Fuel measured in what units?

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I tried searching for this and didnt find anything.

Im currently im the 24h 'ring enduro and I just took a sample for a miles per gallon calculation. Btw im in a fresh 1224~hp minolta toyota, but this sample is taken at the 21 hour mark. So oil has corrupted this thing down a ton obviously.

After filling it up to 80, it went 4 laps and had to put due to tires and gas. Gas had 18 left and tires were red.

So that means he spent 62 fuel units to go 4 laps.
4 laps =~ 52miles

Assuming that a fuel tank is 80 LITRES (21.13 gallons)
1 US gallon = 3.7854118 litre
62litres = 16.378gallons

52miles/16.378gallons = 3.783 mpg...

I guess this could be correct, i mean it is a twin turbo v8 right? and there prob designed to run rich for safety?

does anyone know any other units besides litres it could be in???
 
Umm why don't you try something you know the mpg for. Like go do it for a basic sedan, should get around like 25mpg or something right?

And the gas isn't measured in units, it's just broken up into incriments :dunce:
 
i donno, seems realy low. but twin turbo v8 does sound like a gas gousler, check on porsche's web site, the 956 was twin turboed flat6, they probaly have it documented in history or sumtin
 
fwdtamiya
And the gas isn't measured in units, it's just broken up into incriments :dunce:
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Everything that is measured is measured in some form of units. What kind of crack are you on?!? My question was which units is it, ie litres/gallons/20oz pepsi bottles :D
The gas gauge is 80 "units" total. It is split up into 4 parts when in the pits, and 10 parts outside the pits. but thats just parts. Im talking about the number 80.
try to think before putting a :dunce: cuz you just made yourself look like one.
 
JoKo
I tried searching for this and didnt find anything.

Im currently im the 24h 'ring enduro and I just took a sample for a miles per gallon calculation. Btw im in a fresh 1224~hp minolta toyota, but this sample is taken at the 21 hour mark. So oil has corrupted this thing down a ton obviously.

After filling it up to 80, it went 4 laps and had to put due to tires and gas. Gas had 18 left and tires were red.

So that means he spent 62 fuel units to go 4 laps.
4 laps =~ 52miles

Assuming that a fuel tank is 80 LITRES (21.13 gallons)
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I know that the pescarolo courage has a 90L tank IRL so 80Ls isnt to far off (especially when its a different car)
 
yeah, but ALL cars in GT4 have an 80 (gallon, liter, whatever) tank, so saying that such and such a car has some size tank doesn't really mean anything. My best guess would be liters unless japan uses some other unit of measure for liquid volume.
 
I would have expected a 1200 hp car to have like 3mpg, so very beleivable. oh, and u guys can not compare for instance a stock honda civic's milage in real life to that in the game, since your kinda, what's it called, RACING in the game, that takes 3 to 4x the fuel, at least, than simple freeway mileage in real life, unless you drove around super speedway at 70mph for a an hour, but i doubt ne one is that obsesed to bother.
 
The fuel is not measured in any specific units.

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fwdtamiya
And the gas isn't measured in units, it's just broken up into incriments
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He's right. Also, how do you all of the cars in the game have the same size fuel tank? Does the Toyota Prius run out of fuel at 80L, or 21 gallons?
 
ok so i guess people are having problems with the english language.
My question is simple. What is the fuel measured in.
It says 80 and it has to be in something. You cant have an amount of something without having units for it (except for seriously weird **** i guess). But for a liquid in a tank, its being measured. And its probably litres.

and what does this question mean? "Does the Toyota Prius run out of fuel at 80L, or 21 gallons?"
80litres is about 21 gallons. and isnt the prius a hybrid engine? doesnt it still need the gas engine to go? maybe its supposed to go for a bit longer after zero gas but whatever.


The original post here is simple and people dont need to go sidetracking. Its clear what im asking and im trying to see if someone has seen any info anywhere. If you just dont know, dont bring up something else instead. gg
 
Yeah, its 80 UNITS.

