When swap to inters and rain tyres

[AudiLord]

Hello all,

At first I did some searching around the forum but couldn't find any tread about this subject. But my question is:

When do you swap from the racing tyres to the intermediates? Or to the rain tyres?
Espessialy at what percentage of standing water?


I wondered during the New Year's Holiday Challenge seasonal, because on Suzuka I started on Racing Medium compounds because there was 0 % standing water. But after 2 laps it started to rain. A lap or two a few of the cars pitted but I stayed out because my lap time was still pretty good. It kept raining pretty heavy, say about 6-8 % standing water a lap extra, but my laptimes were not that much worse, about 3/4s of a second slower. So I still stayed out, but in lap 8 the standing water passed 35% and suddenly my car started to skid and slip and became pretty hard to handle, my lap time dropped by 15 seconds. Stubborn I was I still stayed out, I had the lead by 18 seconds, but that was a bad decision because driving was horrible, loads of understeer and almost no grip. So in the beginning of lap 9 I pitted and went for the intermediates. The standing water was up to 45 % now. I got passed in the pit and exited the pit just in front of the 3th car. I was 22 seconds behind so I was pushing a lot but my tyres still had not really much grip but I managed to finish 2 secs behind the 1st car.

So with approximately 40-45 % rain, Should I've gone for the full wet tyres or the inters? Because they were still pretty slippery. I was driving the Castrol TOM's Supra btw

 

[GhostBoy]

You should really stay on Racing Softs, because they still have the best grip, even in 100% rain. That worked for me perfectly on Le Mans endurance. I was gaining about 60 seconds a lap.
But if you want it to be more realistic, choose Inters, they are better than Rain tires, they have better grip and have longer tire wear, even in 100% wet track.

 

[gokartman78]

I go from slicks to inters at 35-30% and from inters to full wets at about 70%.

 

[LeadFootLiam]

For me.

0% - 20% = Slicks

20% - 50% = Intermediates

50% - 100% Rain Tires

 

[Racin-Rev]

I've had good luck with Racing Soft until about 35% then to Inters if the surface isn't getting better. After about 60% I find the RS really make maintaining any pace very difficult.

 

[GhostBoy]

I've had good luck with Racing Soft until about 35% then to Inters if the surface isn't getting better. After about 60% I find the RS really make maintaining any pace very difficult.

Wow, I was doing laps only by 15 seconds worse in Le Mans in 100% wet than 100% dry with RS. Plus they last an insane amount of time.

 

[Giulietta73]

This is a good thread:tup:
Lots of different approaches.
Here's another approach:
Dry: 0% - 50%
Inters 50% - 90%
Wets 90% -100%

The Holiday seasonal has been great in seeing how far RS tires will go.

 

[AudiLord]

This is a good thread:tup:

The Holiday seasonal has been great in seeing how far RS tires will go.

Haha thanks

It's nice to see al the approaches, and I personally think that it is a shame that the RS goes so long. Did the Suzuka again and did the whole race on RS's eventhough it rained for 3/4 of the race but eventually won with 20+ seconds lead :l

But my tactic is something like right now is:
0-35 % Slicks
35-70 % Inters
70 - 100 % Wets

But I'm wondering if the rains won't be better earlier have to try it out i guess

 

[KinLM]

It all depends on whether or not the grip lost on wet track/track edge option is set to "low" or "real".

Seems as though most races have this set to "low", because if you go to a practice session and set this to "real" and drive on RS tires, it is quite literally undrivable.

 

[gokartman78]

It all depends on whether or not the grip lost on wet track/track edge option is set to "low" or "real".

Seems as though most races have this set to "low", because if you go to a practice session and set this to "real" and drive on RS tires, it is quite literally undrivable.

good point, My values were for 'real' settings

 

[Third Reign]

My preferances for tyres on real settings are:
Slick: 0-(25-30)%
Inters: (27-30)-75%
Rain: 75+%

If grip is set to low instead of real, softs just ride the rain better than any other tyre. But I havent tried any low grip rain races since at least 2 updates ago, so this might be out of date information.

 

[o9lifted]

slicks 0-(25-30)%
Inters (25-30)-80%
Rain >80%

 

[C-ZETA]

I always use it by thirds, technically speaking.

Dry - 0-33%
Inters - 34-67%
Rain - 67-100%

Three tyre compounds means they should work the best in three equal levels of water.

 

[BLJK Ice]

This suddenly came up to me but is the RH glitch work still?

 

[AudiLord]

This suddenly came up to me but is the RH glitch work still?

Don't knowhow about the glitch? What is it?

 

[Aquarelle]

Personally I'll hold out until about 40 percent, if the rain continues to bucket down I'll change to Intermediates, then I'll change to rains if it continues to bucket down past 80.

It all depends on the length of the track and the amount of laps though, If I feel I can keep the time people are losing by changing tyres I'll stick to my slicks.
But if I judge it to be a worthy investment I'll swap them out.

I guess it's all down to personal preference, I drive rather well in the wet so I'm more reluctant to change than other people seem to be.

 

[byegad]

For me.

0% - 20% = Slicks

20% - 50% = Intermediates

50% - 100% Rain Tires

I tend to go a bit wetter before I change but the above isn't a bad guide. I find Inters and wets take a while to warm up so you need to take the first lap or so fairly steady.

 

[BLJK Ice]

Don't knowhow about the glitch? What is it?

What happens is Racing Hard tires have more grip and don't wear out in water

 

[ryzno]

What happens is Racing Hard tires have more grip and don't wear out in water

I beg to differ. I ran RS the entire race for that seasonal. The glitch is RS tires. Once the water got over 20-25% my tire ware stopped. Yes I had a little less traction but, I could still handle her. During the heaviest rain I was still pulling away at 10 seconds a lap. The only car that didn't pit was 2nd (xvani nismo z i think.) What gets me is the ring the rain is unpredictable.

 

[zuperkiwi]

slicks 0-(25-30)%
Inters (25-30)-80%
Rain >80%

👍

 

[Johnnypenso]

I used inters for the seasonals with rain from start to finish, lapped several cars and won by a country mile each time. No tire wear issues and no need to pit.

 

[Kwicko]

I've had good luck with Racing Soft until about 35% then to Inters if the surface isn't getting better. After about 60% I find the RS really make maintaining any pace very difficult.

Yup. I start losing serious time on RS by about 40% wet, and can get better lap times on inters at that point. I don't think I've ever gone to full wets unless the track was showing more than 65% wet.