Unreproducible

Fuel weirdness

Hi Craig

I'm not going to patronise you with a bunch of suggestions about mistakes you might be making, you have over 800 races experience so I'm going to assume you know exactly how the game is supposed to work.

I've noticed a few reports of fuel irregularities recently so I'm going to move this one to the bugs section. Unfortunately most of these reports have been quite vague and I'm not sure the developers can do any effective analysis with a report that just says the fuel load changed.

It would be appreciated if you could elaborate on your experience of this problem. So information such as whether the "fuel weirdness" happens in the browser or app, whether the fuel loaded in the pit stop differs from the pre-selected main strategy or whether it is not reacting correctly to fuel changes made "on the fly" during the race. If the latter please can you explain how you're adjusting the fuel  load.

The icing on the cake would be a video demonstrating the problem.

Anyhow, thanks for reporting and if you or anybody else can provide more details that would be great.

Thanks Dan

But if I understand Craig's report correctly this isn't a case of manager miscalculation or even an issue with the in-race "estimated laps remaining" calculation, rather it's a report that says he asked for "X" litres when the car pitted and it came out of the pits with "Y".

Please can we forget about laps. Laps are an estimate and it's a naturally given that relying on them at the wrong moment will end you with the wrong amount of fuel, as it has to be based on changing variables and getting it right is hitting a constantly moving target.

What matters is litres of fuel. Litres you set in strategy for a stint you should see unchanged in race viewer setting up that stint, if you click add one litre it should add one litre (not like adding 2, removing one, adding 1, removing one, adding 2... with every click or if going too fast), and the last amount set before pit deadline should be the one displayed in the cars tank leaving box. If there's a difference anywhere not through user input something's wrong. The OP spoke of litres, which rings alarm bells for me.

Hello Luke.

I think yours is a different problem. Your issue is with the "estimated laps remaining" which will change with push level and boost usage. For this reason I NEVER use the in-race lap calculation to decide how much fuel to load. I know from practice or previous race data how many litres my cars are going to use on average for each lap. I use this information to pre-set my race strategy in the main strategy tab. I very rarely change this strategy during the race but if I need to change to react to another manager pitting unexpectedly or more likely a change in weather condition I use my offline litres/lap information to determine the fuel load.

If at the end of your stint you have 1.1 litres or more fuel remaining you got it wrong.

I still want to understand Craig's problem which appears to be unrelated to the lap calculation... 



Edit. Haha, typing at the same time... What Frank said LOL

Please will everyone stop talking about quantity of fuel in terms of laps. Fuel in this game is measured in Litres.

If you selected to refuel to 35 litres but the car exits the pits with something other than 35 litres then this is a bug and the devs need to investigate it. 

To say the pit stop fuel load was set to be 20 laps but when I exited the pits I only had 19 laps means nothing because the range is an estimate and may change for a variety of reasons including Push Level and use of Boost.

If there is a bug with refuelling can someone please give an example where they've requested X LITRES but when the car pits they get something different in terms of LITRES. If you can give us the race ID that would help and if you can provide a video that would be the icing on the cake.

Thanks.