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Pit Stall Width
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There's no hard and fast rule about how wide a pit stall is. It needs to be wide enough so the car fits in it and the jackman has enough room to change the tires on the side adjacent the pit wall. Sometimes you can tell if your stall is too narrow when you pull into it and you can't get service and the spotter keeps telling you to move more to the left/right/...etc.
A general rule for the length of stalls is 10 dlongs. In short tracks you can squeeze them in a little tighter than that (perhaps down to 9 dlongs) but you really need to be sure that you can get into and out of every pit stall without hitting the cars on either end. I'll spend a good amount of time watching the A.I. cars get into and out of their stalls. If that can't, then I know I've got them too tight.
A general rule for the length of stalls is 10 dlongs. In short tracks you can squeeze them in a little tighter than that (perhaps down to 9 dlongs) but you really need to be sure that you can get into and out of every pit stall without hitting the cars on either end. I'll spend a good amount of time watching the A.I. cars get into and out of their stalls. If that can't, then I know I've got them too tight.
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pitstall dlat dimensions:
stationary pit crew: +/- 3.9 from pitstall center
pit crew on wall: +/- 3.4 from pitstall center
get full service:
+/- 0.75 center of car from pitstall center toward wall (before there's no service for tires closest to wall)
+/- 5.0 center of car from pitstall center away from wall (pit stall subsurface must be wide enough to support this distance, all wheels must be on pit stall subsurface)
stationary pit crew: +/- 3.9 from pitstall center
pit crew on wall: +/- 3.4 from pitstall center
get full service:
+/- 0.75 center of car from pitstall center toward wall (before there's no service for tires closest to wall)
+/- 5.0 center of car from pitstall center away from wall (pit stall subsurface must be wide enough to support this distance, all wheels must be on pit stall subsurface)
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What fortine_oo wrote is excellent reference material. You track editors should copy it and keep in a safe place somewhere for future reference.
When it comes to short tracks, however, setting the pit stalls gets a little tricky because many times they are in the infield of a 1/4 or 1/3 mi. track built under Butter's Rule. What makes in even more difficult is when those stalls are on a corner making the stall kind of "pie-shaped". Fortine_oo's rule is great for tracks with nice long straight pit lanes, but that is rarely the case in short tracks. Short tracks built with Butter's Rule causes the dlongs and dlats to be very tight when you get into the infield pit areas. I can't begin to tell how long I have spent adjusting pit boxes so when I come in for service the crews climb up and stand on top of the pit wall properly, the tire man places the tire up against the wall so it shows 100% and the crews climb over the wall properly after servicing is complete. Because the dlongs and dlats are so tight in these short tracks you can only use fortine_oo's measurements to get you close, but to get them perfect you will have to adjust each stall by hand one at a time. It's very tedious and time consuming, but if you want the track to be a quality job, you have to do it.
Many guys opt to leave the pit walls out of the short tracks, but I just don't like seeing the crews hanging in mid air when I'm pulling into my stall for service. It just doesn't look right to me, so I usually put the pit walls in.
Finally, once you get the stall adjusted so the crews stand on the wall properly and the tire man places the tire against the wall so it is showing 100%, then you should insure that the boundary line (on the side of the car not facing the pit wall) where the pit stall surface ends and the pit road surface begins is not too close to the car or too far away. If it is too close, you may have difficulty getting service because the game may read that you're not fully within the boundaries of the stall.
When it comes to short tracks, however, setting the pit stalls gets a little tricky because many times they are in the infield of a 1/4 or 1/3 mi. track built under Butter's Rule. What makes in even more difficult is when those stalls are on a corner making the stall kind of "pie-shaped". Fortine_oo's rule is great for tracks with nice long straight pit lanes, but that is rarely the case in short tracks. Short tracks built with Butter's Rule causes the dlongs and dlats to be very tight when you get into the infield pit areas. I can't begin to tell how long I have spent adjusting pit boxes so when I come in for service the crews climb up and stand on top of the pit wall properly, the tire man places the tire up against the wall so it shows 100% and the crews climb over the wall properly after servicing is complete. Because the dlongs and dlats are so tight in these short tracks you can only use fortine_oo's measurements to get you close, but to get them perfect you will have to adjust each stall by hand one at a time. It's very tedious and time consuming, but if you want the track to be a quality job, you have to do it.
Many guys opt to leave the pit walls out of the short tracks, but I just don't like seeing the crews hanging in mid air when I'm pulling into my stall for service. It just doesn't look right to me, so I usually put the pit walls in.
Finally, once you get the stall adjusted so the crews stand on the wall properly and the tire man places the tire against the wall so it is showing 100%, then you should insure that the boundary line (on the side of the car not facing the pit wall) where the pit stall surface ends and the pit road surface begins is not too close to the car or too far away. If it is too close, you may have difficulty getting service because the game may read that you're not fully within the boundaries of the stall.
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