Problem with iRacing Pitting, the Dirty Truth

[i4Gott]

A lot of folks will say iRacing is just like the real life because we can pit. We will need to change our tires or add fuel to even finish the race. Well here is the reality with pitting in iRacing.

Its for show. It has very little impact. Why is that you ask? In real life, your pit crew is an integral part of the team. In iRacing, everyone pit crew is the same. The amount of time it takes to change your tires, is the same for everyone. There is no difference. This means that it has no impact on your ability to squeeze something extra to get ahead when it comes to changing tires.

Your pit crews time to fuel you up, its the same too. There is no difference. Since iRacing allows third party apps to calculate how much fuel you need, well guess what, it can be done automatically. Sure you can do it yourself, but why bother. You will put yourself at a disadvantage because so many use third party apps just for this purpose. So again, you dont gain anything like you would in real life.

The only thing pitting does for you is, the amount of time you gain coming in the pit and how quickly you can get out of the pit. The rest is all for show and has zero impact. Some races you will need to change tires, while in others, nope, no need. Its all for show and a waste of time.

Too bad we didnt have real pit crews that contributed to our wins or loses. Its great to see iRacing so close to real life, isnt. :)

[Fivecorr]

You might wanna do some testing before you write a 288 word long opinion piece that is complettly wrong when it comes your claim of fixed times and is just your opinion when it comes to "problem with iRacing pitting".
Seriously what you said is wrong, there already is a small rng range in the tire changing and refueling time. Takes like 5min to check this and to come up with some numbers.

[Fivecorr]

(All tests were done at Centripital Circuit, not touching the wheel or pedals, aka default position, all times in seconds)
FR3.5 Tire changes:
7,0
6,7
6,5
6,2
6,0
6,2
6,7
6,5
6,5
6,0

Merc GT3 Tire Changes:
27,1
26,9
27,5
27,8
27,4

Merc GT3 refueling 1,1g:
2,7
2,6
2,7
2,7
2,7
2,8
2,7
2,7
2,8
2,8
2,7
2,7
2,8

Merc GT3 Refueling 10g:
15,5
15,6
15,7
15,4

[Fivecorr]

But i bet everyone would love a F1-05 button smash system to "use their ability to squeeze something extra to get ahead when it comes to changing tires"

[B✪✪tsy]

I personally never do races that requires pitting so I don't have an issue with it :) For endurance races with multiple drivers pitting matters and I assume it also can cost extra time when switching driver gets messed up for any reason.

[Ancient Oldie]

Originally posted by 11:57 PM:

A lot of folks will say iRacing is just like the real life because we can pit. We will need to change our tires or add fuel to even finish the race. Well here is the reality with pitting in iRacing.

Its for show. It has very little impact. Why is that you ask? In real life, your pit crew is an integral part of the team. In iRacing, everyone pit crew is the same. The amount of time it takes to change your tires, is the same for everyone. There is no difference. This means that it has no impact on your ability to squeeze something extra to get ahead when it comes to changing tires.

Depends on the races and their length. Pittig while others are in traffic, or when you yourself are in traffic can be great tactical decisions.

Your pit crews time to fuel you up, its the same too. There is no difference. Since iRacing allows third party apps to calculate how much fuel you need, well guess what, it can be done automatically. Sure you can do it yourself, but why bother. You will put yourself at a disadvantage because so many use third party apps just for this purpose. So again, you dont gain anything like you would in real life.

The balance in this game is about racing, aka. driving laps around a track. The best way to achieve that is to minimize the impact of something like a pit-stop.

'Real life' -> so you want 4 friends smashing keyboards for you to quicker pit? A piece of software-program will never be 'real life realistic'

You want perks? aka Call of Duty? The more you play and the more you pit, the faster your crew gets? Or buy real fast tools?

Complain about apps that anyone can use by choice or not. What's the problem here? If the app gives you the same optimal result that you can calculate by hand? Who cares about that?

The only thing pitting does for you is, the amount of time you gain coming in the pit and how quickly you can get out of the pit. The rest is all for show and has zero impact. Some races you will need to change tires, while in others, nope, no need. Its all for show and a waste of time.


Too bad we didnt have real pit crews that contributed to our wins or loses. Its great to see iRacing so close to real life, isnt. :)

What do you want?
Pay2win pitcrews? The faster they are the more they cost?

In iRacing you win because you eventually become a better driver. You can focus on driving without having to worry that someone has some more perks or spend more money on his pitcrew than you did.