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LOTUS EXOS 125 Tyres
The Lotus Exos 125, uses specific slick tyres for dry and for wet conditions. Unfortunately in AC we don't have yet wet conditions, so for now you only get the dry tyres.
Those tyres have their optimum range temperature between 90°C and 120°C. Although it is a quite wide range, they do get pretty nasty if they cold down under 60°C, so be careful, especially on slow tracks like magione on cold days.
In terms of tyre wear, the tyres should be able to go through the whole fuel tank of the car without any big problems.
LOTUS EXOS 125 S1 Tyres
The Stage 1 version of the Exos is more specialised car, that also carries 4 different dry slicks compounds. Namely SuperSoft, Soft, Medium and Hard. Each compound has a very different range of optimum tyre temperatures and wear characteristics.
Super Soft: 85°C -110°C. The tyre will wear quite fast. Practically you'll be able to do 7-10 laps before having severe degradation
Soft: 105°C -125°C
The tyre will last a bit more than the SuperSofts. You could do around 15-20 laps but the degradation will be linear as you cover more distance
Medium: 90°C -115°C
The tyre will last for a long distance. It might be even possible to do a whole distance race, but you will experience slower laptimes towards the end
Hard: 110°C -135°C
A very stable tyre. Obviously less grip than the others but if the temperatures are good and the driving style adeguate, it might even be possible to do the best laptimes, towards the end of the stint, when the fuel tank will be empty.
The main thing to understand with those tyres (and also other AC tyres too), is that a SuperSoft tyre won't be always better than a Medium tyre. Depending on track, ambient and asphalt temperatures and driving styles, you need to find which compound suits the conditions better.
You might have seen in real life F1 that sometimes drivers&teams use the harder tyre to make faster laptimes in race, or the other way around. It really depends to a variety of factors, so don't take anything as granted.