I often race a FZR on Aston National as there always seems to be at least one full server and some great races. Normally the race is 10 laps with a pit stop.
When I first started, pitting on the last lap was a problem but that has been stopped as it now carries a 30 second penalty. I use enough fuel for the whole race and the minimum top up so pit stops are as fast as possible. If I have not been side swiped at T1, I can make a pitstop with little loss of time. If i have been hit several times it will take longer as all the damage is repaired.
Now I am not fast, my best is 1.42:03 but there are loads of drivers much faster than that. I suddenly found that drivers in the 1.45’s are beating me and could not understand how. I would be in front of them and then when I pit they are suddenly in front yet they are slower.
As there is no way you can tell if someone has done their pit stop while in the race (Not that I am aware) I always expect they will need to pit and I should be in front again but low and behold they don’t, yet the finish the results say they pitted.
Watching a replay shows that at the start they pit from the line using Shift+S then move forward from the garage to a pit box which says they have pitted and then go out onto the circuit. Pitting like this means no damage plus they have missed all the fun at T1 on a clear track. They don’t need to catch or pass anyone but just wait until the other cars pit.
Even some of the super fast drivers are doing this.
Who agrees that this action should also get an automatic 30 second penalty or a pit before the end of the first lap not be counted as a pit at all.
Maybe we need a pit window to make it real interesting.
When I first started, pitting on the last lap was a problem but that has been stopped as it now carries a 30 second penalty. I use enough fuel for the whole race and the minimum top up so pit stops are as fast as possible. If I have not been side swiped at T1, I can make a pitstop with little loss of time. If i have been hit several times it will take longer as all the damage is repaired.
Now I am not fast, my best is 1.42:03 but there are loads of drivers much faster than that. I suddenly found that drivers in the 1.45’s are beating me and could not understand how. I would be in front of them and then when I pit they are suddenly in front yet they are slower.
As there is no way you can tell if someone has done their pit stop while in the race (Not that I am aware) I always expect they will need to pit and I should be in front again but low and behold they don’t, yet the finish the results say they pitted.
Watching a replay shows that at the start they pit from the line using Shift+S then move forward from the garage to a pit box which says they have pitted and then go out onto the circuit. Pitting like this means no damage plus they have missed all the fun at T1 on a clear track. They don’t need to catch or pass anyone but just wait until the other cars pit.
Even some of the super fast drivers are doing this.
Who agrees that this action should also get an automatic 30 second penalty or a pit before the end of the first lap not be counted as a pit at all.
Maybe we need a pit window to make it real interesting.
