AI pitting on short race

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  1. Skidmark

    Skidmark Well-Known Member

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    Just did a FR US race at Road America. 10 laps on soft tyres (red ones). Mandatory pit stops set to off.

    I was running last and on lap 8/9 entire field of 19 AI cars pitted and I won by 15 seconds. My tyres were going off but were quite drivable (all yellow in HUD).

    Just wondering if that sounds right? Haven't had that happen before (in hundreds of races, although I've never run this combo before).
     
  2. Karting06

    Karting06 Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    Hello,
    Thanks for the report.
    Did they all pit at the same time in the same lap?
     
  3. Skidmark

    Skidmark Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for your reply.

    I checked the replay more carefully and 4 of 19 AI cars pitted on lap 6 and the remaining 15 on lap 7.

    It's quite unusual for cars to pit on sprint races (10 laps) so I was wondering if this is right? Mandatory pit stops were off and I was not required to pit and didn't pit - so won easily...
     
  4. Karting06

    Karting06 Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    Positive thing is that you won ^^

    I will see if I can reproduce it and will then upload it for the devs.
    Thanks ;)
     
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  5. Skidmark

    Skidmark Well-Known Member

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    Yes from dead last! (My first go at Road America - I love it but my lines are all wrong so far!)

    I was running default set up (except reduced fuel to 11-ish laps) / Get Real / AI=104 / Road America / FRUS / 19 x AI

    Thanks for responding.
     
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  6. Skidmark

    Skidmark Well-Known Member

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    For what its worth I just replicated it myself - same thing but AI pitted laps 5/6.

    I also replicated the stuttering I've been getting after I change gears... it feels like a 'mechanical' fault in the gearbox!!

     
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  7. Not Lifting Off

    Not Lifting Off Well-Known Member

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    A thought, stuttering may be related to ffb, do you have shift fb set high? if so try turning it down or off and see if it goes away.
     
  8. Karting06

    Karting06 Well-Known Member Beta tester

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    Oooh thanks @Skidmark.
    By the way, your finding of AI pitting when not needed was already in the bug tracker :)
    In fact, they doesn't have enough fuel to do the whole race, hence pitting.

    For the stuttering, I wanted to record it but then it didn't happen anymore o_O. Stuttering for me was worst at corner 7, IIRC.
     
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  9. Skidmark

    Skidmark Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for the idea - still doing it though...
     
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  10. Skidmark

    Skidmark Well-Known Member

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    Almost four years later than my original post and I just did this combo again (chose this combo so I’ll know just exactly how slow I am when I am watching DDF and friends on Tuesday night:D).

    Same problem exactly - the 19 AI cars all pitted late in the race even though pit stops were turned off. 10 lap race. Alternate tyres on all cars.
     
  11. Nico Kunze

    Nico Kunze Well-Known Member

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    I really didnt need you telling me 2018 was 4 years ago :D :D
     
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  12. vvPULSEvv

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    Well that's still better than what I experienced last night. The entire field pitted on the last lap, and completed the race on pit road. The one AI whose pit was after start-finish line finished 2nd. This was at Nordschleife, 30 minute race with 4x fuel and tires, which equated to 4 laps. Some AI pitted on lap 1 as well... Again, not necessary. Everyone should have pitted on lap 2, requiring only 1 stop.
     
  13. majuh

    majuh Well-Known Member

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    The long Nordschleife with 4x fuel usage is a pretty bad combination, it makes the fuel estimates go haywire. If you want the whole field to pit in the middle of the race, just enable a mandatory pit stop and set fuel usage to 1x.
     
  14. Alex Hodgkinson

    Alex Hodgkinson KW Studios Developer

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    With which cars was that?
     
  15. vvPULSEvv

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    GT3. I have since took maju's advice and turned fuel down to x1, forced mandatory stop, and all is good.