Car Wash

[blu3s™]

Honestly guys, what does it really do ??
And since its kinda on topic, is there anyway to default all the settings and adjustments that youve made to yer car ?

 

[RX-7_FC_DrIfteR]

Shiny Shiny ;D I don't think its made any kind of difference, with my driving. I really don't ever use the car wash unless i'm going to be making a drift vid, and i want the car to look nice.

For your settings, just save them. then load them to the other cars you want.

 

[G.T]

Just makes the car more shiny. It's pointless having it in the game though. It's not exactly gunna give ya a boost of power...

 

[Tigra]

I always wash my favourite cars after I've used them!
..it makes them shiny and happy in my garage, hehe

 

[Boundary Layer]

to reset settings, remove the part that allows adjustment of the settings you want to reset, then reinstal it
ie. want to reset suspension settings, remove full-racing suspension (or semi-racing, etc), and then reinstall it

wing settings you're on your own

 

[G-T-4-Fan]

I always wash my favourite cars after I've used them!
..it makes them shiny and happy in my garage, hehe

THAT'S the right spirit:tup:👍
If PD wants to get a bit of a repputation in their "visuals", it already has, it is nice to see that while you don't notice it, your car get's dirty, IT'S ABOUT THE IDEA GUYS NOT ALL ABOUT A HP BOOST:tup:👍

 

[JW31]

lol. car wash makes your car sexy!

does your car ever get dirty though? perhaps from rally events?

 

[ExigeEvan]

You can't put body kits on so they have to keep the ricers happy somehow

I notice a slight difference while in the car wash, but none while on the track.

 

[Boundary Layer]

yes JW, the cars do get dirty
dont quote me on this, but I think it gets dirty faster if you spend more time in the grass and dirt (or in rally)
i've had cars with absolutely no gloss to them after only 20 laps messy laps of trying to get them setup to drift

and yes ExigeExcel
i can't say for certain if i've ever noticed a car gor from shiny to not as i drove it (in an endurance, or what have you), but you can definitely tell a freshly washed car from a dirty one when you take to the track - it is even more obvious when you view replays

 

[ErikGT4]

Honestly guys, what does it really do ??
And since its kinda on topic, is there anyway to default all the settings and adjustments that youve made to yer car ?

I actually read last week that it is supposed to make your car cleaner, and hence, more aerodynamic. Will it make a huge difference? I don't know, but I did read that that was the reason the "car wash" was in there.

Here's the quote from page 20 of the instruction manual:

"Car Wash: After miles and miles of racing, you'll want to purchase a car wash to reduce the amount of drag and improve aerodynamics."

There ya go!!

Now, does it work? Beats me. Frankly, I never felt that it made my car shinier in the garage, but maybe I wasn't paying enough attention. Does it?

Question #2) Default Settings for your car: As far as I know, you cannot just click a button to get your car back to original settings. You have to go in to the indivdual areas (Drivetrain, Engine, Suspension, etc.) and change the settings back to "Normal." Another way to do this, though, is that you could set-up your car in normal configuration, and then save a "Settings" file to the memory card, which you can do whenever you are changing the settings. That way you can just pull that settings file up whenever you want to revert back to whatever settings you had.

 

[MrktMkr1986]

I actually read last week that it is supposed to make your car cleaner, and hence, more aerodynamic. Will it make a huge difference? I don't know, but I did read that that was the reason the "car wash" was in there.

Here's the quote from page 20 of the instruction manual:

"Car Wash: After miles and miles of racing, you'll want to purchase a car wash to reduce the amount of drag and improve aerodynamics."

There ya go!!

I doubt a little bit of dirt is going to affect the drag coefficient. Even if it did, it's not going to be a significant increase in the Cd.

 

[MailMan]

The difference between a car that has 200 miles on it and has never been washed and a car that had a nice polish up is pretty big. The lights reflect way brighter after a carwash.

 

[MrktMkr1986]

The difference between a car that has 200 miles on it and has never been washed and a car that had a nice polish up is pretty big. The lights reflect way brighter after a carwash.

I was talking about the aerodynamics.

 

[ViperCLK-GTR]

You can't put body kits on so they have to keep the ricers happy somehow

I notice a slight difference while in the car wash, but none while on the track.

I always wash my favorite cars. I have noticied a little diffrence on the track but you got to be somewhere where it is real bright.

 

[Super Jamie]

i have a stock mx5 i.8i which i used to do roadster endurance with, it's done 151km with no wash, and the paint is quite dull. for these tests, i used automatic transmission to eliminate differences in my human gearshifting, and floored the accelerator before the menu ended so the cars launched exactly the same. i also loaded the game before every test, to eliminate any dirty oil or worn/run-in engine differences

0-400m unwashed 15.850
0-400m washed 15.850

0-1000m unwashed 29.163
0-1000m washed 29.163

i would say that car wash makes no difference to actual car performance in the game

 

[Camouflage_RX]

Honestly guys, what does it really do ??
And since its kinda on topic, is there anyway to default all the settings and adjustments that youve made to yer car ?

