Glitch: Ford GT '06

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I don't know if this has been posted before. But I just bought a Ford GT, took it straight away to a one make race on the Nordschleife change time/weather. I looked at my settings and on the bone stock transmission (I have not modified the car in any way shape or form) and the top speed reads "304mph". This can't be right. Pic coming in a minute.
 
You sure its not kph?
 
Interesting that your Max Speed setting on the bottom is at zero, too, while your 6th gear is off the chart. :confused:
 
Yes, I just noticed that! I'll take the car for a drive and see if it drives funnily or normal.
 
That's maximum gearbox speed (aka theorethical maximum speed gearbox can handle). Not a glitch.
 
But 304mph in a bone stock Ford GT (not even an oil change)?
 
You never go 300mph in a GT.

Some cars have something that's called "cruise gear".
While you're on a motorway you go, let's say 140km/h - you put it in cruise gear and you cruise at about 2000rpm or less. Saves fuel + less noise.

6th gear is cruise gear in GT.
 
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You never go 300mph.
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Then surely it's supposed to say 204mph.

Just driven the car, it drives as normal, so it must just be an error in the menus.
 
Just because it's geared that high, doesn't mean it will go that high. Ever seen a 160mph speed-o in a stock Civic?
 
Yes man, that's how Ford GT is configured as far as gear ratio's are concerned. Where is the problem? Have you seen F40's gear configuration?
 
I just saw 304mph and thought.. That can't be right. Sorry for making the assumption it was a glitch.

Why, what's the F40's? I've yet to own one.:dunce:
 
446kmh (if i remember correctly) :lol:
 
Just because I can set a transmission speed of 350mph doesn't mean I'll ever hit it. If you think all cars are geared to there actual top speeds then you're seriously mistaken, how stupid would you look if you were sat there in your econobox reving at 6000rpm at 60mph?
 
I missed that it is the default trans. I was wondering how max speed could be zero on a fully adjustable trans, lol.

I never actually looked at the default trans of the '06 GT. Interesting that it shows zero at the bottom, but the theoretical max speed is 304mph with the 6th gear off of the scale. Although, it might not be a glitch, an interesting default set-up, if you never saw it before. 👍
 
stock transmissions always read 0 I think in the box at the bottom since you can't actually adjust it.
 
Its to save fuel and to allow motorway cruising in real life just so you know, the speed isn't actually reachable
 
Your highest gear is almost always an overdrive gear in a road car. So, the theoretical top speed of that gear box is 304mph. It's not wrong, it's just GT5 uses a mathematical calculation to determine top speed, not factoring in any other parameters.
 
It'd be more impressive if you started this thread with a picture of your GT driving 300mph.
 
The sixth gear is probably just there for fuel economy. On a track, it's unlikely that you'll ever use it, but on a highway it allows you to put it into sixth and run much lower revs. Another side effect though is that you could add a lot of power to it without necessarily needing to change the transmission.

The Ford GT isn't exactly known for good fuel economy though, so I can hardly imagine how thirsty it'd be without that sixth gear.
 
Just like everyone else is saying it's mainly for cruising. Cars like the Viper with it's big 8.3 liter V10 guzzles fuel quite fast so they counter it with a high 6th gear. This results in the engine spinning just around 1600 or so rpm at around 60-70 mph (or so I've heard). Because of this the car uses just a little bit more fuel than it would just idling in park or whatever and improves fuel economy (and keeps the tree huggers happy). Long story short: it's more for mileage than overall top speed.
 
^^^Correct. For example my car is at ~2k rpm at 90 mph. At those speeds I can get 23-24 mpg per the display.
 
It is a nice feature for highway travel in road cars with thirsty engines. My Z28 is lucky to get 20mpg, but if I'm on a long trip on the interstate I can get well over 30.

Quite a few cars in the game are this way. I think the Silverado concept I got comes stock set to go 250mph or so, and all the Camaros at least 90s and newer are like this as well. I don't think it's just American cars, but they may do it more often(we like our big honkin' motors).

Now if only I could figure out why my F40 is set up to go 170mph in third gear...
 
tomo 427 S/C
Nope, it's definitely not:

IMG_0873[1] by Shelby 427 1965, on Flickr
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What you're seeing is very common gear ratio. Ignore the theoretical top speed (the 304mph) since it's there as a simplified method of setting the gear ratio(s). Here's the actual Ford GT gearing (taken from Road and Track Spec and Test Sheet) and it matches that in GT5 (notice the speed at each gearing):

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And to explain the above gearing (with the help pf Wikipedia):

In 1st gear, the engine makes 2.61 revolutions for every revolution of the transmission’s output. In 4th gear, the gear ratio of 1:1 means that the engine and the transmission’s output are moving at the same speed. 5th and 6th gears are known as overdrive gears, in which the output of the transmission is revolving faster than the engine.

The Ford GT has a final drive ratio of 3.36:1. The ratio means that for every 3.36 revolutions of the transmission’s output, the wheels make one revolution. The differential ratio multiplies with the transmission ratio, so in 1st gear, the engine makes 8.76 revolutions for every revolution of the wheels and in 6th gear, 2.12 of engine revolution to a single revolution of the wheels (compare this to Ferrari 458's 7th gear which has a ratio of 3.55:1 and a top speed of over 202mph).
 
tomo 427 S/C
Nope, it's definitely not:

IMG_0873[1] by Shelby 427 1965, on Flickr
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Your Rev meter sometimes will not go all the way up to the said redline

Ex. Nissan GT-R has a redline of 10,000rpm, but goes up to 8,500.

The transmission (stock) is geared to 10,000 , even though the engine cannot go up to that.
 
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Your highest gear is almost always an overdrive gear in a road car. So, the theoretical top speed of that gear box is 304mph. It's not wrong, it's just GT5 uses a mathematical calculation to determine top speed, not factoring in any other parameters.
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Misread. Nevermind.
 
This thread is pointless its been answered in the first page three times, its so you don't go deaf and used loads of fuel on motorways!!!!!!!
 
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