Units being an odd way of displaying percentage.

I don't think PD actually made units for the cars, and then each care would have the same sized gas tank. And I assure you that an LMP car will have a different gas tank than the Cappucino...
 
JoKo
ok so i guess people are having problems with the english language.
My question is simple. What is the fuel measured in.
It says 80 and it has to be in something. You cant have an amount of something without having units for it (except for seriously weird **** i guess). But for a liquid in a tank, its being measured. And its probably litres.

and what does this question mean? "Does the Toyota Prius run out of fuel at 80L, or 21 gallons?"
80litres is about 21 gallons. and isnt the prius a hybrid engine? doesnt it still need the gas engine to go? maybe its supposed to go for a bit longer after zero gas but whatever.


The original post here is simple and people dont need to go sidetracking. Its clear what im asking and im trying to see if someone has seen any info anywhere. If you just dont know, dont bring up something else instead. gg
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You are misinterpreting the answers.

EVERY car in the game has an 80 "unit" tank. This isn't possible. The MX-5 (Miata/Eunos Roadster) has a 10 gallon tank, or 45 litres (Imperial) in the real world, but still has an 80 "unit" tank in the game.

There are no specific units for fuel. Fuel is merely measured in "GT4 fuel units" - not gallons (Imp), gallons (US), litres, fluid ounces, pints, quarts, cups, the amount a wild boar can piss in 27 seconds. It's just nonspecific, non-reality-based "GT4 fuel units".


And the Bentley EXP Speed 8 returned 6mpg during the last 24 Heures du Mans.
 
Azuremen
Yeah, its 80 UNITS.

Units being an odd way of displaying percentage.

I don't think PD actually made units for the cars, and then each care would have the same sized gas tank. And I assure you that an LMP car will have a different gas tank than the Cappucino...
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I can confirm that...

The Cuppa has a 25 litres tank... Takes just over £20 worth of fuel from empty!!

C.
 
yeti
I can confirm that...

The Cuppa has a 25 litres tank... Takes just over £20 worth of fuel from empty!!

C.
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Whoa your fuel is way too expensive, in Australia its about 1 dollar (40p) a litre.
 
JoKo
Any input about this???
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Do you guys think the 3mpg is right for these cars?
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yes thats about right, with that power they guzzle like mad, even worse if its 4WD
 
Crayola
Whoa your fuel is way too expensive, in Australia its about 1 dollar (40p) a litre.
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OUCH!!

Yeah we pay over 80p a litre at the moment...

What's really annoying is that it's jumped massively over the last 3 weeks...

3 weeks ago I filled up my tank with 40 litres of Diesel at 82.9...

This morning I filled it again at 87.9....

Which equals about 4 quid difference!!

C.
 
whoa, even in the country its only like $1.50 per litre (about 60p) in the city it usually hovers around a dollar but atm its about $1.10
 
Well, there is a good reason for that.

After the invasion on Iraq, the projected estimated ballance of petrol-production from Iraquis oil-fields was 6 million barrel of oil per day (planned) - as before the invasion, the production was "only" 2,8 millions barrels per day.

However, due to all the factors (and I do not want to state them since I do not want the NSA plays tricks on me :)), daily production is merely 2 millions barrels. However, even with that -70% margin, half of it - 1 mill - is heading to USA every day.

Situation with OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) is not good too - the organization has been maginalized in terms of influence on world's market, but the influence of the Saudi Arabia itself has grown.

Notice that after the 1st Jully of 2003. - when GWB announced that "War is Over" - the price of barrel on NY Stock Exchange was "just" 25$. Today, it has risen on 58$ PB, which is more then 100% price rise.

And expect the price to rise even more, since major of analysts are predicting that price will rise to astonishing 75$ per barrel during this summer.
 
amar212
Well, there is a good reason for that.

After the invasion on Iraq, the projected estimated ballance of petrol-production from Iraquis oil-fields was 6 million barell of oil per day (planned) - as before the invasion, the production was "only" 2,8 millions barells per day.

