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Rockingham - Actual start/finish not in line with track markings
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#1 - pik_d
Rockingham - Actual start/finish not in line with track markings
Sort of like old Westhill originally was, the start/finish positions aren't in line with the track markings. Some are pretty close, but some are a full car length away.

I have attached an image and spr to show RO2 as an example, but all 11 tracks are varying distances off.
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#2 - Scawen
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This is actually not a bug in the track. It's to do with the way the checkpoints and finish line are detected. LFS does this using the path. So what happens is when you cross the next path line, that's when the checkpoint or finish line is detected. The path lines are created around 5 per second, so the finish line is usually between 0 and 0.2 seconds after the visible finish line.

I can't fix it easily at the moment but it should be improved in future. It doesn't really affect lap timing because you have to cross the same line each lap anyway.
#3 - pik_d
That makes sense. The main issue is photo finishes, which are more likely at oval tracks than other tracks.

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