Thanks for the testing feedback! Really appreciate it.
I think the plugin is managing AI fuel strategy and driving behavior. Using the analyser, I can see that the AI are refueling <100% but enough to get them to the end of the race which is good.
This is good. Only thing is that I
think the AI does already intelligently choose how much fuel to put in at the start of a race, even without the plugin – I believe it's based on the FuelUse value in the track's AIW file. So I don't think it confirms, in and of itself, that the fuel strategy piece of the plugin is working as intended.
I turned off most of the ballast penalties so cannot comment on those aspects of the plugin. I run with the blue flag ballast penalty but I must admit, I have not noticed this making a difference.
To test if blue flag behaviour is improved, I'd do this. Choose a multiclass mod, select a track with long straights, run a session, and ride with a high class AI car watching them navigate through traffic. In particular, watch out for if they get "stuck" in a straight line behind slow cars. Do this with and without the plugin, and compare how they behave.
You could also do a single class race (e.g. F1) and simulate races going long enough that the leaders catch lapped traffic. Similarly, ride along and watch the leading AI and slow AI, do this with and without the plugin, and try to spot any differences.
When doing this, do be mindful that it can be easy to have a placebo effect and spot something that is not there. Heck, I've sure done it. So be mindful and observant.
I can't get the other aspects of the plugin to work, such as the live championship viewer.
Me neither. I found that most of the visual widgets are broken nowadays. This worries me – why are they broken? And does this mean other non-UI aspects of the plugin are also broken?
I do however, have another issue with the AI pitting needlessly without taking fuel or tyres. I've started a new thread for this which has some image outputs from the log analyser:
AI pitting for no need
Yeah, good idea to put that into a new thread.