diff --git a/racevisionGame/src/main/java/mock/app/Event.java b/racevisionGame/src/main/java/mock/app/Event.java
index 6f778852..703686bc 100644
--- a/racevisionGame/src/main/java/mock/app/Event.java
+++ b/racevisionGame/src/main/java/mock/app/Event.java
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public class Event {
     public static String setRaceXMLAtCurrentTimeToNow(String raceXML) {
 
         //The start time is current time + 4 minutes. prestart is 3 minutes, and we add another minute.
-        long millisecondsToAdd = Constants.RacePreStartTime + (1 * 60 * 1000);
+        long millisecondsToAdd = Constants.RacePreStartTime + Constants.RacePreparatoryTime;
         long secondsToAdd = millisecondsToAdd / 1000;
         //Scale the time using our time scalar.
         secondsToAdd = secondsToAdd / Constants.RaceTimeScale;
diff --git a/racevisionGame/src/main/java/mock/xml/RaceXMLCreator.java b/racevisionGame/src/main/java/mock/xml/RaceXMLCreator.java
index 5cb74625..b168862f 100644
--- a/racevisionGame/src/main/java/mock/xml/RaceXMLCreator.java
+++ b/racevisionGame/src/main/java/mock/xml/RaceXMLCreator.java
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public class RaceXMLCreator {
     public static void setRaceXMLAtCurrentTimeToNow(XMLRace raceXML) {
 
         //The start time is current time + 4 minutes. prestart is 3 minutes, and we add another minute.
-        long millisecondsToAdd = Constants.RacePreStartTime + (1 * 60 * 1000);
+        long millisecondsToAdd = Constants.RacePreStartTime + Constants.RacePreparatoryTime;
         long secondsToAdd = millisecondsToAdd / 1000;
         //Scale the time using our time scalar.
         secondsToAdd = secondsToAdd / Constants.RaceTimeScale;
diff --git a/racevisionGame/src/main/java/shared/model/Constants.java b/racevisionGame/src/main/java/shared/model/Constants.java
index f18ec111..18a2aaed 100644
--- a/racevisionGame/src/main/java/shared/model/Constants.java
+++ b/racevisionGame/src/main/java/shared/model/Constants.java
@@ -38,13 +38,16 @@ public class Constants {
     /**
      * The race pre-start time, in milliseconds. 3 minutes (30 seconds for development).
      */
-    public static final long RacePreStartTime = 30 * 1000;
+//    public static final long RacePreStartTime = 30 * 1000;
+    public static final long RacePreStartTime = 1000;
 
 
     /**
      * The race preparatory time, in milliseconds. 1 minute.
      */
-    public static final long RacePreparatoryTime = 60 * 1000;
+//    public static final long RacePreparatoryTime = 60 * 1000;
+    public static final long RacePreparatoryTime = 3 * 1000;
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/racevisionGame/src/main/java/visualiser/layout/View3D.java b/racevisionGame/src/main/java/visualiser/layout/View3D.java
index 002f0b28..f3607ce0 100644
--- a/racevisionGame/src/main/java/visualiser/layout/View3D.java
+++ b/racevisionGame/src/main/java/visualiser/layout/View3D.java
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ public class View3D extends Pane {
         yaw = new Rotate(0, Rotate.Y_AXIS);
         pitch = new Rotate(0, Rotate.X_AXIS);
         camera.getTransforms().addAll(pivot, yaw, pitch, distance);
+        //camera.setTranslateZ(-1000);
 
         this.camera = camera;
         return camera;