Tire temp/technology etc

I\'m not to savvy on say the realistic parameters for running a f1 car and it\'s in race behavior....but i noticed this past race, which was in \"rain \"  that hard tires only caused maybe a 1-2 second loss in lap time, meanwhile full wet tires lost 3-4 seconds per lap..

Not just that, but my drivers performance elevated using intermediates up until the tires showed orange (approaching hot)..Yet every other car on the field, would run a solid 10 laps on tires that were as visually red as I have EVER seen and kept improving times..


Now i\'m curious the coloring of tire temps....

I know Blue represents a cold tire...Grey represents i\'m assuming a \"warm one\" and red represents hot....  is it normal for the wet tires to be the most functional in their hottest possible tempurate? Should i be aiming for my car to teeter on the red/orange shade of tire temp from now on because i\'ve been trying to maintain grey/orange area (which is where my personal fastest laps come from)

but after this last race it seems like getting your tires boiling for 10 laps straight is whats necessary.

I am currently working on a problem with rain.  In certain situations the track does not get as wet as it should, even during Thunderstorms.  I'll hopefully have this fixed within the next few hours.  I expect this is the main problem you noticed.

You're right about the colours: Blue = Cold, Grey = Warm (ideal), Red = Hot.  Keeping the tyres somewhere around grey is good although you might want to let them go orange if you need more short term speed.  Alternatively you might want to keep them slightly blue if you're more interested in maintaining their condition for longer.

If drivers are set on maximum push, they can still make good times even when their tyres are burning hot.  However this will be destroying their tyres which necessitates additional pit stops and is not a good strategy.

okay....so basically the rain wasn't rainy enough at this point but will be changed soon.....Thanks for the response, much appreciated, also for the clarification on tire colors.

-edit- is there any sort of notification system/email or otherwise for updates/changes? or is it a experience only thing.

I'll start a new thread on the Announcements forum (http://igpmanager.com/play/?url=forum-index/4) where I'll announce changes to the simulator and viewer.  Thanks for asking (reminding me) about this!

Fixed.