30 Second Pit Stops in F1CS2000

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

RTFM p24. -- Philip D'Amato [email hidden] "Larry Lindstrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > 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

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 "Larry Lindstrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> 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

Right. Request pitstop at least half a track before. If the green led turns on (on the right handside of the cockpit), 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. Dave Henrie <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:pdv17.310488$[email hidden]... > A couple of hints. 1st...setup the pitstop strategy in advance...butyou

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> 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 > "Larry Lindstrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > 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 > >

Philip D'Amato wrote: > > RTFM p24. Thanks Philip: I missed that when I skimmed the manual. It's not in the table of contents. Larry