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I've been practising these in preparation for the Endurance events.

I seem to have the positioning etc well sorted and can (Usually) manage to select everything I want and end up with the right tyres and enough fuel etc sorted ready to rejoin.

My question regards "Open Pit lanes" (Where there is no pit wall between Pit Lane and Track such as at Bathhurst).

Is it necessary to ensure I enter the pit lane at the start  and do not rejoin the track after pitting until the end of the pit lane? I know the obvious answer is try it out but for some reason I can't get consistent results.

I have on occasion entered the pit lane quite late (Definitely after the entry lights) with no penalty, therefore gaining a second or so as I've been above the pit lane speed limit prior to moving across to my pit box. Also I have left the pit box and joined the track well before the exit lights, again with no apparent penalty. But other times I have received a stop & go but I'm not sure if the 2 are connected.

Thanks in advance

TTFN
John.

I think you have answered your own question. You can risk entering late and too fast and also leave the pit lane early but you may get a S/G penalty. It's always best practice to try out the pit procedure at every track so you don't get caught out.
Also third party tracks seen to have different levels of strictness; another reason to test them.

Pit Stops...oh yes I remember those little things  ::)

TBH I do need to do some serious practice around pitstops, because I only get about 1 in 10 correct.

 Either
Speeding on exit ( forgetting to re engage the pit limiter) and a StopnGo penalty
Failing to put in enough fuel to even reach my intended pits stop 
Failing to scroll through the pit board and select the correct tyres/fuel
Forgetting all about the pit stop!!!

Other than that it all seems straightforward  ::)

Am I reading correctly when John appears to say that he has his pit board "pre selected"?? or am I just misunderstanding that.

I think that's a misunderstanding.

John:

Also another hint, the Massey's do not have a pit limiter that works for me.  Have to practice with another car and then watch the speedo or tach in these cars.  Got burn't my first time in my first race in one of these cars with a stop & go.  Great series though!!  Enjoy....

Bob M.

I'll see if I can identify the pit lane speed tonight and post it.

Thanks guys, No As Tony says I don't have anything pre selected on the pit board I've just worked out roughly what arrow keys need to press from the default display for a quick stop. (Of course Variables like options to repair damage which may or may not need my attention still mess with my head).

Thanks Tony for the info from the track read me (Posted elsewhere).

I was wondering about the Mazza and the pit speed limiter. I do not seem to have any road speed indicated anywhere on my display. Is there a setting somewhere which will display it for cars with no Speedo? I've got XD but that doesn't seem to show it. I get a nice set of instruments if I want to drive arcade style of from the nose but not in the cockpit.

The way I worked it out for the Mazza was to take a none cockpit view and see what the revs were at 50kph which seems to be the normal pit lane limit. (For info it's 4.5K in 1st and 3K in 2nd - Both variants).

TTFN
John.

I got into the habit in the GC/Muscle car league in which we almost always have a pit stop race,  that on the lap before the pit stop I go to auto clutch (button F2) so I can't kill the engine and as I enter the pit I go to hood view, because the gauges are big and also seems to me to be easier to hit the spot so the pit board will come up. As I exit I go back to race mode...........

Bob M.

If you press the "2" key you can toggle the amount of onscreen stuff you have. So maybe turn it on when approaching pits and turn it off after pitting?

Hi Tony,
 Presumably this only works for views other than the cockpit view? (I ask because it does nothing for me unless I'm in in 1 of the other views).

*Off topic*
I'm still jumping from car to car and track to track for the two 55 series at the moment trying to get a feel for what works where for me so I'm sure I will bring the odd knife to a gun fight and find myself sitting in the only F250 on a grid full of Maserati's at some point in the season.  ??? Looking at last years results for tracks we are racing on this year has thrown up a few surprises and encouraged me to try some car / track combinations I thought would never work.

TTFN
John.
 

 

Just ran a test and for me LF Shift changes car views (4 options) and the 2 key toggles dials (3 options). Are you pressing the right 2 key? Should be the shift " key not the numpad.

Well, I think I'll just file this in *Unknown*.. As I said switching driving view to anything other than cockpit allows me to use the "2" key but from the cockpit it has no effect. (This "Sort of" makes sense as the dials are visible anyway - apart from those hidden by the wheel).

Anyway... I'm off to Belgium tomorrow with my job until Friday (Oh Joy).. So won't get a chance to mess around with any GTL stuff this week. No worries. I can live with what I have.

TTFN
John.