Bit less strict pitlimiter penalties

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  1. Richard Hessels

    Richard Hessels Member

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    I noticed when doing a online race. When driving away the pitlimiter kicks in quite late.
    So a car (Cadillac DPi) tends to go up to 64 km and than drops to a steady 60.
    Just enough to receive a speeding in pitlane penalty.
    When serving the penalty I immidiatly got a new one.
    Would it not be better to have a bit of headroom, that you need to go faster than a few km for more than half a second before you get awarded with a penalty.
    Or that the pitlimiter does it's work a bit better.
    So i cuts of at 55 and than goes up to 59.5.
    Instead of cutting at 64 and bringing it down to exactly 60
    Just my 2 cents.
     
  2. Bill Worrel

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    What gear were you in?

    You need to be in first gear for the pit limiter to work correctly, from what I understand.
     
  3. Lazza

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    This is car and event specific.

    By which I mean, the car determines how the speed limiter will come into effect (tbh I'm not sure what characteristics of the engine will influence this - I don't think there are limit-specific settings, and I've personally never seen such a speed variation with the limiter engaged).

    And, the event (.rfm file) has a parameter PitSpeedingAllowance that allows for some leeway on speed limits. If cars being used have some 'natural' variations, this should probably be increased to compensate.

    @Bill Worrel those pesky characteristics aside, the gear shouldn't matter. I have found that changing gear on/near the pit limit speed can bump you over, but not as much as 4kph in cars I've used. (disclaimer: I don't have the Cadillac)
     
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  4. Bill Worrel

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    I just know that I got a speeding penalty when I was driving down pit lane in a higher gear (to save fuel) and was told by others that you have to be in first gear.
    But this was not in an official car and I didn't know it's a car specific issue.
     
  5. lagg

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    I've seen a lot of cars in rF2 that the speed of the pit limiter depends on the gear that you are.
    For example if the pit limit speed is 80 km/h, activating the pit limit:
    • In first gear you go to 79km/h
    • In second gear you go to 79km/h
    • In third gear you go to 82 km/h
    • In fourth gear you go to 84 km/h
    • In fifth gear you go to 86 km/h
    • Etc.
    I've seen this in official cars too (FISI, for example)
     
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    Coutie Moderator Staff Member

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    The issue is that the limiter wants you to run an rpm that would stall the car(if you're in a high gear), so it just doesn't work.
     
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