Driver swap (Assetto Corsa)
What is a driver swap?
WSS integrates Real Penalty system which enables WSS organizers to create races with driver changes, team endurance races and improved race rules to make it as fair and realistic as Assetto Corsa allows.
Driver swap in Assetto Corsa relies on the ability for different drivers to connect to the same car, but they can not be connected to the server at the same time. When a driver connects to the server, other drivers from the same team can not connect to that server.
Long pits mode
Organizer can choose and enable 'long pits mode'. If enabled drivers do not necessary need to swap drivers and Steam accounts - the requirement for long pit to be counted is to remain in pit lane for minimum amount of time without serving penalty. Each team must perform at least a minimum count of long pits (you can see minimum count in Event Info page > Driver swap) - teams do not have minimum long pits done are disqualified on finish.
In this mode you can either perform a regular driver swap (see next section), or long pit stop if you will continue on the same simulator.
This allows teams to share one simulator/PC for multiple drivers.
How to perform driver swap?
Note: if long pits mode is enabled 'Long pits' will be shown instead of 'Swaps'.
Driver swap is performed in the following steps:
- Drive into the PITS and do not exceed the speed limit of 80 km/h! You must reduce the speed to a max of 80km/h before you enter the pitlane. (If you enter the pits too fast your team will be penalized);
- When you enter the pit lane, RED indicator will show "Drive to swap". That means you need to continue driving until you will see the "Swap possible" indicator. Because you do driver swap/change you do not need to change tyres or add fuel or stop in personal place of pit-stop.
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- As soon "Stop to swap" indicator appears, stop the car at any place in the pitlane.
- As soon the car is fully stopped "Swap possible" indicator will appear. Now you are ready to exit Assetto Corsa.
- Now it is time for another driver from your team to connect to the race server. It is only possible to connect to the server when another driver disconnects from the server. There is no need to rush the change because there is an equal countdown of 2min for everyone to complete the swap. The countdown starts when the driver clicks exit.
- Load the setup and click drive as usual. Don't forget to load the setup you would like to use for your run, otherwise, the default setup will be loaded!)
- Please wait for the countdown "Pitlane time" to go out. This is the remaining swap time to make your swap valid. If you leave too soon you will be penalized by a time penalty of 30 seconds plus the remainder of the countdown. It is designed to equalize the connecting time of all participants.
- Once you see "GO" it means swap is finished and you are ready to leave pitlane. You are able to leave your pit box before the timer goes to 0 but DO NOT leave the pit lane before the timer goes to 0.
- Drive out of the pits and be careful, not to cross the pit exit line! If you cross the pit line, your team will be penalized.
Checkout a demo video of the whole process here: Assetto Corsa - Real Penalty - Demo "Driver Swap" .
If you want to make a regular pit stop without driver swap, stop at your pit place and do a planned pit stop strategy that you set in your setup settings. There will be no need to wait for any timer.
The driver's stint time is not limited.
How to perform long pit?
If long pits mode is enabled and you don't need to swap driver - you can perform a regular pit stop and wait minimum long pit time in pit lane - then pit stop will be counted as 'long pit stop'.
- Drive into the PITS and do not exceed the speed limit of 80 km/h! You must reduce the speed to a max of 80km/h before you enter the pitlane. (If you enter the pits too fast your team will be penalized);
When you enter the pit lane, RED indicator will show "Keep driving to swap" and a time counter. Time counter means the time your car must remain in pit lane for it to count as long pit (You can exit earlier, but pit stop won't be counted as long pit).
- Long pit can be done either with regular pit stop or performing driver swap with another driver reconnecting:
- if you are performing driver swap with different account, follow 'How to perform driver swap?' guide above.
- if you are performing regular pit stop, make sure to stop at your pit box and refuel, change tyres or repair.
Exit the pit lane only when the counter is 0 and "Go!" is visible
Drive out of the pits and be careful, not to cross the pit exit line! If you cross the pit line, your team will be penalized. When out of pits you will see long pits counter increased:
