i really like the ability to start the race manually
it really adds a lot to the realism
the only thing i want now is a way to warm up the tires before a drag race, or have them automatically warmed to prime temps
I don't do drag races. In fact, I hate them. Though, in terms of 'realism', as this sim strives to accomplish, there should be some form of tire warm-up in drag races, as in real life.
Tyres are already warmed up when you start (blue and temp dependent on compound) , leave it still for 10mins and you will see they cool down to 30DEGC (black in colour)
The tires are not nearly warmed up to optimal temps though, they are only roughly temps you'd get from a heat blanket or oven, that is what Scawen has done.
Drag racing should have the ability to manually pre-heat the tires before final staging on the strip.
And if you let the tires cool down for 10 minutes (especially road tires), it shows a huge physics flaw of tire temperature vs. performance. We rely so much on these semi-heated tires that we fail to realize the poor abilities of even a COLD performance road tire in LFS. When, in reality a car should not be sliding at such low speeds when the tires are at normal daytime resting temperature. Also, they take only a few turns to rise in temperature very rapidly, when even a nice set of road tires would never do such a thing. Slick tires are somewhat 'ok', but road tire temperature acts far too extreme in LFS, in both heating and cooling. Something I would like to see Scawen fix someday.
Exactly, tyres are already warmed up, but... IRL if I warm up my tires I can choose their temp: a thermostat is cheap, useful and easy to use
I think we should choose the temp we want in our tyres (and not only in drag races) or start with them at 30ºC.
, leave it still for 10mins and you will see they cool down to 30DEGC (black in colour)