blinking number by gear??

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the blinking light is the recommended gear change... eg: when u rev up to 8000 rpm, the light will blink for some cars.. it is signaling you to change ur gear ;)
 
The blinking light shows you when to change up, the blinking number shows you in what gear to take the upcoming corner.
When it starts flashing, it means you're going too fast!
 
Yeh, in manual it helps you to make the gears until you learn the turns, but then if you take the turn a gear higher the next lap it adjusts to that gear for the red light :cool:
 
As has been said, the little blinking red light comes on to tell you to upshift. But you don't always have to shift at that point; it just blinks when the car hits redline. There are usually another 500-1000 rpm available before the rev limiter kicks in.

Most cars will tolerate being overrevved a little, so sometimes it is to your advantage to ignore that light if you can stretch a straight for another second or two and skip an extra upshift/downshift. The S2000 among others can go way past its redline and is still making power up there; however cars like the SLK and the TT a serious about redline and the rev limiter will kill the fun very soon after the shift light blinks.

Also as has been said, the red number is the suggested gear for the upcoming turn. It's not always correct but it's usually in the ballpark; you'll have to use your own judgement.

The number doesn't blink to tell you you're going too fast. It starts blinking at the suggested braking/downshift point for the upcoming turn.
 
thanks, and i do drive manual but i am learning to drift so i wont really use the # but some times the blinking light helps. i knew what that was for but i guess i was to stupid to figure out what the # meant. :)
 
The blinking NUMBER is what gear it recommends you go to. So anytime that number starts to flash just brake until the car shifts to that gear (I use Auto) and then you should know what to do from there.


The blinking number is saying that you are redlining the engine and that you are doing damage to it. We all know that the cars in GT3 wont break down. If you have done mods like a Chip, NA Tune or engine balance, you can continue revving far past the redline to use all of the power you have added because higher revs = more hp, its as simple as that.
 
Originally posted by 12sec. Civic
you can continue revving far past the redline to use all of the power you have added because higher revs = more hp, its as simple as that.

:eek: Have you ever seen a dyno chart?!?
 
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