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2 pit related things
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2 pit related things
A little non-essential thing I'd just like:

A notepad in the garage for each car, on which you can type whatever you want, like fuel usage at certain tracks, optimal race strategies etc.

And mainly:
I'd love to be able to have an option in the fuel strategy section that allows me to say: "Add X% at pit stop". A race will take the same amount of fuel however much you start with. The "fill to" option is too inflexible and doesn't make it easy to make an early pitstop without having to use the clumsy and in accurate 5% increment strategy adjuster.

If I can tell it to just add (for example) 40% at the pitstop (let's say the race takes exactly 80% of fuel) and I start with 40%, then it won't matter if I pit on lap one of 40 or on lap 19 of 40, I'll still have enough fuel to make it to the finish, and I won't need to adjust anything manually either. Obviously it would fill the tank to the maximum possible if you told it to add more fuel than there is space for.

Being able to plan ahead for each stop (if you're making more than one) would also be useful.
Quote from sinbad :I'd love to be able to have an option in the fuel strategy section that allows me to say: "Add X% at pit stop". ....

I want that too.

Quote from sinbad :....If I can tell it to just add (for example) 40% at the pitstop

This would be a nice feature too. Just add some more fuel instead of only refill to a specific amount.
Quote from sinbad :I'd love to be able to have an option in the fuel strategy section that allows me to say: "Add X% at pit stop". A race will take the same amount of fuel however much you start with. The "fill to" option is too inflexible and doesn't make it easy to make an early pitstop without having to use the clumsy and in accurate 5% increment strategy adjuster.

If I can tell it to just add (for example) 40% at the pitstop (let's say the race takes exactly 80% of fuel) and I start with 40%, then it won't matter if I pit on lap one of 40 or on lap 19 of 40, I'll still have enough fuel to make it to the finish, and I won't need to adjust anything manually either. Obviously it would fill the tank to the maximum possible if you told it to add more fuel than there is space for.

You know I never really thought of it like that, but you're completely right. I have messed up more than one endu-type race because an incident forced me to pit earlier and I made some bad calculations in the heat of the race.

Good idea.
Yeah I mentioned the fuel refilling thing when it first came out. I would much prefer it the way you suggested.
Although its still logical - if you set it to 100%, and it wasnt doing "top ups to 100%", you'd have an overflowing tank - i.e. with 105%, for instance!
Then the max we could put it would be however much the tank is empty.
I.E. You have 8% left in your tank.
You cannot refill more then 92%
You have 50% in your tank, can't refill more then %50


:up: good compromise
I don't see what is compromised
It's obviously impossible to fill a tank to more than 100% so if the amount you want to add is greater than the free space remaining in the fuel tank then it will simply fill the tank to the 100% mark.

It's just a much more flexible and easy way of doing it.

I don't want them to scrap the "fill to X" option, but I'd like different ways of doing it. Especially when it's something that your pit-crew would almost entirely be in control of anyway.
i think it would be better, when you enter the pit, there popups a screen where you can input if you want the tyres to be changed (front and back)
and there u can choose, how much fuel you want to be loaded.

when u pit in, (and presses the speed limiter)
a box popups, with a top down view of the car, all 4 tyres are grey, and got a number in it, front left = 1 front right = 2 and so on.
u press 1 and 2 ( the tyres changes color from grey to green)
and the rear tyres stay grey, because u don't want them to change.

and than there will be a box for the fuel, for example number 9 than the fuel indicator get highlighted, and you can fill in a number, u just have to type in 40, so then the car will be filled to 40%.

this way you can doe everything with the numpad (when num-lock is on :P)

i really hopes this will be implemented.
My keyboard is on the right side of my wheel and it's so difficult to change the strategy while driving that I can't even use it I need a better solution but i don't have a clue what could it be.

But do we have any chance to get an extra mechanic who cools the tyres with a fire hose when pitting?
#11 - tpa
I am all for that, too!
Quote from Gohan-san :i think it would be better, when you enter the pit, there popups a screen where you can input if you want the tyres to be changed (front and back)
and there u can choose, how much fuel you want to be loaded.

when u pit in, (and presses the speed limiter)
a box popups, with a top down view of the car, all 4 tyres are grey, and got a number in it, front left = 1 front right = 2 and so on.
u press 1 and 2 ( the tyres changes color from grey to green)
and the rear tyres stay grey, because u don't want them to change.

and than there will be a box for the fuel, for example number 9 than the fuel indicator get highlighted, and you can fill in a number, u just have to type in 40, so then the car will be filled to 40%.

this way you can doe everything with the numpad (when num-lock is on :P)

i really hopes this will be implemented.

It would be good, if I could set which tires want to change. In lots of tranks i have to change only 1 tire, not the all. The cahnging takes a lot of time ...

2 pit related things
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