Is there a way to restrict down-tuning?

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I get a feeling that a car that is normally overperforming (in PP) and down-tuned to fit into a PP-restricted race are still better than the ones that are originally within the PP limit. Right or wrong?
Is there a way to restrict users to do this when setting up a lobby / race and force them to use only cars that are within the limit?
 
It depends on the car. Some cars handle with ballast, some have power bands that are or become optimally shaped for the pp/usable gear ratios. If you're that worried about it, I would just set up a lobby with a specific car.
 
There is no way to restrict the downtuning that i know of. I have sometimes suspected that engine downtuning might give some small advantage, but i'm not really sure if that is the case or if the people have just focused in that one car they use so much that they have really made it their own and get such a good performance because of that.
 
Using the engine limiter does help, though I think you can over do it. A car with 85% engine restriction will be faster than the same car with the same horsepower without engine restriction (mind you that is a rough guess, I don't actually know where the payout ends).

The reason is the power band changes. You can see the effect when you are tuning the engine.

This is one of the many places that PD failed. After all, we all know that how pretty the car is much more important that how well we arrange races.
 
Maybe I should test this today. Have a nice handling Silvia S13 tuned to 500pp and it has some serious problems in the power department so advantages of overtuning might show on it easier. :)

Edit: Did a quick test but i don't think it was conclusive yet as the car didn't have that much room for improvement anymore. The "overtuned" car was about 7 seconds faster on Nordschleife, but that might be because of the different turbo characteristics. Going to test with a car with more tuning potential later...
 
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I think that GT5 as a "realistic driving simulator" has very little to do with the same games option to "downtune". I surely hope that option will be removed again.
 
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I think that GT5 as a "realistic driving simulator" has very little to do with the same games option to "downtune". I surely hope that option will be removed again.
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It isn't an unrealistic option, so I think it would be silly to ask for it to be removed based on realism simulation concerns. There are "restrictor-plate" racing series.

The question I have is, does the GT5 engine limiter behave like restrictor plates? If not, then it should be changed, but not removed.
 
There is no way to restrict the usage of it. So the best thing to do is make the most of it.

As mentioned above, you rarely benefit from dropping it below 85% but you should always use at least 2-5% to make sure you are getting the most out of your car's engine.

When you use it, you get more steady power but sacrifice maximum power. Your results will vary from track to track.

I find cars that use very little power reduction do well on fast tracks where most of your time is spent in 3rd and 4th gear. Cars that use lots of power reduction do better on slower tracks where you spend most of your time accelerating from 2nd to 4th gear.

Combining power reduction with appropriate gearing for each track will yield a very fast car.
 

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