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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jul 28, 2020 15:32:24 GMT
It's all a bit quiet in here considering we are 4 days away from the biggest race of the Indycar calendar!! How's everyone's practice going? I had a short session last night which is my first practice other than Saturdays online session. Just did a short quali run and then the first stint of the race with 15 AI at 115 level. Pace was not quite up to where I was on Saturday so not sure whether that's the slight difference between online and offline or just the slight randomness of the conditions you tend to get. I had it set to clear.. what did you have it set to for Saturdays practice run Dave XRF Lemarrrr The conditions were set to clear Pete, I ran a short practice on Sunday morning so everything we learned was still fresh, made a few adjustments and found a chunk of laptime in race trim so looking forward to the race 👍🏻 Cheers Dave. As always with Indy the draft will play an important part as it is so easy to get separated and then it's almost impossible to keep up with those in a draft. But the pit stops will also be key. I was just wondering about whether we should remove the possibility of anyone getting screwed over by the pit lane problems such as loose wheel nuts, etc. Seems a bit of a shame to have that sort of thing get in the way as losing the time they cost is HUGE around this place. I think they have been slightly overdone in the game and needed tweaking personally. |
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Post by pattycro89 on Jul 29, 2020 4:05:02 GMT
I havent had a pitstop go great without an issue yet lol,always a wheelnut or a gearbox issue,screwed after after the first stint at indygp gor example.
Practice has been decent so far happy with my draftless qualy pace. Still tinkering with vent openings for coolin in race trim. Car feels great in open air,but terrible in dirty air (worse than expected).
Just aiming to bring her home again,hopefully less laps down this time haha
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Jul 29, 2020 4:34:50 GMT
The conditions were set to clear Pete, I ran a short practice on Sunday morning so everything we learned was still fresh, made a few adjustments and found a chunk of laptime in race trim so looking forward to the race 👍🏻 Cheers Dave. As always with Indy the draft will play an important part as it is so easy to get separated and then it's almost impossible to keep up with those in a draft. But the pit stops will also be key. I was just wondering about whether we should remove the possibility of anyone getting screwed over by the pit lane problems such as loose wheel nuts, etc. Seems a bit of a shame to have that sort of thing get in the way as losing the time they cost is HUGE around this place. I think they have been slightly overdone in the game and needed tweaking personally. I think we should keep the Pit Errors, yes it’s frustrating if it happens to you but it adds a layer of realism that we’re trying to achieve |
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jul 29, 2020 10:01:20 GMT
Cheers Dave. As always with Indy the draft will play an important part as it is so easy to get separated and then it's almost impossible to keep up with those in a draft. But the pit stops will also be key. I was just wondering about whether we should remove the possibility of anyone getting screwed over by the pit lane problems such as loose wheel nuts, etc. Seems a bit of a shame to have that sort of thing get in the way as losing the time they cost is HUGE around this place. I think they have been slightly overdone in the game and needed tweaking personally. I think we should keep the Pit Errors, yes it’s frustrating if it happens to you but it adds a layer of realism that we’re trying to achieve Yeah I get the realism aspect but they are overdone in the game and are way too frequent. I don't remember the last time I didn't get at least one in a race!! It does seem that the same people get them all the time while others don't get them as well which spoils the balance in a lot of respects. The pit crews must wear vaseline for gloves   |
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Post by wonkamandan on Jul 29, 2020 11:36:33 GMT
I’ve had a few pit lane errors and as much as they annoy me they kind of also added extra drama that brings more excitement
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Jul 29, 2020 11:44:48 GMT
I’ve had a few pit lane errors and as much as they annoy me they kind of also added extra drama that brings more excitement I agree but I would hate to lose a race as a result of a random pit stop error. |
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Post by pattycro89 on Jul 29, 2020 11:54:56 GMT
