I did all this in the Polyphony001, which I think is F094/S. I don't think I'm that good at the game, so you may think my strategies a tad conservative.
Midfield 30 laps = This is easy. Pit on L15, and waste the oppo.
Don't try and take the chicane flat with either blue or orange tyres, because you'll go off, and waste loads of time. Also, be careful about braking for turn one, as the distance is longer than you expect. Use qualification to set your gears for redlining at the pit exit.
Seattle 40 Laps = Took two goes at this one. Pit every 8 laps. AI will pit at 10, 18, 28 & 36 (!!!!). If you let your tyres go red keeping up with AI strategy, you will have all kinds of problems, and will end up losing vast chunks of time. If you pit every 8 laps you'll do one more stop than them, but you should be able to lap 5secs per lap faster, so it's not really an issue. By stop 3 you will come out still in the lead. Think I used Auto gears 36 and final drive 3.900 here.
Grand Valley 27 Laps = I think I pitted every 7 laps here. Again, do the qualification to set your gear ratios to redline just as you start to turn left on the start/finish straight. Make sure you stay on the tarmac on the final turn to get the best run down the straights, and make sure you stay out of the gravel! You need to be really precise braking for the hairpins since you're travelling so fast into the braking zone.
Super Speedway 50 Laps =
Yawn. Make sure you don't stress the tyres too much in turn 2 - i.e. do actually slow down for it - and pit about a lap or two after the AI.
Rome Circuit 28 Laps = Took two goes at this one too. Was undone the first time by trying to follow the AI strategy. But it's easy really. Just pit every 7 laps. You should see when you're following the AI down the back straight that you absolutely annhiliate them on braking - you'll be braking MUCH later and back on the power MUCH earlier. It's one of those ones where you'll be 5 seconds a lap faster than them as long as you pit when you want, not when they want!
Test Course 25 Laps = :sleep: Snore. AI doesn't know how to draft. Nuff said.
Laguna Seca 33 Laps = Only silver on this one so far (
). Will be trying it again soon. But again, pit when YOU want to. I guess try to go 7 laps.
Apricot Hill Raceway 27 Laps = Can't remember my strategy on this one. I think maybe I pitted every 7 laps. Just make sure you don't crash at turn one though, and use ALL the kerbs through 3 and 4. Brake well late into the hairpin and you should be OK. Set your gears for the main straight, but go for wider ratios rather than a higher final drive, as lap time seems really sensitive to final drive here
.
Tokyo R246 25 Laps = Still only silver on this one too
, due to bad driving rather than poor strategy
. Pit every 5 laps, but make sure you don't crash - especially in sector 3 of the lap, the double-right, then the narrow between-the-armco section.
Cote Dazur 78 Laps = Absolutely vital to use your strategy here, since the red tyres give you no grip. Dial out all the rear toe, and reduce the front downforce a little. You're looking for a really neutral car here, one which doesn't oversteer on entry, and which uses all four tyres equally. The AI will go for like 15 laps between stops, but this isn't practical for you, you should pit between 8 & 10 laps. But again, you'll be so much faster over your shorter stints, you'll win by miles.
I hope that helps. Once again, I'm not that good at the game, and I play with DS2, so all the elite guys here are probably laughing at me, but the simple fact is that I won 6 of the races, came 2nd in three, and 3rd in the Laguna race, so I wasn't that poor straight out. I've since revisited Seattle and Rome, and had crushing victories, so what I've said here should work for you.
Have fun, it
is a game after all! :thumbsup: