Variable weather at Monza...

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Hello guys, playing online at Monza with the weather I set the variable "Weather sunny non-fixed " it never rains but ... why? bug?

If imposed "weather with rain rain for 1 / 2 laps then stop and not restart more ... why? : (
ps: Sorry for my english...
 
This game is meant to be a simulation right? I think in this case PD are simply simulating any weather forecaster. Always assured but usually wrong ;)
 
Haven't noticed that before, but will have to try and replicate it. It's been a while, but every time I've ran on a wet Monza, it's stayed wet... very wet!
 
I have my lounge set to be Suzuka Weather Change as default, with the weather not locked and it's never rained when I use the track.
 
Just had this issue as well. Ran 30 mins of open lobby, then a 14 lap race... nothing. If you set it to rain does it stay there as well? I was really hoping for changing conditions.
 
I ran in a 25-lapper recently with weather set "RAIN: NON-FIXED" at the start of quali.

By the time the race came the rain had stopped, it dried out over about 12 laps.

Be patient, it will happen!
 
Ironically, I just completed a lot of testing on this very issue over the weekend for an upcoming league event I'm running from Suzuka. I was always under the impression that weather in GT5 was completely variable on those tracks that allowed it. And indeed, I know in the past, in online lobbies, it's started and stopped raining at the Nurburgring at various times throughout the course of a race. But at the present time, at Suzuka and apparently at Monza, it's not so.

Since last Friday, I spent many, many hours testing weather conditions in my online lobby. And after opening a lobby and resetting the conditions approximately 12 times, here's what I can tell you. (At least at Suzuka)

Roughly 3 out of 4 times, if you select weather as 'rain' but do NOT check 'fixed', you'll enter a wet course and the rain will continue to fall for 3~5 minutes. At that point, it will slowly dry out and within a few minutes the sun will come out. Within 20 minutes of opening the lobby, the track is usually dry enough to change to dry weather tires. Sometimes a few minutes longer, sometimes a few minutes less. Intermediates were pretty much useless because while it's raining, or immediately after it's been raining for a long time and the track is saturated with water, intermediates aren't really sufficient. Or rather I should say, that they seemed no quicker than full wets, even as the track was drying. So you only have a window of 2~4 laps, maximum where they're of any benefit. (This assumes you have the level of grip set for 'real' as opposed to 'low').

Roughly 1 out of 4 times, if you select weather as 'rain' but do NOT check 'fixed', the rain continues to fall, non-stop with no let up for 1 ~ 1.5 hours. (I didn't bother to test it any longer, although I assumed it wouldn't change anymore).

Twice, I also selected Sunny but NOT fixed to sunny and it alternated both times between sun and shade but it never rained. During those two times, I kept the lobby open for about 30 minutes each.

So, essentially, if you're running a long race like we intend (about 2.0~2.2 hours if you include a 15 minute qualifying session). You're either going to be stuck with a wet track for qualifying, which will dry out completely within 20 minutes and you'll end up having a dry race, running in 'sunny' conditions. Or it will rain the entire time with no let up.

It seems like there's no in between.
 
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