Communiqués de presse - MRC 101 - Part IV

MRC 101 - Part IV

This week on Blazefp Magazine we reveal another bit of the famous interview with Blazefp and Francisco Pires. Today's main topic is still the same - the races - but this time we'll focus on basic racing strategies and driving style.

RACES II (Race strategy and driving style):

Blazefp Magazine: So what matters the most in qualifications is speed but is it also so relevant for the actual race?

Francisco Pires: To be honest no. In races the order of importance reverses, consistency overlaps speed. Not by much but it definitely does.
We're a long time on track, often more than one hour so we can't abuse the car or take too much risks. Obviously this depends from driver to driver, car to car, track to track and even other drivers but don't get surprised if you have to play it really safe.
Tires don't suffer that much and are easier to adjust - if they didn't held that many laps on a race, just try not to wear them that much next time or simply change strategy.

Blazefp: Which leads me to underline the significance of the pit-stop window. This value sets the number of laps you can anticipate a pit strategy, for instance, if the Safety Car, which causes everyone to drive slower and so it isn't as penalizing to visit the pits at that time, comes in 5 laps before your planned pit-stop, your driver can anticipate it, gaining precious time.
Same for reparations and track conditions but we'll get there.

Also if your car suffers reparable damages but it's 3 laps away from the end of the race, it'd be a waste of time to repair those damages. Set a value higher than 3 in the "No pit-stop laps" and it's one more problem you can scratch out.

Francisco Pires: And since we're discussing driving styles let me explain how the tire change works. In the garage we can set a value to change the slick tires to rain and vice versa regarding the weather conditions. Supposing the wet value is 80 and the dry value is 10, it makes an average of 45. On the driving style tab where it says "Weather tolerance" we can set a value for the variation of the average 45. Let's suppose we use 10 there. Every time the track conditions exceed 50 (45+5) the driver stops at the pit to change the tires to wet and every time it goes bellow 40 (45-5) it changes to slicks.
Keep in mind the values used here are purely illustrative, they're not the right ones to use. Those are up to you to find.

Blazefp: And about the car repair values, let's put it in simple words:

Max repairable damage: Maximum value of damage of which your driver ignores. He'll fix it as soon as possible on the next planned pit-stop but won't rush anything. Above this value he'll anticipate a pit-stop taking into account the pit-stop window.

No repairs level: Does not repair damage bellow this level, doesn't even cares about it!

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And it's time to end another part of the interview to Blazefp and Francisco Pires, this time a bit more technical than before.

Join us next week for some lights on what car to choose and their different features.

Till then, keep your pedal to the medal.