Michael Raetselhaft medal 5000 6 years 1 days ago
What does it depend on? How is it calculated? I can lose up to 0,5 seconds during one and I got absolutely no clue why it happens. So if someone knows what the heck is that time based on, please tell me.
Taz Devil medal 5000 6 years 1 days ago
Were cars going pass you in pit lane when you were coming out of your pit area?
I have notice every time I have a bad pit stop and lose a heap of time in the pits it is when this happens.
Michael Raetselhaft medal 5000 5 years 365 days ago
Yeah, it happens almost all the time, I'm pitting at the begging of the pit lane. But it's doesn't always increase my pit time when I get passed by. Sometimes me and an another "lucky" player pit on different laps, but after the race I opened the log and saw that his pit stop was like 0,4 seconds faster and the time spent in pits in general gave him something like 0,7-0,8s. So I'm curious how come this happens and why
El Chapo medal 5000 5 years 365 days ago
Probably has to do with your TD/CD levels.
Frank Thomas medal 4979 Moderator 5 years 365 days ago
It's just luck. Generally the pit stop times are around 4.5 or 4.6 ±0.3 seconds or so. Occasionally the times can be slightly more faster or slower by a special event that's accompanied by a remark in the race ticker.
Especially cars leaving pit in front of you also can block and make you loose quite some time, but that's not part of the pit time in the race report as that's just the time of the actual pit stop and not including the way in or out.
Michael Raetselhaft medal 5000 5 years 364 days ago
It could be that thing with a car ahead that blocks you, even though I still don't know how it really works. I just see the fact that after some pit-stops the distance to another car can become twice bigger and that's just embarrassing.
Frank Thomas medal 4979 Moderator 5 years 364 days ago
The blocking happens as there's no (left) lane priority in iGP. So if another car pits in a box after yours it can finish its pit stop and enter the lane right in front of your car which means yours has to brake almost to a standstill, loosing precious time. The biggest risk of it happening is on most tracks if a car with higher number entering pits closely behind you and doing a slightly quicker stop and, but with way less time lost, if it enters in front of you but needs significantly longer.
Michael Raetselhaft medal 5000 5 years 364 days ago
Wow, that's a weird thing and unfair one as well imo
Frank Thomas medal 4979 Moderator 5 years 364 days ago
Well, blocking is always possible as long as cars won't go through each other in the pit lane which I personally wouldn't like. The question is only which car has to wait or slow down, the one leaving the pit/box or the one already on the lane.
Dan Ruglio medal 5000 5 years 364 days ago
Depending on your pit position.
Some races the bigger numbers (the car number) will be better in the pits and lower numbers will be better in other races.
I think if your stop is close to the entrance (firsts spots) is better.
the amount of fuel is important. a car filling the tank will be more time in the pits ;)
(and a car with a full tank, will be slower when leaving the pits than a car with fuel for a short stint.)
It's a well know issue.
and there are many other things that could help to make a little difference, like you are reading here:
- you can be blocked from cars entering when you are trying to leave
- you can be blocked by cars leaving when you are entering the pits
- i use the max push level from the start to the pit line finish ;)
and... i think it is frustrating some times but, it's part of the game, pits should not last the same for everyone, that's boring, and far from reality too... so, 'enjoy it as it is' will be my advice ;) and by learning what pit spot is better, you will understand when you can take advantage when pitting and when you have to make a gap to the car behind to avoid being overtaken in the pits.
hope it helps.
Dan
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