Right. Request pitstop at least half a track before. If the green led turns
on (on the right handside of the***pit), it means the crew is ready and
expecting you. I wouldn't listen to the voice messages. They sometimes turn
out to be wrong when it comes to pit order.
> A couple of hints. 1st...setup the pitstop strategy in advance...but
you
> already found that out.
> 2nd. two things could be slowing down your pitstop.
> are you A) calling in to the pits in advance requesting a pitstop? If you
> just drive into the pits, your crew has to scramble and get ready and find
> the right tires and get the fuel rig etc. Your radio will let you know
> AFTER you have requested a pitstop when to come in.
> B) if you have damage, the pit crew will try to fix it
> C) use the ` key(or tab I forget which) and get the paticulars for the
> pitstop, you can then specify a tiny amouunt of fuel, no tires etc.
> dave henrie
> > I decided to do my first full length race a week ago
> > at France.
> > I didn't check carefully, went to setup and chose
> > 2 pit stops, the sim filled in gallons and I didn't
> > do to math to see that the laps added up, they didn't
> > So I'm leading with 7 or 8 laps to go, watching
> > my fuel status run down. I did an unscheduled pit
> > and had to sit there 30 seconds while my Ferrari
> > received enough gas do drive itself to Silverstone.
> > Next, Silverstone. I counted the laps and gallons
> > this time, but I ran low before being called in. So
> > I pitted, perhaps a lap or two early. Same thing, 30
> > Seconds to put twice as much gas in as needed, on both
> > pit stops.
> > How do I change this, or is this how Michael keeps
> > Rubins in the second seat?
> > Thanks
> > Larry
