imo, pit stops are for more sim racers, not this simcade hybrid.

Also most of the races are so short by the time you have limped back to the pits, done you stop, and got back out, you will be far too far behind to catch up (unless i am mistaken and most of online races are very long)

The best thing you can do is to avoid the rammers and crashers. It is hard but it could be done in grid 1 (iv yet to play multi in GAS)

I certainly dont want this game bogged down by pitstops!

Endurance mode I agree.
There is strategy in making your tyres last, but adding that extra element in deciding whether to go hard and lose time on a pitstop, or make some time up with no pitstop and go a bit more cautiously on the tyres would be very fun.

As for every other mode, there is no time for it. If you get damage the time it takes to dawdle round and then repair it would leave you in last place anyway.

I like to race in 3x race length and i adamantly disagree, there's more than enough time for a pit stop (MAYBE two) and then to get back on the track and still get a podium place

Id love to see pits in this game. I would like to be able to fix my car if im taken out early, just to enjoy the rest of the race.

i remember back when they were streaming GRID 2, i explicitly asked for strategic pit usage. Fuel/tire or tyre wear, fixing mechanical damage...

Fscking Nascar '99 did that stuff on the Nintendo 64, and Top Gear did refueling back on the SNES, it's not hard omg

Sorry for double post but srsly Codemasters, you can be pleasing everyone if you specialize your different modes!

Touring: ??? I dont know
Endurance: LOOOOOOOOOOONG races (20 minutes minimum), using pit stops to repair/refuel cars
Open Wheel: Similar to Endurance with pit stops opening up if players decide they want to use x2/x3/x5 or higher race lengths
Tuner: Fine the way it is
Street: Fine the way it is


Unrelated:
Also there's another thread that Loki keeps bumping regarding rubberband AI...just have that be a toggle! If i want AI to slow down for me if i'm doing terrible, let that be a handicap/XP penalty! Meanwhile if i want the AI to keep up with me if i'm doing good, let that be an XP bonus!

Project Gotham Racing
Need for Speed
Wipeout
GRID
Cruis'n
F-Zero
DiRT
Test Drive
Top Gear
Mario Kart
Midnight Club

What do these games have in common? They're all arcade, and they all don't have pit stops. Are you implying that ALL of these games have the fun sucked out of them because they don't have pits, where they're not needed?

Aye, edit because I'm dumb. I only played Top Gear Overdrive (Beautiful game, btw) and Rally, and they didn't have pits. I have no clue about the SNES version(s).

Also, to add, you cannot pit and gain time in endurance. In 7 minutes, it just isn't possible. Trust me, I look at lap times, and a ~20-25 second pitstop may make you feel like you're going to make up places, but you're really not.

i have only played need for speed out that list of 11 games. The fun from that game is the act of chasing or fleeing. Pit stops while your being chased by a police helicopter or cruisers doesnt make any sense.

My idea of endurance races are hour long races, 8 hour long races, or longer. I dont even know if you have that option to go that long, but without pit stops you surely cannot. I also stated the idea was not gain time, but that the game was boring after your lost a wheel and are waiting around for the match to finish.

Ive lost a tire 3 races in a row from some guy running into me and me then hitting a wall. Instead of me running the rest of the match on rims or parking essentially waiting for the match to end. I could rather hit up a pit stop, and at least try to re-work the corners of that track (even though i might be in last place). That would be more fun than waiting for the match to end.

Even if people like you dislike having pit stops, the devs could add it along with an option to disable it for your needs. Then everyone is happy. The decision the devs make to add pit stops or not would be a major decision factor on whether i buy another grid game.

If you're losing tires that consistently, either leave the lobby because that guy seems to be THAT problematic, or improve your play. Never in my entire time playing the game have I ever lost a tire, and you could get destroyed in the previous two games the exact same way. If there weren't pit stops before, what makes you think they'll happen now?

There are ways to avoid accidents, even if you have to preemptively flashback before the guy runs into you. Play smart, and you'll have a more decent experience.

One guy will ram you, the group kicks him, another guy joins later and does the same thing. It seems like a circle. GRID autosport is the first grid i have owned. If i had experience in the previous games that this was what the game was like, i wouldnt of bought it. Now that i have given them my money, i figured i would speak out in hopes that the devs would add it.

I hate the flashbacks in grid. Ive set my lobbies to 0 flashbacks. It just seems like cheating and would make the game way too unrealistic. I always forget about flashbacks anyways when i get into an accident.

Maybe grid series is too arcady for me then. Maybe i am thinking of a sim racer.

If you jump into ANY racing game expecting a crash free session, don't venture into multiplayer. The only ones worth playing are the ones that punish hazardous driving, and that's usually the sims. Even then, people can mess around if they like, they just get a bad name tacked onto them, penalties and such. If a player's purpose is to ruin your race, they WILL ruin your race, no matter what the cost, and they're more for arcade games than sims (generally). Also, saying a game is too arcadey for you is ironic, since it was in no way meant to be a sim. It isn't a sim, it hasn't been a sim, and it will never be a sim. Codemasters isn't in the sim biz anymore, hate to tell ya.

Most races in this game tend to be 3 laps. You pit by the time you get out the race is nearly over.

I like this game, i just wish i could do an 8 hour endurance race w/ pit stops.

If it were 8 hours then sure, I could totally go for that, and it seems the logical option. However, tire degrading is scaled to the time of the race, so even if it was 8 hours, the game would give you the opportunity never to pit and still win the race (But racing on poor tires for that long of a duration would be slower than taking the time to pit). I think in long term races, AKA over 20 minutes, pitting would be great. However, in default endurances, the time is 7 minutes, which isn't much to work with at all. It would be nice to have the feature, but the way the game is setup, I really doubt the likelihood of it happening.

I don't care if there are pit stops or not.