Dynamic recrystallization, DRX, has become an increasingly important softening mechanism both from fundamental and industrial points of view. During finishing rolling of strips or wire rods, strain is accumulated from pass to pass so that DRX can be triggered. The time need for 50% of material to recrystallize, t(50DRX), is strongly dependent on temperature and to a lesser extent on strain rate at which deformation occurs. Few studies report results on the kinetics of DRX and how this softening mechanism can be predicted for a given set of hot deformation conditions, namely strain, strain rate and pass temperature. The purpose of this paper was to investigate how the chemical composition of IF austenite can affect the kinetics of DRX by measuring the apparent activation energy for DRX, Q(DRX), for alloys with additions of Ti and a combination of Ti-Nb contents. Predicted and measured values Of t50DRX, were compared and an empirical expression was proposed to model measured values.