Cheers Dave. As always with Indy the draft will play an important part as it is so easy to get separated and then it's almost impossible to keep up with those in a draft. But the pit stops will also be key. I was just wondering about whether we should remove the possibility of anyone getting screwed over by the pit lane problems such as loose wheel nuts, etc. Seems a bit of a shame to have that sort of thing get in the way as losing the time they cost is HUGE around this place. I think they have been slightly overdone in the game and needed tweaking personally. I think we should keep the Pit Errors, yes it’s frustrating if it happens to you but it adds a layer of realism that we’re trying to achieve As frustrating and unfortunate as they are....i agree |
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Post by wayneker on Jul 29, 2020 17:27:35 GMT
Sorry guys I can’t join you for this race or the next as my stag party and my wedding have got in the way. Hope you have a great time Wayne, and congratulations. I guess there will be no honeymoon away on some fancy island, eh? Thanks mate. We are meant to be going to Corfu for a week straight after the wedding. Fingers crossed it still goes ahead |
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jul 29, 2020 18:35:16 GMT
Hope you have a great time Wayne, and congratulations. I guess there will be no honeymoon away on some fancy island, eh? Thanks mate. We are meant to be going to Corfu for a week straight after the wedding. Fingers crossed it still goes ahead Hope it all goes smoothly Wayne and that you get to go on the honeymoon. But if not you can always tell the missus you've great group of guys you need to spend a couple of hours with. I'm sure she would be fine with that lol |
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Jul 29, 2020 20:04:31 GMT
The pitstop errors have been fine for me, about 85% of my stops are error free but I have noticed that the game has not been that way for Peter. It's more like 15% of his stops are error free this year, if that.
There could be some other determining factor that is unseen to the players?
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Post by wonkamandan on Jul 29, 2020 20:19:51 GMT
The pitstop errors have been fine for me, about 85% of my stops are error free but I have noticed that the game has not been that way for Peter. It's more like 15% of his stops are error free this year, if that. There could be some other determining factor that is unseen to the players? There is something else at oaky definitely for instance I use to put almost immediately during are touring car series. Simply because I found if you pitted later I’m the race the chance of a pit stop issue normally wheel but it clutch was huge where as when I putted early it never was a problem I won a couple of races using that tactic and I found I use to think I bet so and so had a outstrip problem mate in ten race and it was normally true |
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Post by wonkamandan on Jul 29, 2020 20:21:11 GMT
Not sure if I confirmed for this or not anyway
Wonkamans up for it I’ve had my ace tuner hooking the car yo and it’s on rails
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Post by XRF HammerPH on Jul 30, 2020 7:31:08 GMT
As the consensus does seem to be to keep them in let's just leave it as is for now.
Not sure what the trigger could be for errors and interesting that really pitting seemed to work for you Dan. Maybe the algorithm doesn't kick in at the early stops for some reason. Don't see why but who really knows other than the coders
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Post by bigwill369 on Jul 30, 2020 9:27:39 GMT
I've also noticed that if you go on a really long runs before you pit there is more often than not a problem, maybe there's an algorithm that on long runs everything get's more hotter & there's more chance of a sticky wheel nut etc
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Post by outsider819 on Jul 30, 2020 12:32:17 GMT
Pit lane errors, and look at me using Will Power's car    . |
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Jul 30, 2020 20:58:21 GMT
Not sure if I confirmed for this or not anyway Wonkamans up for it I’ve had my ace tuner hooking the car yo and it’s on rails Lmao 🤣 |
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Post by XRF Formula1 on Jul 30, 2020 21:08:07 GMT
I guess that makes sense when pitting later for some things in the car to have a higher chance to cause issues during the stop. I always thought pitstop errors ment that your team has a chance to slip, jam or drop their tools etc. while performing maintenance on the car.
I feel like the clutch, electronics and ignition failures etc. shouldn't be classified as 'pitstop errors' and should be under the damage category instead
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Post by Laird Cake on Jul 31, 2020 11:08:59 GMT
Sorry for the short notice but I have to bail on this due to other commitments. Good luck folks.
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Post by XRF Lemarrrr on Jul 31, 2020 15:15:37 GMT
I’m planning to run a practice session this evening (8pm UK Time) if anyone wants to iron out any last minute issues, just join the party when you see I’m online and we’ll get on it 👍🏻
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Post by wonkamandan on Jul 31, 2020 15:16:23 GMT
I’ll be there mate
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