However, due to all the factors (and I do not want to state them since I do not want the NSA plays tricks on me :)), daily production is merely 2 millions barrels. However, even with that -70% margin, half of it - 1 mill - is heading to USA every day.

Situation with OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) is not good too - the organization has been maginalized in terms of influence on world's market, but the influence of the Saudi Arabia itself has grown.

Notice that after the 1st Jully of 2003. - when GWB announced that "War is Over" - the proce of barell on NY Stock Exchange was "just" 25$. Today, it has risen on 58$ PB, which is more then 100% price rise.

And expect the price to rise even more,since major of analysts are predicting that proce will rise to astonishing 75$ per barell during this summer.
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hehe, I own exactly 100 "barrels" of oil.
 
I think we should measure fuel in "Fuelins", or any other thing.

For instance... my car has 55 litres capacite of fuel in the tank. If it was in the game, full loaded, it would say it had 80 Units of Fuel in the tank. When it indicated 40 Units, it would have 27.5 litres in tank.

This is just my opinion, and I am not saying other's opinion are wrong, this vision just turns things easier =]

Btw... Honda i-Vtec, ROX! =P
 
Gas spiked 20 cents last week, but it seems to have gone down about 10 cents since... (still at like 2.10 per gallon here in Grand Rapids, Michigan)
 
Crayola
Whoa your fuel is way too expensive, in Australia its about 1 dollar (40p) a litre.
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Yep and before tax it should be one of the cheapest, if not the cheapest in Europe :grumpy: Yay for stealth tax!

If they had a year where we only got charged 40p a litre I'd buy a biiiig Jag & just drive around all day :D Thats why I think its a pity they didn't properly implement fuel in GT4.

I'm aware of the detrimental affects to the enviroment, but compared to factories, cars are little fish. just governments don't want to harm business (obviously).
 
In Croatia, 1 litre of petrol is around 1 euro (like 1,2 $), like in rest of Europe.

I was in Russia last month and witnessed a price tag of 0,4 euros per litre, s Russia has it's own petrol-industry which has always been indepentent from OPEC, USA and other Eastern-Asian sources (AKA Free World).

All European/Asian cars on the Moscow streets are top-mottored - V6, V8, 3.0, 4.2, 5.0 ...

No small cars, but I guess Moscow snow would just eat them:).

Been driving in Volga (Taxi), enourmuos sized Russian "average people car" (something like MB E-Class, but with bigger trunk), in late '90-s model. Taxi driver told me that car has 140HP, 2.3 engine and it costs mere 9000$ on the road. Average consuption during winter time - 12 litres. But with the petrol price so low, it just doesn't matter.

Pic of Volga (parked 20m from Kremlin and Red Square) attached.

It's good to be Russian is some terms, no doubt.
 

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Sureshot
yes thats about right, with that power they guzzle like mad, even worse if its 4WD
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Yup, I will confirm that.. I drive an '04 Dodge RAM HEMI quad cab, and get 11-12MPG. And thats not racing!!
 
Raimundo
I think we should measure fuel in "Fuelins", or any other thing.

For instance... my car has 55 litres capacite of fuel in the tank. If it was in the game, full loaded, it would say it had 80 Units of Fuel in the tank. When it indicated 40 Units, it would have 27.5 litres in tank.

This is just my opinion, and I am not saying other's opinion are wrong, this vision just turns things easier =]

Btw... Honda i-Vtec, ROX! =P
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I agree. That is the only possible explanation of why every car is 80 units..
 
Jmac279
77 Canadian cents a liter rocks compared to the rest of the world :)
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If the rest of the world doesn't include the US.

Gas is around $2.00/gal in the US (although it stayed closer to $1.00/gal before 9/11). Today I filled up for $1.92/gal = $0.51/L.

US$0.51 = $0.62 Canadian = UK 0.27

The US is certainly catching up with the rest of the world, though. Looks like Europe is the place getting totally screwed on gas prices.
 

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