F1 2011 Official DRS Thread

Rich Maskell · Sep 23, 2011

Apologies if psoted before, but I'd liek to start a new thread now the game is out.

When is best to use DRS? I can't see much benefit.

KERS is great, especially pulling out of a slow corner. But DRS?

Advice please.

Thanks

Mike Coleman · Oct 1, 2011

You can also Google DRS zones for each track, but if you look at your mini map in your HUD, you will see they are marked.

Miguel Gonzalez · Oct 1, 2011

Theres also a beep when its available for you to use in race.

Peter Hooper · Oct 1, 2011

Check out the track guide section of the forum, some of the drs zones are shown in the track maps there. Also here seems to have some as well

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_gallery_display.php?fes_med_id=1230

Trouble is I don't think they aren't released until the week of the races so I guess Codemasters just took a guess at most of them

Gareth Walker · Oct 1, 2011

All tracks upto spa should have the official zones, monza only has the pit straight and not the 2nd zone from the lezmos down to ascari and singapore onwards have been placed where codies think they will be.

Max Wernberg · Oct 2, 2011

There actually is lines on the each track which shows both the detection and the activation zones, and they are fairly close as in reality.
Example of the Canada track, hairpin before the straight, at the exit of the turn there is a white line, the detection point, further down the track, just before he sways to the right there is another line across the road which is the activation line. There is then a second line during the start and finish for a second activation zone.

Just pay attention to a white line running straight across the track.

Jezza819 · Oct 2, 2011

I try to remember where it is from watching the races although I mistakenly was trying to hit DRS at Suzuka on the straight leading to the 130R. Then late in the race I saw the sign at the beginning of the pit straight.

James Chant · Oct 4, 2011

Further to this, on your steering wheel, (the right LED of 3), and the DRS indicator on the HUD, lights up green when DRS available, and flashes when you are using it.