Formula GT "cruise control"

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I thought I was going crazy today when I was racing my FGT. I lifted the throttle, but the car didn't slow down in a corner. I thought that I had been in a slipstream or something.

Then it happened again. Throttle was off (I checked the throttle bar on the HUD), but the revs weren't dropping. Then it happened again. And again. Usually on long nearly-or-over 180 degree sweepers. On the Tokyo right-hander, on the 270-degree left at New York and the right-left sweepers before the tunnel on High Speed Ring.

So, does this car have some kind of a cruise control that keeps the revs and the speed stable after lifting the throttle or what? Is my FGT just glitched? Someone help if possible. :confused:
 
Did you have TCS on?

I think that the TCS may hold the throttle in some situations.
 
I'm racing my FGT now and it doesn't seem to do it on mine.!!
But i'm on the Nurb so i can't tell on the tracks you have mentioned.
Sorry
;)
 
I thought about that Vonie, but the TCS / ASM light wasn't flashing during the whole lap. I had it on though but apparently it wasn't active when the thing happened.
 
It's happened to me a few time aswell, with TCS on.
Now that I think about it, it was at NYC, too.
 
i found the same thing, most prominantly on tokyo.. after hours messing around with settings and trying to figure it out i did what crxnut did, just learned to drive with it..
 
Is this happening with TCS/ASM both off? I know you said it wasn't flashing, but ASM will control the throttle sometimes in corners.
 
Hm. I think that may have something to do with the 1g of downforce exerted on the car when the throttle is lifted. In a corner, it would hold its speed. On a straight, it would slow down all the way to 7mph or so. I doubt its a bug.
 
I've noticed this in GT4, so I did an experiment awhile back... I tried 5 different cars with ASM and TCS on, and the same with the ASM and TCS off. Throttle was always held in some corners with it on, throttle was never held on those same corners with the crutches off.

It's either ASM and TCS that does it.
 
I remember it did it to me when I was racin a BMW M3 GTR. It would stop if I hit the brake but I would notice it if I was just lifting for a fast turn.
 
it is the tcs. this is because all cars but more so MR's have to driven around bends within the powerband thus the game trying the engine going.

but it does seem retarted down a striaght

turn it off, its really hard to get the wheels spinning with the f1's i mean FGT's
 
To fix this problem go to car setup/driving aids/and turn the ASM(understeer) to 0.Every car will have this problem regardless of drive train.It's even more noticable in the faster higher powered cars.Turning the TCS off will have your car spinning like a top if you floor it coming off a hair pin turn.It will also burn up your back tires,on a rwd car,if tire wear is on.
 
IRC, ASM has no effect on the FGT. Turn it all the way up on both over and under, go race and you´ll see that the ASM "notifyer" is black in the HUD, as if turned off.
 
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Hm. I think that may have something to do with the 1g of downforce exerted on the car when the throttle is lifted. In a corner, it would hold its speed. On a straight, it would slow down all the way to 7mph or so. I doubt its a bug.
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Uh, no. Wings on a car effectively produce 2 forces. One acts downwards and pushes the car towards the ground. This increases the downward force on the tyres. Cars rely on friction to move and change direction. Friction is a product of this force. So, more downforce means more friction and therefore higher cornering speeds. This is measured as a force (Newtons) and not acceleration (g-force). The other force produced by a wing is an undesirable byproduct called drag. This acts opposite to the direction of travel and is therefore always trying to slow the car down. The strength of both these forces increases as the car goes faster and is dependant on speed not throttle position. Since drag is trying to slow the car down, it has to be countered by applying the throttle. Lift off the throttle, and the drag will make the car slow down. Deceleration due to drag can be as high as 1g in a formula 1 car apparently. Drag would cause this deceleration whether the car is going straight or going around a corner, if the driver does not counter the drag by applying throttle.
 
So this effect could be due to poor airflow implementation in the game, wich is a fact, or maybe the FGT suffers from a Polyphony mistake, ie it has no drag?
 
So THAT would be why the car is so hard to come by.

"Why do I have to do a 24 hour endurance race just for this thing?"

"Well, it has no drag."

"Huh?"

"It also defies gravity, washes itself, and makes toast."
 
lol i dun reallie know how to explain it, but i think its probably because you are at a high rpm range (near or in the red line area), and in high rpms, even if you let go of the throttle, your car will still keep on revving the engine, thus will keep accelerating/stay at same speed even if you let go of the gas..

hahah and i dun think its glitched or theres such thing as cruise control, but if you want to slow down, hit the brake =) , engine-braking is not the best way to go ^^

correct me if im wrong ^^


happie new year!!
 
lol oops.. i wasn't aware alot of ppl already answered your question. hahaha.. so i guess im wrong and my above post was jus total bs XD
 
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I thought I was going crazy today when I was racing my FGT. I lifted the throttle, but the car didn't slow down in a corner. I thought that I had been in a slipstream or something.

Then it happened again. Throttle was off (I checked the throttle bar on the HUD), but the revs weren't dropping. Then it happened again. And again. Usually on long nearly-or-over 180 degree sweepers. On the Tokyo right-hander, on the 270-degree left at New York and the right-left sweepers before the tunnel on High Speed Ring.

So, does this car have some kind of a cruise control that keeps the revs and the speed stable after lifting the throttle or what? Is my FGT just glitched? Someone help if possible. :confused:
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This is most likely happening because you down shift or the car is in high rev,when the car is in the high powerband it tends not to want to come down right away (especially when turning)affectively giving the appearance of cruise control .:sly:
 
I can't think of it happening to me , the problem is not a matter of taking your foot off the throttle , never tried it , but in theory the revs would die .
No , the problem is what to do with the acceleration , where to put it , banging in the red ?, the next gear with that crescent in the r246 ? the next gear with that right-angler of some description already upon your downshift in the real world . . . or something .
Never seen those revs that eager that they don't require a pressure command though .
* bangs forehead * sticky throttle , you were sabotaged by the bad guy , put some peanut butter in you're ds2 . . . or something.
 
This usualy happens to me when the car is at high revs... Did the car was at high revs when it happened to someone else?
 

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