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KERS gets stuck when I use it

¿Qué has intentado hacer?
I tried to use the remaining KERS on the final lap.

¿Qué es lo que ocurrió?
Aat some point during that lap, even though I was still pressing the KERS button, it stopped working, causing me to lose time, my position, and the race.

¿El problema ocurrió mientras usaba wi-fi, datos móviles o ambos?
Both

¿El error se produjo en la app, en PC o en ambos?
Both

¿Cuál es el modelo de su dispositivo?
Infinix hot 60i

¿Qué sistema operativo posee?
Android

¿Cuál es el número de versión del sistema operativo?
Android 15

¿Qué sistema operativo posee su PC?
Windows 10

¿En qué navegador ha experimentado el problema?
Both

¿Se puede reproducir el error?
Yes

Comentarios adicionales:
This bug has been around for years. I reported it back then, but it seems my report was ignored. It tends to be very random. Today, in my league race, at least four players experienced the bug on the last lap, at different percentages and points on the track—60% KERS, 75%, 40%—but they all agreed they encountered the bug and lost positions at the end because they didn’t realize it was turning off even though they were pressing the button.

Yeah happens to me all the time, so annoying.

Hi Jack,

If the goal is to avoid a collision—which would make sense in a wheel-to-wheel situation to prevent a head-on collision with an opponent—I think there should be some kind of system that indicates when KERS is available, when it’s about to cut out, and when it does cut out. For example, the KERS bar could be green by default to show it’s active, and when it’s about to cut out, it turns yellow, so the user is alerted; when it turns red, it means it’s about to cut out; and when it turns green again, KERS is reactivated. (Not necessarily those colors, but something like a traffic light where the user realizes it’s about to lock up). This could be an interesting solution to give the user a tool to stay alert and avoid holding down a button that’s no longer working for even a second and a half—which could easily cost them the race.

Although I say it’s been years, since I remember that in the past, long before the update, I’d also hold down the KERS button, and it would turn off, and in 3D, when I played like that, it was very noticeable—my rivals would pull away even though I was pressing KERS, and it just wasn’t working.

If this is a new feature, it could be a way to alert the player and thus prevent them from unknowingly losing KERS while in the air.

Best regards, Jack.

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