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- Practice and qualifying:
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- Long practice sessions are most beneficial. Setting up is vitally important
- at the higher difficulty levels and in long practice sessions you get fewer
- cars on the track so you get a better idea of how your car is performing.
- Always use the set-up option to adjust one option at a time to see how
- performance and handling are affected.
- The gears are the key to acceleration. Once you're happy with the wings you
- can adjust the ratios to give you an advantage over the majority of cars.
- There are advantages to both long and short qualifying sessions. A five or
- ten-minute session means everyone tries to get on the circuit at once and at
- best there is only time for two qualifying sessions. The fastest drivers
- might not get the fastest times because they are likely to get stuck behind
- the slower drivers - this might work for or against you. You just have to get
- out on the track first and clock a good time. In a long qualifying session
- everyone gets a much better chance.
- Watch how the other drivers are performing on the accelerated time view and
- spot the best ones. After you've got a good qualifying run watch how the
- other cars deal with the bends chicanes and slower drivers. When you've
- learnt the best tactics and are out qualifying in earnest watch out for cars
- which have finished qualifying and heading back to the pits because they
- won't be too bothered about letting you past.
-
- Driving Tips:
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- DRIVE FASTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE
- DON'T CRASH
- DON'T DAWDLE
- DON'T FORGET YOUR SANDWICHES
- Carry on reading ....
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- Choosing tyres:
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- Not surprisingly it's important that you get the right tyres. Qualifying
- tyres will definitely survive one lap and may even survive a second.
- Generally A and B tyres are for experienced drives while Cs are best for most
- drivers.
- A and B tyres should last the entire race providing your set-up is right but
- if you danage a wing and have to enter the pits for a replacement you lose
- your advantage.
- C tyres are perfect for slow circuits and long races. With them you should
- only have one pit stop in a long race.
- D tyres are good for races under 20 laps - any longer and you have too many
- pit stops for you to have an advantage.
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- Racing:
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- If you're not good enough to make first place on the grid just put your foot
- down and get going. If you're further back you have to know the circuits and
- take every opportunity to overtake other cars. For example at Montreal
- thgere;s a hairpin bend immediately after the pit straight. All the cars
- bunch up along its outside edge and then cut across the apex. You can gain
- several places by zooming around the inside line - just make sure you stay on
- the track.
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- Overtaking:
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- On the straights you can take advantage of slip-streaming but don't take
- unnecessary risks which could put you out of the race. Don't be afraid to
- back off if you get too close when approaching a corner - better safe than
- sorry. Bide your time on slow circuits when there are few places to overtake.
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- Back markers:
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- These slow-coaches refuse to let you pass so you've just got to put your foot
- down and try to get past as soon as you can. If possible make your move just
- before a corner so that any cars following you get stuck behind the back
- marker and you can get further ahead and hopefully on to win the race.
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- Spin gear:
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- If you spin off the track your wing mirrors won't show you all the cars
- coming up behind you. Select spin gear and then switch to an external view so
- you can get safely back on to the track without having to worry about being
- hit by another car.
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- Cheating in qualifying:
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- If you have selected two cars concentrate on one as your main driver and make
- sure you secure a good qualifying time. With the second driver trundle round
- the circuit the wrong way and when you see a PC controlled car crash into it.
- This is a recognised technique among certain well-known F1 drivers. Try to
- cause a big pile up of cars in the same place. This confuses the marshalls so
- it takes them longer to clear up the mess and the more powerful cars are less
- likely to secure good qualifying times. It's all good dirty underhanded fun
- and if it helps you win the race ...
-
- Cheating at Spa:
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- Don't bother qualifying and start the race in 25th position. Head into the
- put lane when the race starts. Turn the pit-call light off and put your foor
- to the floor. When you exit the pits you should be in first place. The only
- trouble is that the second car is still a back marker so you have to work
- hard to move it up the field.
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- Cheating with chicanes:
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- Cars don't get damaged when they bounce over the ground which means that you
- can gain seconds by driving straight over chicanes at tracks such as Montreal
- Hockenheim and Monza. Fly through the chicane at high speed and when your car
- lands on the grass drop down a couple of gears and accelerate away.
-
- Nudging:
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- You can gain an advantage by pushing back markers into the path of other
- cars. Get right alongside the car you want to nudge and strike a glancing
- blow but try not to get your wheels tangled with the other car's. Should this
- occur spin wildly off the course explode in an atractive ball of flame and
- take up needlework instead.
- *EOF*