I have a huuuge problem on the game. I'm driving in the Toro Rosso and have so far only competed in three races, because I keep spinning out. I have traction control on slightly, and ABS - I think it's on a harder difficulty level.
In practice I can always get the fastest lap but only ever seem to finish 3 laps the rest I always spin out in. In qually I am near the front - first or second. But I tend to attract a lot of penalties.
My races in Bahrain and Australia didn't work out because of hard tires. In Bahrain I finished 20th after qualifying last and running as high as 7th, until I changed to hards and ended up in a wall. and in Aus I finally stuck with a DNF after trying to restart for a whole week. My rule is I can restart if less than 20 laps have been completed.
After changing to primes I once again spun out a few times and ended up in the wall.
My approach in Malaysia was slightly different: I ran all three practice sessions on hard tires. I qualified in Q1 and Q2 on softs, but this time I wanted to try Kobayashi's tactic of starting on hards, and making up positions towards the end. Surprisingly I qualified on pole using hards, but had 5 places deducted for dangerous driving.
My starts on hards are always shocking - I lose 5 places before the first corner. I can manage to outbreak all but a couple of drivers into the first corner. But I am sooo slow. A train of cars ends up behind me. Any cars that overtake me conveniently end up driving into the back of me.
After taking out 4 other cars defending 4th place, I kept that position for about 20 laps until I spun out, and lost 4 places. I went into pits and changed to softs and was instantly setting fastest laps and could make up a 5 second deficit in 2 laps. Unfortunately I also kept on over shooting corners and having to rejoin the track. I finished 9th in the end.
What can I do about my pace on hards, does anybody know?