What does it do? Well, this is where the aerodynamics of the game come in. Having a dirty car, lessens the air flow of the car. Washing it, makes the car go faster, cause the air flow is much smoother. So not only does your car look pretty and all sparkly and stuff, your car is also quicker when its clean. If you want to, take a car that can go rallying on a road / circuit course, do a time, then, take that car rallying and mess it up so its literally flat on the paint. Then do the track you first did. You'll see a decrease in time. Try it.

 

[Super Jamie]

considering you're a human being doing a lap, and every single lap you're ever going to do in the game is different in some way no matter how hard you try. unless you're some sort of gt god can peel off laps with the exact same split times and speeds and the exact same final times and speeds every single time you race without fail, i wouldn't call that a very conclusive test.

 

[Small_Fryz]

washing your car has no benifit other than making it shinny

 

[G.T]

What does it do? Well, this is where the aerodynamics of the game come in. Having a dirty car, lessens the air flow of the car. Washing it, makes the car go faster, cause the air flow is much smoother. So not only does your car look pretty and all sparkly and stuff, your car is also quicker when its clean. If you want to, take a car that can go rallying on a road / circuit course, do a time, then, take that car rallying and mess it up so its literally flat on the paint. Then do the track you first did. You'll see a decrease in time. Try it.

GT3 isn't THAT sophisticated. I don't think GT4 even does that...

It just makes it more shiny. End of subject.

 

[Tigra]

What does it do? Well, this is where the aerodynamics of the game come in. Having a dirty car, lessens the air flow of the car. Washing it, makes the car go faster, cause the air flow is much smoother. So not only does your car look pretty and all sparkly and stuff, your car is also quicker when its clean. If you want to, take a car that can go rallying on a road / circuit course, do a time, then, take that car rallying and mess it up so its literally flat on the paint. Then do the track you first did. You'll see a decrease in time. Try it.

Hehehe... yeah, and elephants may fly too!!!

 

[Biggs]

lol I heard somewhere that it would improve aerodynamics - I find it unlikely though. Still worth having it nice and shiny I find

 

[Rebel51]

take a black or silver car in your garage after a nice long drive and then wash it you'll be able to tell

 

[Jetboy.]

i have a stock mx5 i.8i which i used to do roadster endurance with, it's done 151km with no wash, and the paint is quite dull. for these tests, i used automatic transmission to eliminate differences in my human gearshifting, and floored the accelerator before the menu ended so the cars launched exactly the same. i also loaded the game before every test, to eliminate any dirty oil or worn/run-in engine differences

0-400m unwashed 15.850
0-400m washed 15.850

0-1000m unwashed 29.163
0-1000m washed 29.163

i would say that car wash makes no difference to actual car performance in the game

I don't really think it makes that much of a difference, but SJ, your test is flawed. Not in the procedure, not in what happened, just the sheer scope of it. Drag doesn't really become a factor until maybe, say, 160 mph. Is not drag directly proportionate to drafting? I.E. Drag starts to take effect the same time drafting becomes effective.

 

[kerro01]

if you guys try this its cool... wash a car then leave it in ur garage 4 a while lets say about 10 days. then go back 2 it and if you look close,,,, the car is not clean any more.

 

[Super Jamie]

you get enough drag at the 1000m test to make the wind noise, surely enough to make 0.001s difference? IF carwash affected the car

let's try it with faster cars than a stock mx5 and see what we get, with a really powerful car you'll need TCS to make a clean launch. i haven't washed my F1s since i won them, my 001 has about 500km on it, i'll try remember it over the weekend

 

[Jetboy.]

As long as aerodynamics determines top speed, not the rev limiter. Use something like a Class A car, fast enough to get near 185-ish but not bouncing off the limiter.

 

[Small_Fryz]

serioulsy, washing your car wont make it go faster at all. It wont make any difference what so ever

 

[Jetboy.]

The cars I use are limited by the engine/ gears, so, I do not know to argue that point. And, who cares?

 

[G.T]

Right lets sort this out. The guys who thought washing your car would make it faster are wrong. I've done a test:

The test was simple. I had it in auto and I kept the 'x' button held firmly down on the DS2 controler all the time, even before you move.


Clio Sport Race Car (504BHP) 20.698 before and after clean
Polyphony 001 (box standard) 16.063 before and after clean
787B (964BHP) 16.766 before and after clean

So you see they're no faster. Of course you might get a different time than me because you might have different gearing. It's still a fair test I think.

 

[Super Jamie]

well done gtfreak case closed