Tires and weather questions

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So I am currently running a Le Mans 24 hr race and I am having problems with tire selection.

At around the 8 hr mark it started to rain. At first it was a mild spray and I was able to keep on slicks and still drive quite well, lap times only off by a second or so.

20 minutes later and the rain started to come down heavier. The spray off of the other cars making it very difficult to pass, and every trip with so much as a single tire off the track meant a big off. Not wanting to wreck my ride I pit for inters. Back on track, the car drives like it is on ice, lap times off close to 10 or 12 seconds per lap. Naturally I assume this is because I should have gone for full wets, which I do after three laps of skating around like a loon.

On full wets, the car is a handful. Slips everywhere. Out of the chicanes, spin. Out of mulsanne, spin or park it in the sand. Indianapolis, same. Porsche curves, taken at a much slower speed than in the dry, and I am always running wide or spinning it into the first one.

Should I just stay on slicks and deal with the skittishness, or role play and drive on the garbage tires? Anybody got an idea of what types of lap times the opponents are running in the rain?
 
In A-Spec, slicks are better. Online or in arcade with "real" grip reduction turned on rain tires will become useful.

Use slicks, short shift and generally just be careful. There was a thread yesterday full of rain tips if you're interested.
 
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In A-Spec, slicks are better. Online or in arcade with "real" grip reduction turned on rain tires will become useful.

Use slicks, short shift and generally just be careful. There was a thread yesterday full of rain tips if you're interested.
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Through many trials with the FGT on Suzuka during the rain. I have found that having racing soft on the back and racing intermediate on the front is the best way to go. It is 6 seconds better than having all rain and 7.3 seconds better then all racing.

When it is not raining this setup also is only 1.6 seconds slower then full racing soft.

Trust me this is the best setup. I have done over ~10 laps with each possible setup and racing soft in the back and intermediate in the front is better than EVERYTHING in the rain and is only 1.6 seconds slower (per Suzuka lap) then full racing soft in the sun with a dry track. :)

Hope that helped
 
I did some testing on Nurburgring 24H configuration with a friend (online). Towards the end of the first lap, it started to drizzle. We both were still in control of the car, and didnt see much in the way of grip reduction. So, we decided to stay on racing softs and continued on the second lap. 30% of the way into the second lap, the rain started to come down hard and neither of us could go over 70 mph without the danger of skidding off the track.

When we came back to the pits (14 minutes later), I went on inters and he went to full rain tires, things got better for me, but I still couldnt go all out. He was definitely quicker than me on rain tires.

Good luck.
 
Well, it is now 10 hours in and I have switched back to slicks. As long as I am smooth and light on the throttle, I can keep it together and still post 3:45-3:49's. Seem to be holding even with the Audi R8 in second place.

Given the danger that is now in place, racing on slicks at night in the rain makes for very exciting and frustrating driving. I have offs, but no major wrecks yet.

I will try inters on the front and see what that does.

With this battle in full rage, I am really loving the game right now.
 
Aspec doesn't have real grip (as in the choice you can make online) it's set to low grip. Stay on slicks <- Aspec ONLY, online and Bspec are completely different matters.
 
Maybe you should brake a little earlier and take the turns a bit more deliberately. 💡
 

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