NASCAR Pit Stops

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>Does anyone else have this problem: at some tracks where you run with reduced >(5 degrees) wheel lock, i.e. Talladega, and where the pit stalls are crowded, >how do you exit your stall without backing up and/or smacking the car in front >of you? Seems to be mostly a problem at Talladega, although there are other >places where the pits are crowded too. Also, what happens if you set the >number of cars in a track's text file to more than the default value, i.e. put >39 cars at Bristol or Richmond where the pit spaces are pretty tight?

You have to plan for this when your coming in. Make sure you stop at the earliest point in your pit (i.e. right as you get to your fuel man.) This should leave you plenty of room to exit even with the small range of wheel lock. BTW I really like this aspect of the game. I don't know if Papyrus designed it like this, but it is very realistic. I mean you always hear about drivers blocking other drivers in the pits to gain track position on them. So watch out or the computer cars will get a position on you. JC

Does anyone else have this problem: at some tracks where you run with reduced (5 degrees) wheel lock, i.e. Talladega, and where the pit stalls are crowded, how do you exit your stall without backing up and/or smacking the car in front of you? Seems to be mostly a problem at Talladega, although there are other places where the pits are crowded too. Also, what happens if you set the number of cars in a track's text file to more than the default value, i.e. put 39 cars at Bristol or Richmond where the pit spaces are pretty tight?

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>Does anyone else have this problem: at some tracks where you run with reduced >(5 degrees) wheel lock, i.e. Talladega, and where the pit stalls are crowded, >how do you exit your stall without backing up and/or smacking the car in front >of you? Seems to be mostly a problem at Talladega, although there are other >places where the pits are crowded too. Also, what happens if you set the >number of cars in a track's text file to more than the default value, i.e. put >39 cars at Bristol or Richmond where the pit spaces are pretty tight?

The best thing to do is buy a control that allows you to race with 12 degrees or more lock. One comes to mine the TSW one hell of a good product. Never have this problem with my TSW always in and out without a problem. Mike

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>You have to plan for this when your coming in. Make sure you stop at >the earliest point in your pit (i.e. right as you get to your fuel >man.) This should leave you plenty of room to exit even with the small >range of wheel lock. BTW I really like this aspect of the game. I >don't know if Papyrus designed it like this, but it is very realistic. >I mean you always hear about drivers blocking other drivers in the >pits to gain track position on them. So watch out or the computer >cars will get a position on you.

I've had this same problem and have tried the approach you recommend, but I seem to remember at least one track (Richmond?) where with the lock set where I wanted it (probably 6-7 degrees), I couldn't get out no matter how far back I stopped. Once I tried turning out just as I came into my pit (which works, BTW) and unintentionally left just enough of my nose sticking out to block the line of cars behind me waiting to enter the pits. The rest of the field ended up going down a lap. Sure made winning that race a lot easier. ;) Dave