then slow down, and again, just stop! Is it like this for every track, is there
a way to fix this??
There are some track/AI patches out that do a fine job at eliminating this, but
I do believe that most of them are for the Winston Cup tracks, since that is
what most people race on.
Here's what I do to avoid the problem: The slowdown during cautions always
comes on the last lap before green, and always on the backstretch (of course if
you are running last you might still be in turn two when this chain reaction
gets to you). So, if there are no lapped cars beside me, I never follow
exactly in line. I stagger to the inside at least one car width, so if I can't
stop soon enough, I at most just end up passing a car or two, stop, let them
accelerate off, then catch them. This will not generate a black flag, as long
as you are back where you are supposed to be when the green flag drops. If
there are lapped cars to the inside of me, then I just lag back from the lead
lap cars at least 3 to 4 car lengths and stand on the brakes at the first sign
of the slowdown. Then I haul ***to catch the field.
As for the restart bunchup, I like to go way down on the apron, almost in the
grass, even before the green flag drops, to avoid the collisions. It is an
excellent way to get by 10 or more cars before you even enter turn one on the
restart. This is easier on some tracks than others, of course. If there are
lapped cars on the inside of you, you just have to either check up with
everyone else or make/find a hole on the inside and go for it.
One final thing. It behooves you to save the game once you are on the "going
green next time around" lap. I get through turn two, pause it, save it, then
continue. I don't consider that cheating, as the whole idea of caution cars
stopping, then accelerating to over 100mph to catch the pace car is ridiculous.
It used to really irk me before I did these techniques to bump into a stopped
car right before a restart, as now I have to go all the way until the next
caution or next fuel/tire stop to fix the damaged front end, which would kill
your lap times/track position.
