Hello all,
Since this weekend we have recieved a lot of new faces on ARCA monday, which is great. But I guess most of the time some of you are guessing what it all means. Well with this I will get a bit on the basic.
btw keep an eye on this thread as it might get updated here and there
Lucky Dog
When a caution comes up and all the cars passes the finish line, in most cases a message will come up saying "Lucky dog, <name> passes all car" or something like that. This means that when the caution fell and the first person who is 1 lap down of the leaders, will get the opportunity to pass everyone and get back on the lead lap. Don't ignore this and use it, as it will give you a new chance to get back on top
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Pit open for lead lap cars
During a caution and getting near the pit entry, you will hear your spotter say those words. This means that if you are on the same lap that the lead lap car is, then the pitroad is open for you. But if you are 1 or more lap down, then you must wait 1 more lap before you can enter the pitroad.
How to:
Pit
Most of the times some of you will have problems pitting in, during the green flag stops or during caution. This might lead to accidents on the pit road. There is a way to pit in to avoid accidents.
When you enter the pit, stay as far right of the pitroad that you can. You will notice that keeping on the far right there will be a white line on your left side. This line has a meaning.
Keep on the right until you are a couple of seconds away from you pitstall.
And after you are done with your pit and begin accelerating, this time try to keep on the left side of the white line for a while and until you are clear on your right side, then merge to the right. For a small group of cars (10 cars or so) it might not be that significant to do that, but if you are racing with 20+ cars on track, then it might be best to do this to avoid any incidents.
Pit exit
I'm pretty sure some of you wonder on wth can I begin accelerating when I exit corner. Especially considering there is no speed limiter and/or automatic speed limiter disconnection and/or even a good pit light at exit. I know I do pay a lot more attention now, or at least try to (especially considering that my 4 of the last 5 races I had a pitspeed violation lol). Well there is always an object that you can or must pay attention when getting out of pit (this goes especially for pit lane on big tracks that actually do not have a pit wall on the right side).
When you exit a pit lane, pay attention on the right side for a cone that is placed on the right edge of a white line. That is the line that marks the end of the pit lane. From here you can begin accelerate. But be careful for not spinning the tires on the exit, especially in 1st gear.
On short tracks you just need to pay attention on where the pit wall on the right side ends. That end also marks the end of the pit lane, that is unless there is a white line and a cone on the right side after the end of the right side pit wall. Then the end of the pit lane will be again the white line.
Start/restart
Gareth made already a great tip on this
check it out here:
http://forum.racedepartment.com/arca-sim-racing/20330-how-restarts.html
Draft / Bumpdraft
Drafting plays a bigger role in Stock Car Racing than any other sort of racing form.
It helps in getting faster and even save fuel on long runs, but keep to much in draft does tend to overheat the engine (depending on your engine opening)
Bumpdrafting is used on super speedways like Daytona & Talladega.
For bumpdrafting, check the discussion here
http://forum.racedepartment.com/arca-sim-racing/20312-how-bumpdraft.html
http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.ele...eoId=busch/2010/02/04/nw_day_bumpdraft.nascar
