Pit stop under safety car

[Reiss]

I've noticed that piting while everyone is following the safety car is really advantageous because the car is driving way faster in the pit. It is even possible to gain some positions this way.

This probably happens because the speed limit in the pit was increased (that is one of the rules that can be voted) but it seems a bit silly to me.

I also wonder while there are no white lines outside of the pit. Cars should not be able to go straight to the racing line while exiting the pit.

[DalWill]

It can indeed be used to your benefit unfrotunately. And depending of track model you can gain quite a lot of it. There's a track where you can actually even make fastest laps because pit exit works as a shortcut (you just need your pitbox to be before finish line).

Overall I think safetycar goes a bit too slow if you gain positions (then again so does every car that is trying to catch the safety car. In 2-3 laps you don't always even catch the safety car.

[Silverangel]

Yeah making Safety Car faster (so u cant shortcut and overtaking using it) and the Saftey Car Period longer like +2 Laps. Then it should be fine.
Too short saftey car period anyway.

[DalWill]

Also the AI needs to stop pitting at each lap under safety car :P

[Silverangel]

They dont when i have looked. It was only Visual Bug in the Tracker for me. They was just doing 1 stop like they normal do. But in the Tracker it was looking like they would stop each time.
I already had posted a screen refering to this with explain that is was visual only.
my driver had Stops in the Tracker he never did and the Runs (laps) on the Tyres was wrong too. Mom i will seach for the screen.

here we go:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=801572467

[Silverangel]

Lahtinen didnt stopped for just 2 rounds using Inters. Was using much longer. And my next pitstop was for Soft tyres and when i did is not there too.
And i know that El Sadat wasnt doing 4 stops in a row. I was aware of him that race anyway.

[DalWill]

I just had a race where we all pitted at same time , I came to pit behind safety car , and came out 6th. So our line catches the safetycar, next time 2 of the line go pick new tires again. You can even see it in their used tyres section that they used those tyres for one lap.

And it doesn't even matter what stats show. When you follow a car who has 95% durability on it's tyres, and he goes to pit when you a following him and comes out with 100% tyres.

Not all cars do this.

[Silverangel]

See above :D

[DalWill]

Grr why ain't my steam overlay work again. Can't take screenshots. Well whatever. I have gained loads of times positions because of that behaviour. Me pitting with driver x at the same time. I'm behind him, and he goes to pits again and I gain position. Even used tyres section shows that they have small consumption in all those tires.

[Silverangel]

You have MSI Afterburner ? i had same problem cause of Rivatunerstatisticsserver what is starting with it :) I have solution for (when its that program for you) Or you have another program that blocks it for you.

[DalWill]

Yeah I have afterburner, but it was workign fine yesterday. Could be this steam beta version also. Gotta check later.

[Silverangel]

Originally posted by DalWill:

Yeah I have afterburner, but it was workign fine yesterday. Could be this steam beta version also. Gotta check later.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/415200/discussions/0/217691032437910201/
Your welcome :P

[DalWill]

Oki let's try. Should update it anyways as Unwinder released new version few days ago.

Edit, works.

[Silverangel]

Just a small change in the Rivatunerstatisticsserver to get it working with the Afterburner Overlay :)

^^

[DalWill]

Couldn't have been any better timing. As this race I'm currently in has this exact behaviour

Viena pitted last lap, took new inters;

Now we see Viena enters pit again with 98% inters
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=804617392

And exits with 100% Inters
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=804617419

Hope this is proof enough :)

[Silverangel]

Would be interesting if its just cause of tyres, or he changed cause of weather before, and this time for refueling (and then they change tyres anyway).
Think you would be see on his standing time.

But as i refered up there too, it happens as a visual bug too :)

And can you help me in Workshop out there? -.-