My pitstop seem to take too long

[vvise]

... except for the times it is off by a large amount.

It's always been very accurate for me, unless maybe you're playing with the lean settings right before entering pits?

Also, spinning off course and having to get back up to speed will cause more fuel burn so there's the risk of coming up short. So I guess the indicator assumes clean laps.

 

[nuu1212]

There has been a race this week where it has been off, and consistently so. I had it figured out after 2 races, I always needed to fill up to 4% more than the diamond marker.

 

[Voodoovaj]

I posted a video of this bug.

On Alsace, the pit crew doesn't do the first half of the Pit Stop animation.

 

[nuu1212]

As someone said before, the game accounts for the time it takes you to reach your pit position. Your position is random from race to race, so the delay has some randomness. so your claim

On Alsace, the pit crew doesn't do the first half of the Pit Stop animation.

would just be a random coincidence.
Have not tested this, though.

 

[SkyArkz23]

im guessing this is what the OP is talking about... my guess is it's network based seeing it's so random when it happenens:

 

[Tassie_tiger]

im guessing this is what the OP is talking about... my guess is it's network based seeing it's so random when it happenens:

Good clip.

I'm still going with the pitlane travel time explanation.
It shows the pitbox rather close to pit entry, and the car arrives there fairly quickly.
(I've certainly seen it take considerably longer before the car arrives at the pitbox.)
It also shows the pit exit a fair way down the road, and yet when the car leaves the pitbox it's essentially immediately driving out of pitlane.

So the delay of the pitcrew, in this case, seems more inline with accounting for the time taken to drive down pitlane after service.

 

[nuu1212]

Note that on exiting, when the scene cuts to the cockpit view there is a jump (continuity error) in the cars position!
Maybe this accounts for the time lost waiting.
IMO they have messed it up badly, at least the whole animation scene. The timing might be right, but it is really hard to tell.

 

[Arctic_]

im guessing this is what the OP is talking about... my guess is it's network based seeing it's so random when it happenens:

yes this is exactly what I was talking about.

 

[Ryan Sandall]

First time I've seen this thread.

Regarding most of the responses, note that the OP says "I noticed that before the tyre changes start, there are a few seconds where my pit crew does nothing?"

Refuelling comes after tyre changes.

I don't have an answer.
Pitlane speed is pitlane speed.
I understand/assume that the delay in seeing your car reach the pit-box is inline with your pit position and pitlane travel distance, so everyone is slightly different.
It may be part of this process, just the graphics falling inline with the time required.
It seems unlikely every time this happened there was an impending penalty.
So while it does sound unusual, I'm less inclined to think something sinister is happening.


@nuu1212
No need to run "less than full power".
Short shifting is your friend. 👍

Is short sifting more affective than using a leaner power mode? Cos if it is I wish I knew that when I got the game

 

[shaunus]

Happens in single player races too.

 

[zzz_pt]

im guessing this is what the OP is talking about... my guess is it's network based seeing it's so random when it happenens:

We can't see anything here.

Different drivers may have changed tires or not and added different amounts of fuel, hence the differences on pit exit.

If someone wants to make a video, open a lobby with a decent amount of people, same car, same conditions and tell everyone to pit on lapX and change tires (no fuel, because that differs depending on style of driving). Then you'll be able to see if there's any difference or not.

 

[Robben]

We can't see anything here.

Different drivers may have changed tires or not and added different amounts of fuel, hence the differences on pit exit.

If someone wants to make a video, open a lobby with a decent amount of people, same car, same conditions and tell everyone to pit on lapX and change tires (no fuel, because that differs depending on style of driving). Then you'll be able to see if there's any difference or not.

You can see the pit crew just stand there even when the car is in the pit box...

 

[Tassie_tiger]

Is short sifting more affective than using a leaner power mode? Cos if it is I wish I knew that when I got the game

In my opinion it is more often than not, but it is car dependant.
You can probably still run a optimum lap time short shifting, but you have less of a chance doing that on a lower fuel map.

One thing I do, particularly if I'm looking at using a car quite often in fuel deg races, is look at the stats for the car.
It may sound a little geeky, but it's valuable information.
In brand central, highlighting the car will show you stats, namely max power at "x"rpm and max torque at "x"rpm.
Then in the settings sheet of the car you can see the power/torque graph.
Quite often this will suggest that there isn't much to be gained by revving beyond these rpm figures.

So it is "short shifting" to the point of not revving the car to redline in every gear all the time.
And doing something as simple as that will save you fuel.

 

[zzz_pt]

You can see the pit crew just stand there even when the car is in the pit box...

Yes. And I've tried to explain that in the first page of this thread.