How does the race strategy adjustment setting work?
The idea behind the race strategy adjustment within your race strategy screen is this. You have your setup at the beginning of the race and that will carry you thru the first 1/4 of the race. Then the car condition or track conditions start to change and your car gets loose so you start losing time – then you and your crew chief start making modifications to correct the changing conditions. So what the strategy setting does is change the performance of the car from 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 race lengths. So lets have an example. behind the scenes in the database I have a code for each race which is the perfect ‘target’ strategy setting. It’s ONE number, lets say 37. Now you go and select your strategy setting (say): 1/4 – 1/2 Race – 32 1/2 – 3/4 Race – 55 3/4 – Finish – 73 Now what happens is this, your lap time and performance ‘rating’ for the first quarter of the race is tied to your qualifying session. Now at the 1/4 mark you performance can change based upon how close you are to the ‘target
