Recently I was tempted for the first time to participate in a Raceroom online event.
The Road America event for Group C cars.
With some help from Jansens and Ducs setups I have practiced a lot on the track the last week.
Hehe but then I (also for the first time) tried to figure out how clever The Raceroom devs have build the pitstop menu and presets.
The reason Im laughing is because I have never (tried to) use such an idiotic or maybe more polite a goofy pitstop system system.
I followed Ross Garlands recently published good pitstop guide.
And have to say following this is the only reason I actually was able to make some kind of pitstop.
But here is my critique of the most goofy pitstop system in the racing sim history
First you have to Request Pitstop - and thats ofcourse OK.
But then while you are driving the car on the track and before entering the pit (to not get delayed) you have to scroll down and Confirm that you actually want pit service done.
Your only chance to see if you have correctly confirmed this is when you enter the pit and the Duration is NOT showing 0 sec.
OK after a lot of trial and error I found out that eventhough you thought that its possible before the actual pitstop in the Pit presets to tell that you dont want tire change - then surprise surprise this is not possible (in the presets).
So if you in a short race dont want to change tires you have to mess with this in the pit menu WHILE DRIVING - but before you reach the pitbox.
I dont know if on top of this goofyness there is also a bug in the tire thing because I wasnt allowed to set front or rear tires to 0/zero change in the pit menu even before reaching the damned pit box.
Another goofy thing this time conserning fuel is that eventhough I as a test Confirmed to ad 3 litres(via preset) and the menu did actually show 3L(pic) then the car did run out of fuel 25m after pit exit.
So the 3L from the Activated preset was NOT added - haha but all 4 tires was changed.
The last thing also completely unrealistic is that when the whole goofy pitstop sequence is "completed" there is no sign or signal to Go Go Go.
No there is just a kind of counter telling you how long this chaotic mess have durated - and counting...
Im absolutely not angry or something just a bit negativelly amused about this mess.
Mynty Pyton couldnt have created a better pitstop mess.
My closing comment on this is probably no surprise because I decided NOT to participate in what could have been my first online event in Raceroom.
Just as I have done the last year I will only use Raceroom as a hotlap and leaderbord game - and nothing else.
So no hard feelings from my side - hehe and no reason for the usual fanboys to tell me that there is actually no problemo with this great pitstop system.
After all the basic game and some of the cars and tracks are for free - so what can you expect.
The Road America event for Group C cars.
With some help from Jansens and Ducs setups I have practiced a lot on the track the last week.
Hehe but then I (also for the first time) tried to figure out how clever The Raceroom devs have build the pitstop menu and presets.
The reason Im laughing is because I have never (tried to) use such an idiotic or maybe more polite a goofy pitstop system system.
I followed Ross Garlands recently published good pitstop guide.
And have to say following this is the only reason I actually was able to make some kind of pitstop.
But here is my critique of the most goofy pitstop system in the racing sim history
First you have to Request Pitstop - and thats ofcourse OK.
But then while you are driving the car on the track and before entering the pit (to not get delayed) you have to scroll down and Confirm that you actually want pit service done.
Your only chance to see if you have correctly confirmed this is when you enter the pit and the Duration is NOT showing 0 sec.
OK after a lot of trial and error I found out that eventhough you thought that its possible before the actual pitstop in the Pit presets to tell that you dont want tire change - then surprise surprise this is not possible (in the presets).
So if you in a short race dont want to change tires you have to mess with this in the pit menu WHILE DRIVING - but before you reach the pitbox.
I dont know if on top of this goofyness there is also a bug in the tire thing because I wasnt allowed to set front or rear tires to 0/zero change in the pit menu even before reaching the damned pit box.
Another goofy thing this time conserning fuel is that eventhough I as a test Confirmed to ad 3 litres(via preset) and the menu did actually show 3L(pic) then the car did run out of fuel 25m after pit exit.
So the 3L from the Activated preset was NOT added - haha but all 4 tires was changed.
The last thing also completely unrealistic is that when the whole goofy pitstop sequence is "completed" there is no sign or signal to Go Go Go.
No there is just a kind of counter telling you how long this chaotic mess have durated - and counting...
Im absolutely not angry or something just a bit negativelly amused about this mess.
Mynty Pyton couldnt have created a better pitstop mess.
My closing comment on this is probably no surprise because I decided NOT to participate in what could have been my first online event in Raceroom.
Just as I have done the last year I will only use Raceroom as a hotlap and leaderbord game - and nothing else.
So no hard feelings from my side - hehe and no reason for the usual fanboys to tell me that there is actually no problemo with this great pitstop system.
After all the basic game and some of the cars and tracks are for free - so what can you expect.
