Safe driving Bonus

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(2011-11-23 16:24)Pipa Wrote:  A step into the right idea would be to make people actually do a pit-stop to repair their car again. (Like it was some time ago)

We've never done this. Before safe zones, you could pit wherever you liked. I can't remember whether the 5min timeout was added before, after or the same time as safezones.

IIRC the idea to force an actual pit stop was floated around internally in the old forum. Personally, I think that would be much more preferable to 1 stop per 100km (over an hour?) which is hardly frequently, especially if you've picked the wrong setup.

We already plan to make a few changes to our system, including the possibility of encouraging people to make proper pit stops. However, there will always be the problem of not being able to return to the pitlane due to the fault of someone else, particularly if an actual penalty is involved. So I'm not sure what, if anything, will be changed to do with the safezones/free pit/timer combination we have now.