Mazda 787B Gauges???

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TJQ09
I just bought a 787B that me and a couple of my friends are going to use for the 24 hours of Le Mans, and while testing it out I noticed a couple of gauges I had no idea what they did. One is a clock that counts down whenever you are at full throttle, and freezes when you are not. It counts down from 99 and when it reaches zero it resets. I thought that maybe in real life it meant how long you could keep the throttle floored before the engine overheated, but it never goes back up.

Another one is a gauge that is at 99 when you are off the throttle, and when you are on it fluctuates between 10 and 30.

Any help or ideas would be appreciated.
 
I don't know what these gauges, except for the obvious ones, are for but there have been previous discussion/thread regarding this:

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=138563
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=202255

On a similar note, if you look at the real life 787 especially the recently restored one that was driven by Johnnny Herbert at this year's Le Mans, you see even the blue masking tape marker on the dashboard that happens to in GT5 version as well:

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davievtec
How do I get one of these Mazda 787b's ? Are they good ?
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It's 4 million in the New Dealership, it's apparently one of the best Group C cars around, and one of the best sounding cars. I haven't bought one yet though.
 
I have the stealth model, and it's excellent. I guess the normal will be the same. I'd recommend it.
 
mattythedog
I have the stealth model, and it's excellent. I guess the normal will be the same. I'd recommend it.
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I have both, the stealth model is slightly more powerful I feel and a little lighter possibly although I cannot be certain on the second point
 
SpeedQber
It's 4 million in the New Dealership, it's apparently one of the best Group C cars around, and one of the best sounding cars. I haven't bought one yet though.
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5.250.000 Cr if I recall correctly.
And no, on the contrary - Mazda 787B is the slowest Group C car in GT5 (and I know, I have them all).
It's sound is a matter of personal preference and it's very unique.
Great car to have.

And on topic:
On the speedometer there are:
Engine temprature, gear indicator, speed indicator, rev-meter, lap time indicator, oil pressure indicator.
I don't know anything about the dashboard ones.


Also, both the normal and stealth 787B are the same. No difference except for the livery and the fact that stealth's engine overhaul and chassis repair cost 500 Cr.
 
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SpeedQber
It's 4 million in the New Dealership, it's apparently one of the best Group C cars around, and one of the best sounding cars. I haven't bought one yet though.
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not 4 mil:lol: they are more than 5 mil
 
i just found out today that the higher gear you are in, the higher the gauge reads. it may be a traction gauge of some sort.
 
I think I have a suitable answer.
The top gauge, like the poster above me said, seems to deal with traction. 9900 being the best. Even the slightest turn will make the top gauge scramble numbers, and when I intentionally ran the car out of fuel, the guage was @ 9900 mostly.

The bottom gauge was very tricky to figure out but from crunching the numbers, (because I have a ton of time on my hands) every time the count goes down 800, you lose a liter of fuel. So a full tank from what Im seeing will put the gauge @ 5000. One lap @ the Nurburgring 24 takes 18 liters so when you complete 1 lap the gauge should be around 9600.
 
This don't answer the question outright but this gives more info on the car tho:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_787B

That sticker on the dash I believe was the optimum fuel mileage for the car. They had to shoot for 7 clicked a lap for fuel efficiency. Forza does not have that sticker on the 787b cockpit view i have noticed.
 
As Jawehawk posted you can follow the link.

Just incase you can't the zip file to work here's what I've come up with....

Mazda 787B Instrument Cluster:

The two sets of numbers on the left (xx.xx) are…..

The top one is fuel economy. It's measured in L/100km.
*The way I understand it is that the rate your going, you'll burn the number displayed liters for every 100km you go.
*For instance… if it reads "42.00" you then will use 42 liters every 100km driven. This high number was found when testing on Special Stage Route X and NOT drafting.
*It's probably going to be most accurate to test on Route X since your not on and off the throttle.
*Plus if you can draft, you'll be able to let off the throttle some and see that number change in your favor while staying in the race. This helps with strategy.

The bottom number is your fuel gauge. It starts at "50" decreases to "00" and restarts at "99" back down to "00".
*I found that every "50 ticks" equals 7 liters. So starting at "50" and stopping at the first "00" let me put back 7 liters of fuel.
"50" to "00", then "99" to "50" let me put in 14 liters.
"50" to "00", then "99" to "50", then "50" to "00" let me put in 21 liters and so on.
*If my math is right you have about 6 1/2 (91 liters) to 7 cycles (98 liters) ("50 to "00" being 1/2 and "99" to "00" being 1 [1/2 + 1/2]) till your about to run out of fuel.

*I originally thought the number to the far right was also a fuel reading. But after some more testing found it changed with throttle input.
Even when coasting at idle it reads "3.0" so it has to do with the engine. The faster the engine the higher the number.
*At idle it reads "3.0" and increases to "7.0". I'm thinking it's oil pressure or fuel pressure, but leaning towards oil.

Hope this helps and answers anyone's question.
 

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