GP2 - pitsstop

Dear simulators, I have a question concerning GP2: How does the game handle the pitsstop, I couldn't find any information about it in the (dutch) manual. Whenever I enter the pits I just move the joystick throttle/brake handle back and forward while pushing the 'fire' button randomly which eventually 'releases' the car after app. 10 seconds. I would like to know however to 'control' the pitsstop. Does anybody out here have a clue? does anybody know a site where I can find such information? BTW: I think the game, although it isn't perfect, is great! Jan Hovius.

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> Dear simulators, > I have a question concerning GP2: How does the game handle the pitsstop, > I couldn't find any information about it in the (dutch) manual. Whenever > I enter the pits I just move the joystick throttle/brake handle back and > forward while pushing the 'fire' button randomly which eventually > 'releases' the car after app. 10 seconds. I would like to know however > to 'control' the pitsstop. Does anybody out here have a clue? does > anybody know a site where I can find such information?

The pit controls are in fact very simple: When pitting you see several lines of text on your dashboard. One of these says "leave the pits" or something like that Another says "tyres" and another says "fuel" You can see that there are parenthesis (like these:[]) around one of the lines on your dashboard. When you push the fire button you 'select' the action described on the line with the parenthesises. You move the parenthesises up and down with the joystick. On the screen with fuel and tyres you can move the 'selected' item (the item with []'s) to the right and left as well, again using the joystick, this time from left to right... Pressing the fire button means 'OK'. When you have parenthesises around the line with 'leave the pits' (like this: [leave the pits]) you can just press the fire button and then you'll have to just sit back and wait for your crew to finish your pitstop... I agree, of course the potential of the game is huge (think of racing with sudden showers, blue flags (when the leader tries to get past for instance), not to mention black flags, stop/start-penalties and so on), but I think we'll have to cope with the version we already have as Microprose shows no sign of developing the game further... -- ---Asgeir--- Opinions expressed hereby are my employers and not mine, I repeat; not mine... Or was it the other way around? Hmm...

in the American version when you enter the pits it gives you choices on what tires and how much fuel you would like to take on and then you press fire for the guys to get to work. hope it helps Nick Wakefield