They're here to stay, forcing a pitstop to make the occasional race more interesting given the lack of tracks and how often they will repeat in very similar conditions online. This weeks inters races feature a strategic element, do you fuel save like a madman or go flat out and take the stop - both are possible winning strats I have seen streamed this week already.
For the already "unrealistic" sprint races that take place in online in an Endurance title, adding some more elements "far from a true simulation" shouldn't bother you that much. Need I mention the tag line under the logo, shown in multiple places in marketing, in-game, & here on the forum is "The official game of the FIA World Endurance Championship" as such you should expect some gamification to certain elements.
If you want to play the realism card, every race online should be:
at least 100mins long (the IMSA minimum length, if you demand WEC accuracy then 4hrs),
feature driver swaps,
and races should only happen at each individual track once a year,
with a 8 events placed throughout the year where you can only test in between?
Just giving back a bit of whats been givenWow, easy tiger
Having just done the Sebring intermediate race and coming within a whisker of running out of fuel (0.1 laps left) it was excellent fun.
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There's a difference between race duration since not everyone necessarily has time to do 2-4 hour stints and the fact that the car consumes 12 liters per lap. Note that I didn’t say anything about the time multiplier for the weekly 2h24 Le Mans. I gave my feedback because I see the duration of weekly races decreasing with the increasingly frequent implementation of fuel and tire consumption multipliers (probably to handicap those who race without ABS, I imagine). I understand your point of view, but I’m concerned this could be overused; today it's x3, and next Tuesday, why not x5? Even in future championships, this fuel and tire multiplier option should be banned in a simulation, just like ABS and other assists in multiplayer, in my opinion. Repetition isn’t an issue I bought this game for what it is, and more content will come anyway. I’ll bring up a sore subject, but iRacing has never implemented this kind of unnecessary 'toothpaste' feature. In the meantime, your game is great, and I hope you overcome your financial difficulties. Thank you for responding, and drive fast but carefully on the track!I should also say of course, when the proper Online Championship system is here, I would expect minimal use of the multipliers in those races, and keep these multis to daily. (Not promising zero use
2x/3x tyre have a habit of making lockups feel unbearable as well rn, so the fuel multi is the best way to force pits w/out some code to force a pitstop.
