SiLo wrote:The one from Eau Rouge is just silly, it's too long and makes it so easy to overtake.
Actually, quite the reverse, it's silly for exactly the opposite reason. The teams were already bumping off the Rev limiter down Kemmel. There's no other sane way to set up. Adding DRS down kemmel does nothing to help overtaking because it doesn't increase top speeds at all. To my mind the two DRS zones should be the start finish straight, and into the bus stop.
raymondu999 wrote:DRD benefits are proportional, not to how amount of straights, nor the time you would have opened DRS in years past.
Hear ye, hear ye-
The DRD benefit, on each track layout, is proportional to the percentage of time you spend around a lap at a speed faster than the trigger speed. And the trigger speed has to be set just above your highest grip-limited speed.
So, first you have to determine your trigger speed, aka "highest grip-limited speed." The higher this speed is, then advantage goes down - otherwise you'd just be making yourself spin. Once you know that number, then you need to look at how long you're at speeds higher than said trigger speed, because the device only helps you while:
Trigger speed < x < terminal velocity
Where x is your car speed. In other words, the DRD advantage is proportional to the amount of time spent between your trigger and your terminal speeds
Thank god, someone else understands! I thought I was going insane.