picked this car and kept it stock. Using this car will be a bit of a challenge for me.)
 
I did the 4h just a few days ago. I used the N24 GT-R (stock, with an oil change) with Racing Hard. Refueled (to half full) and change tires at the end of every third lap. I won safely with almost a lap.

At first I didn't know how long I could drive on the tires before thy where worn out so I did about 3 1/2 laps before I felt the front really struggled for grip. (I raced in cockpitview so I couldn't see the tire ware.) For the way back to the pits the car was very hard to drive. (I change the view, temporary, so I could see the status of the tires. The front tires was COMPLETELY worn out, the rears had about 1/5 left). I didn't lose too much time, or even the lead, since the other cars had already pit one time and I had worked up a 40 sec lead.

Good luck with your race!
 
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I did this using a praiano tuned schulze. I pitted every 3 laps using racing softs. Other tire compounds made me lose too much time. Won it handily.
 
newbielives
I had no idea you could see tire wear on the cars in third person view or are you talking about telemetry on the left
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Yes, I'm talking about the thing to the left that appears when the on-screen speedometer are shown. Sorry if it was unclear in the earlier post.
 

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