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Yellow Flag Bug

Brett Higgin

Yellow Flag Bug

by Brett Higgin » Mon, 01 Jan 1996 04:00:00

I just had the strangest thing happen.  I was running a 50% race at Road
America (Elkhart Lake).  Hiro spun in trun 3, the yellow comes out.  
Being the fuel issue that it is, I pitted along with several AI cars.  I
finished my stop, pulled out (being careful not to break the pit speed
limit.)  Didn't pass anyone in the pit that wasn't stopped.  Exit pit
road, get a message to stay behing car #00.  I stopped, car #00 passed
me (was behing me when I pitted.)  Got another message to stay behind
car #3.  So I stopped again, no one came.  Got a message, One Lap till
Green.  So I start moving.  Catch up with the pace car which was all by
himself.  Follow the pace car, he pulls into pit road.  All of a sudden,
car #3 (Paul Tracy) comes flying up on me, pulls in front of me and
stops.  Two or three more cars pass us, he starts moving & so do I.  The
green flies, I cross start/finish and get black flagged.  Anyone else
seen or heard of this?  Is there a patch?  Papyrus, HELP !?!?!?!?!?
anmio

Yellow Flag Bug

by anmio » Tue, 02 Jan 1996 04:00:00


> I just had the strangest thing happen.  I was running a 50% race at Road
> America (Elkhart Lake).  Hiro spun in trun 3, the yellow comes out.
> Being the fuel issue that it is, I pitted along with several AI cars.  I
> finished my stop, pulled out (being careful not to break the pit speed
> limit.)  Didn't pass anyone in the pit that wasn't stopped.  Exit pit
> road, get a message to stay behing car #00.  I stopped, car #00 passed
> me (was behing me when I pitted.)  Got another message to stay behind
> car #3.  So I stopped again, no one came.  Got a message, One Lap till
> Green.  So I start moving.  Catch up with the pace car which was all by
> himself.  Follow the pace car, he pulls into pit road.  All of a sudden,
> car #3 (Paul Tracy) comes flying up on me, pulls in front of me and
> stops.  Two or three more cars pass us, he starts moving & so do I.  The
> green flies, I cross start/finish and get black flagged.  Anyone else
> seen or heard of this?  Is there a patch?  Papyrus, HELP !?!?!?!?!?

My opinion is that it`s a bug. Several others had the same experience.

I had a tip about waiting a lap before you pit to avoid the problem.
Because our pitlane position is behind the start / finishline, some
say that the Ai cars are aloud to pass you until you pass the start /
finishline.

I don`t belive that it should be like this, but i might be wrong.


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