F1 2000: Tires not changed during pit stops?!

I am running F1 2000 v1.09. I have "quick race" set up for 25 percent length with 4x fuel consumption and 4x tire wear. When I am called in for my first and only scheduled pit stop, the car is refueled but is not lifted and the tires are not changed. This happens over and over again, at least at Interlagos. I have checked the pitstop plan with TAB, confirmed that the tire setting is "change", even before pitting. It is clear that the tires are not being changed, because handling is progressively worse, to the point where the second half of the race typically sees a substantial lead lost and MUCH slower lap times. Anyone know of a fix for this problem? Thanks.

The only thing I can think is to check your pitstop actions during the race before you come in. I think you can select the amount of fuel and whether you want a tire change or not. I have had races where the first stop was fine (8-9 seconds or so), and then the subsequent stops were much longer. But my tires would always be changed. -- [email hidden] "Michael Coyne" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8s8tfh$221$[email hidden]... > I am running F1 2000 v1.09. I have "quick race" set up for 25 percent > length with 4x fuel consumption and 4x tire wear. > > When I am called in for my first and only scheduled pit stop, the car is > refueled but is not lifted and the tires are not changed. This happens over > and over again, at least at Interlagos. I have checked the pitstop plan > with TAB, confirmed that the tire setting is "change", even before pitting. > It is clear that the tires are not being changed, because handling is > progressively worse, to the point where the second half of the race > typically sees a substantial lead lost and MUCH slower lap times. > > Anyone know of a fix for this problem? > > Thanks. > >

Make sure you hit the ~ key at least a half a lap prior to coming into the pits. This tells your pit crew to get ready. You'll see a yellow light on your steering wheel light up when you hit the ~ key, and it will turn green when they are ready, which normally takes a little less than half a lap. If they're not ready, it'll take longer than usual. -Adam Zerlin Greg Cisko <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:opZF5.5539$[email hidden]...

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> The only thing I can think is to check your pitstop actions > during the race before you come in. I think you can select > the amount of fuel and whether you want a tire change or > not. > > I have had races where the first stop was fine (8-9 seconds > or so), and then the subsequent stops were much longer. > But my tires would always be changed. > > -- > > [email hidden] > > > "Michael Coyne" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:8s8tfh$221$[email hidden]... > > I am running F1 2000 v1.09. I have "quick race" set up for 25 percent > > length with 4x fuel consumption and 4x tire wear. > > > > When I am called in for my first and only scheduled pit stop, the car is > > refueled but is not lifted and the tires are not changed. This happens > over > > and over again, at least at Interlagos. I have checked the pitstop plan > > with TAB, confirmed that the tire setting is "change", even before > pitting. > > It is clear that the tires are not being changed, because handling is > > progressively worse, to the point where the second half of the race > > typically sees a substantial lead lost and MUCH slower lap times. > > > > Anyone know of a fix for this problem? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > >

On Sat, 14 Oct 2000 02:15:02 -0400, "Michael Coyne" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I am running F1 2000 v1.09. I have "quick race" set up for 25 percent >length with 4x fuel consumption and 4x tire wear. > >When I am called in for my first and only scheduled pit stop, the car is >refueled but is not lifted and the tires are not changed. This happens over >and over again, at least at Interlagos. I have checked the pitstop plan >with TAB, confirmed that the tire setting is "change", even before pitting. >It is clear that the tires are not being changed, because handling is >progressively worse, to the point where the second half of the race >typically sees a substantial lead lost and MUCH slower lap times.

It's obvious if tire-changes are not occurring, as you don't see the old set replaced with new ones. >Anyone know of a fix for this problem? I've never used scheduled pit-stops, so that may be what the problem is (perhaps a bug, I dunno?). Try -manual- pits. Before a race, setup your car with only 1 fuel-load, keep track of fuel, then pit on your own, a bit before fuel becomes a problem. For pitting, I always pause the race (P-key), then press the Tab-key, so I can take my time and see what needs to be done. Before pitting, don't know if this helps any, but I always press the "~" tilde key 3 times, (pit-dash-light goes "on-off-on"). It seems to help the radio-guy react faster for a pit-request. Matt

Yeah, that could certainly be the problem. But I thought I was doing that. I'll check closer next time. Thanks. -- [email hidden] Adam Zerlin wrote in message ... >Make sure you hit the ~ key at least a half a lap prior to coming into the >pits. This tells your pit crew to get ready. You'll see a yellow light on >your steering wheel light up when you hit the ~ key, and it will turn green >when they are ready, which normally takes a little less than half a lap. If >they're not ready, it'll take longer than usual. > >-Adam Zerlin > >Greg Cisko <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:opZF5.5539$[email hidden]... >> The only thing I can think is to check your pitstop actions >> during the race before you come in. I think you can select >> the amount of fuel and whether you want a tire change or >> not. >> >> I have had races where the first stop was fine (8-9 seconds >> or so), and then the subsequent stops were much longer. >> But my tires would always be changed. >> >> -- >> >> [email hidden] >> >> >> "Michael Coyne" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> news:8s8tfh$221$[email hidden]... >> > I am running F1 2000 v1.09. I have "quick race" set up for 25 percent >> > length with 4x fuel consumption and 4x tire wear. >> > >> > When I am called in for my first and only scheduled pit stop, the car is >> > refueled but is not lifted and the tires are not changed. This happens >> over >> > and over again, at least at Interlagos. I have checked the pitstop plan >> > with TAB, confirmed that the tire setting is "change", even before >> pitting. >> > It is clear that the tires are not being changed, because handling is >> > progressively worse, to the point where the second half of the race >> > typically sees a substantial lead lost and MUCH slower lap times. >> > >> > Anyone know of a fix for this problem? >> > >> > Thanks. >> > >> > >> >> > >