Unpausing the game

I believe this is quite simple, but would improve the game a lot.

Many rigs have the mouse and keyboard in an awkward position.. There are many situations when I absolutely have to pause, and thats quite simple, I quickly bend over and press the esc key.
The problem is on the unpausing moment. Its very annoying to click resume race and having to imediately take over the wheel.

The sugestion is simple.

When clicking resume race, dont resume it imediately. give the player 3 seconds to get in position and prepare, indicatin 3... 2 .... 1 ... resume.
That would be extremely useful in situations when you pause near or in a turn.

 

We could also be able to map "escape" key to the wheel and cycle through the menu with wheel buttons as well.

 

You're joking right.??

If i pause the sim, i've gotta' wait 3secs for it to start again.
It's bad enough starting the race... waiting and waiting and waiting for the lights to come on.
But if i need to pause, i need to wait again.!!

If you pause then resume and crash...
It don't take you long to learn from that mistake, whether it be the middle of a fast corner or down a short straight.

 

You're joking right? That's besides the point - sometimes you might have to take a phone call or something, doesn't matter what. The point remains.

It's not like 3 seconds is very long anyway.

I find even on a straight it's hard to unpause because I have to lean over my wheel - without my feet on the pedals - to click resume.

 

So, with a 'PAUSE' key mappable to the wheel and everything else 'as is' we would all be ok, right?

 

Move the KB(jk) sry, or map the "ESC" key like many people do.

3 seconds is a long time to wait, just to "unpause".
No other sims AFAIA have it on PC.

 

don't pause near or in a turn...solved.

 

Yeah... put your foot on the brake or pull over before you pause.
Just like you do in rl when the phone rings when driving.

"The day the earth stood still"...

 

Would 1 second suit you better?

The point is not starting imediately, 3 seconds was a sugestion because 3, 2, 1 has a rithm, you can prepare better for something that´s about to happen (like many drummers do at the start of a song). But ultimately, 1 second would be great already. Anything but an instant restart.

As Ferari said, some rigs are improvised, and have a very awkward layout. I have a notebook attached to a second monitor.. when I set the wheel, there is no space left in the table, I cant even use the mouse (I have to use the mousepad). It would be a great improvement for the many players that can´t afford an ideal setup.
Mapping the Esc key to the wheel could work, but it´s just not cool to "lose" one button with something unrelated to driving.

Not pausing is just not an option for those many players that have responsabilities, like family, wife, kids, and even a job can get in the way.

Anyway, one very popular simcade (not calling names so I don´t start a war) has this feature. And NEVER it has been brought up as a problem, and I personally felt a great positive improvement when it was implemented.

On a sidenote, not previously mentioned because I belived it was obvious, this feature could come as an option, maybe with a slider to set how long would it take.

 

Now you're talking.

But if we had the option.?? then yes, np's here.
I would just never use it, but i can still see how it would be handy for some.

on-a-side... if you're a using a g27(not in sig), it has buttons left over in AC, not ideal i know.

 

I think no seconds is the winner here, then again I don't have a phone

 

yeah, just unpause it when you are ready... you can map a button in any wheel