How to change components of a car?

[Tech Enthusiast]

I know about the screen where I can change the components.
When clicking on them, they are marked as "outstanding" / "ausstehend".

So, when do they actually get exchanged? I only manage to make them do it in a training session and ONLY if i did not hit the buttons before that.
There has to be a way to change an engine between two races, without crippling the next race training session, somehow?

Also:
This time i have two near dead engines. Hit the third between races,.. nothing got exchanged. Now I can not even change it in training sessions. There is no option to install the old engines and the third one, which was selected prior, can't be selected again. But it is still only marked as not done yet. The only option I can actually click on is a fourth engine, which would result in a penalty.

I must be missing something obvious, right? :-(

[SpaceNinja88]

Just click the other number in the list. Like ICE (or engine, I think top option in the list?), you use #2. Just click to #3. Press Enter. Then press Up, and Enter on Okay. Then it will say "Pending", don't know how it is in German at the moment, and it will be used in the next session.

Also, you do NOT get a penalty if you use an exploit, which is STILL in the game.
Complete the qualification. Before the race, if you switch all engine components, you should get a 60-place grid penalty, but you won't. In my case, every single time I did it, I started from the grid position I got in one-shot quali. (Probably will be addressed in 1.05.)

[Tech Enthusiast]

Hmm. The way you describe it is the way i did it.
The stuff is not changed, it is still labeled "pending", no matter how many sessions I wait.

It worked ONCE, but I fail to remember what I did there. TBH it should not be a complex process and there is very little to screw up. Select the number, accept and go. But it still won't change from pending to done. My Engine is at 99% and will fail the moment i leave the box. But I can't change it, hrm.

[Tech Enthusiast]

Here is a screenshot.
I tried to just buy new parts and suck up the penalties. EVERY component is still pending and won't change. Training Session 1 is already passed, without a single round. Session 2 is ongoing and and just can't get these parts to switch.

https://steamcommunity.com/id/SteamEnthusiast/screenshot/779602816755785337

[cloister56]

Originally posted by Tech Enthusiast:

Here is a screenshot.
I tried to just buy new parts and suck up the penalties. EVERY component is still pending and won't change. Training Session 1 is already passed, without a single round. Session 2 is ongoing and and just can't get these parts to switch.

https://steamcommunity.com/id/SteamEnthusiast/screenshot/779602816755785337

The way it should work, and so far does for me is that outside of changing it in a session (in which case it gives you a countdown to when it will change) then it will stay pending until you leave the garage in the next session.
Just to be clear when you start the next session it will still show as pending but the moment your car leaves the garage in that session they should change.
This is to simulate the FIA regulation that a component is deemed as "used" when the cars timing transponder leaves the pit lane.

If the components aren't changing when you should let codemasters know by putting in a bug report.

If changing between sessions doesn't work, can you change in a session? then at least you will get rid of you old components after you let the time elapse.

I don't think you can re-select an old component which has >90% wear at least I can't reinstall my original ICE which is at 94%.

[Tech Enthusiast]

Leaving the pit is no option, since i always have a 55min+ cooldown for those parts. When I let the cooldown pass, I am in the next session AND have the same cooldown again, without new parts.

Started a bug report for now. Seems like my save game is screwed.