This is my first post in this great forum. I have tried to read all the possible information, but I still have a problem.
I love the Be a Pro mode, but I'm struggling with my sprinter. I'll be playing in Normal until I'm able to master this character. I don't simulate any race, by the way.
He is 20 years old; level 13. I've spent 5 trainings in Sprinter and 1 in Ardennes. His Overall is 72, with Flat set at 67; Sprint, at 77; and Acceleration at 76.
The way I play is the following:
1. Set the Effort Dot at 60.
2. When the breakaway is made, my rider is already at the front of the peloton. Then I switch to Mantain Position.
3. When my rider is 50 km away from the finish, I raise the dot until 80, but I keep it in Mantain Position.
4. When my rider is 10 km away from the finish, I switch to Effort Cursor and set it at 80.
5. When my rider is 5 km away from the finish, I raise the Effort Cursor to 85 and take the gel.
6. I attack 1,5-2 km away from the finish. I feel that the bars get empty pretty quickly.
Obviously, I am doing something wrong, because I only managed to get 1 win, but I can't figure out what it is. So I'll be very grateful for your answers helping me.
1- Always check the last km of the flat stages. Look if there's a little uphill, or a descent, or if it's completely flat. This is so important
2- Try to sit on other favourites wheel in 7-10 km, better if he has a lead-out train. If not, unless you set your rhythm over 85 (and losing red bar), you're going to lose places, because you're 67 in Flat is not enough
3- The distance is not always the same. It depends is so many variables. But most of the times, you should sprint 1,3-1,5 in a normal finish (completely flat)
4- Also, you have to consider the wind. If there's head wind, don't get out of someone's wheel until 700 metres
Edited by Aquarius97 on 29-08-2016 20:51
2- Try to sit on other favourites wheel in 7-10 km, better if he has a lead-out train. If not, unless you set your rhythm over 85 (and losing red bar), you're going to lose places, because you're 67 in Flat is not enough
Thanks for the quick reply!!!
I'll try that way, but how can I sit on them? Do I have to do it with the Effort Cursor or Mantain Position? At what percentage?
I'll try that way, but how can I sit on them? Do I have to do it with the Effort Cursor or Mantain Position? At what percentage?
Thank you!
Cheers!
With the secondary button in your mouse, you press any rider you want (or with letter Q). It will appear a sub-menu with some options. I think is the second one, but you have to touch the button which has two rider with the arrow to the right.
You will just follow someone's wheel. Only problem is if you can hold on his rhythm, you're red bar is going to be lost
With the secondary button in your mouse, you press any rider you want (or with letter Q). It will appear a sub-menu with some options. I think is the second one, but you have to touch the button which has two rider with the arrow to the right.
You will just follow someone's wheel. Only problem is if you can hold on his rhythm, you're red bar is going to be lost
Ok. I think that is the Follow option. I'll try that way. When do I have to launch the sprint? When he does, or before?
Won`t the red bar start to empty when the yellow bar is completely empty?
With the secondary button in your mouse, you press any rider you want (or with letter Q). It will appear a sub-menu with some options. I think is the second one, but you have to touch the button which has two rider with the arrow to the right.
You will just follow someone's wheel. Only problem is if you can hold on his rhythm, you're red bar is going to be lost
Ok. I think that is the Follow option. I'll try that way. When do I have to launch the sprint? When he does, or before?
Won`t the red bar start to empty when the yellow bar is completely empty?
Thank you so much!
First, if you have no yellow bar, don't even bother about sprinting. Your rider is going to explode
Second, of course is the follow option
About launching the sprint. As i already told you, there's not an exact point for sprinting. Look at real sprints, there's not two identical sprints.
Let's say the initial point is 1,4 km for sprinting (in perfect conditions; completely flat, no wind, perfect lead-out...), and then, depending on game situations, you'll have to vary it (wind, slight uphill or downhill, bad placing in the sprint...).
At the end, it's all about try and fail, until you suceed
First, if you have no yellow bar, don't even bother about sprinting. Your rider is going to explode
Second, of course is the follow option
About launching the sprint. As i already told you, there's not an exact point for sprinting. Look at real sprints, there's not two identical sprints.
Let's say the initial point is 1,4 km for sprinting (in perfect conditions; completely flat, no wind, perfect lead-out...), and then, depending on game situations, you'll have to vary it (wind, slight uphill or downhill, bad placing in the sprint...).
At the end, it's all about try and fail, until you suceed
First, if you have no yellow bar, don't even bother about sprinting. Your rider is going to explode
Second, of course is the follow option
About launching the sprint. As i already told you, there's not an exact point for sprinting. Look at real sprints, there's not two identical sprints.
Let's say the initial point is 1,4 km for sprinting (in perfect conditions; completely flat, no wind, perfect lead-out...), and then, depending on game situations, you'll have to vary it (wind, slight uphill or downhill, bad placing in the sprint...).
At the end, it's all about try and fail, until you suceed
I find the Hills/Mountains difficult, obviously I don't pretend to win, but to end in a relative fine position. The peloton moves away from me in almost the very first mountain or high hill. So, is training Mountains worth it? I mean, I'd do it when having Sprint, Acceleration and Flat maximized.
I find the Hills/Mountains difficult, obviously I don't pretend to win, but to end in a relative fine position. The peloton moves away from me in almost the very first mountain or high hill. So, is training Mountains worth it? I mean, I'd do it when having Sprint, Acceleration and Flat maximized.
Thank you!
With the Ardennes Classic training, you'll develop HIL, which will be very important if you want to win any stage apart from completely flat stages, and a bit of MON. I would recomend you to rise your MON to,at least, 60, so you won't have so much problems in high mountain stages to make it into the control time.
And you shouldn't do it when you have 85 in SPR-ACE, you should do it for 2 or 3 levels before you reach 81 SPR-ACE. Because with another training you might lose some SPR abilities
