Oil change no longer necessary?

slower than bob · Mar 5, 2011

The need for oil changes in a video game is pretty silly, but the dear leader wants us to play along his way...so...ok, whatever dude.

Has this ''feature'' been patched out or am i getting a glitch?

After a 9hr Tsuckba i didn't need an oil change on my X1. Weird. Fired up a 24hr Lemans and still didn't need one after that race. HP is not dropping either.

Please feel free to flame me if this is old.👍

DA__dogg · Mar 5, 2011

Weird. I just did a B spec Indy 500 and the oil was darker than my coffee. Maybe your copy of the game gave you a special synthetic blend of oil lol.

MIKE1FL · Mar 5, 2011

I still need to do oil changes. Lucky you, not needing to spend that all important 250cr or so.

freedomweasel · Mar 5, 2011

Is it your car and none one your borrowing through the share feature?

slower than bob · Mar 5, 2011

freedomweasel
Is it your car and none one your borrowing through the share feature?

It's my car. My original X1 from bronzing the Vettel challenge. Almost 100,000kms (~60,000 miles) on it now.

Just started another 24hr. Forgot to mention that these are B-spec races i'm running.

freedomweasel · Mar 5, 2011

slower than bob
It's my car. My original X1 from bronzing the Vettel challenge. Almost 100,000kms (~60,000 miles) on it now.

Just started another 24hr. Forgot to mention that these are B-spec races i'm running.

Try running some laps in A-Spec for a while and see what happens. Maybe B-Spec doesn't cause wear anymore?

DA__dogg · Mar 5, 2011

B spec still causes engine wear. See my previous post.

freedomweasel · Mar 5, 2011

DA__dogg
B spec still causes engine wear. See my previous post.

Hmm. Good point, I missed that.

Well, perhaps OP is lucky?

Toastmaker · Mar 5, 2011

Vettel challenge? where can i find that?

slower than bob · Mar 5, 2011

Yeah, this may be just a glitch, or KY's idea of a joke... as in ''helping'' with the credit grind after nerfing the trade system.

Will update tomorrow.

Merquise · Mar 5, 2011

freedomweasel
Is it your car and none one your borrowing through the share feature?

Wait wait...
You mean that if I borrow a friends car, and use his X210 for the next 24 hours rubberbanding, I do not have to spend 1 million creds to fix it up again?
Borrowed cars do not wear out?

MIKE1FL · Mar 5, 2011

freedomweasel
Hmm. Good point, I missed that.

Well, perhaps OP is lucky?

I know it's stupid but what does OP mean? I've seen it in many threads but never known what it ment :crazy:

. Thanks. 👍

1 tYp3 L1k3 D15 · Mar 5, 2011

Merquise
Wait wait...
You mean that if I borrow a friends car, and use his X210 for the next 24 hours rubberbanding, I do not have to spend 1 million creds to fix it up again?
Borrowed cars do not wear out?

Correct at least from what I have heard borrowed cars dont incur wear, although you cant upgrade or tune them.

freedomweasel · Mar 5, 2011

Merquise
Wait wait...
You mean that if I borrow a friends car, and use his X210 for the next 24 hours rubberbanding, I do not have to spend 1 million creds to fix it up again?
Borrowed cars do not wear out?

That is my understanding.

MIKE1FL
I know it's stupid but what does OP mean? I've seen it in many threads but never known what it ment . Thanks. 👍

Original Poster

Generally the person who started the thread.

slower than bob · Mar 5, 2011

Merquise
Wait wait...
You mean that if I borrow a friends car, and use his X210 for the next 24 hours rubberbanding, I do not have to spend 1 million creds to fix it up again?
Borrowed cars do not wear out?

ah... i see. Wasn't aware of that myself (wondering why the other guy asked if this was a borrowed car)

Definitely not a borrowed X1, but i guess this is where the glitch is coming from.

Jet Pilot · Mar 5, 2011

MIKE1FL
I still need to do oil changes. Lucky you, not needing to spend that all important 250cr or so.

It has nothing to do with the money and everything to do with the fact that every time you buy a car you have to waste several minutes going to do an oil change. Why is there not an option to add 250 Cr. to the sale price of the car at the point of sale to include an oil change?

rssjib · Mar 5, 2011

My x2010 kept dropping power...change the oil and back to normal....however, it was dropping more often. So, I did the engine overhaul and it is back to normal, meaning it is not losing hp after every race.

grog · Mar 5, 2011

Merquise
Wait wait...
You mean that if I borrow a friends car, and use his X210 for the next 24 hours rubberbanding, I do not have to spend 1 million creds to fix it up again?
Borrowed cars do not wear out?

Fixing up the x2010 seems like a waste of money, I mean you'll always win reguardless of performance. Ive put 50,000 miles on mine and its still around 1480 HP with only oil changes.

Borrowed cars do lose performance.

Oil still gets dirty for me, and degrades performance.

Merquise · Mar 5, 2011

grog
Fixing up the x2010 seems like a waste of money, I mean you'll always win reguardless of performance. Ive put 50,000 miles on mine and its still around 1480 HP with only oil changes.

Borrowed cars do lose performance.

Oil still gets dirty for me, and degrades performance.

1328 HP with turbo....
160.000km, when I;m rubberbanding the Like The Wind thing he can;t win anymore

Need the 500k engine repair d*mnit...

Jet Pilot · Mar 5, 2011

Merquise
1328 HP with turbo....
160.000km, when I;m rubberbanding the Like The Wind thing he can;t win anymore

Need the 500k engine repair d*mnit...

Do the repair. You'll make the money back in less than 30 minutes with your trusty band of rubber.

Bailout · Mar 5, 2011

DA__dogg
Weird. I just did a B spec Indy 500 and the oil was darker than my coffee. Maybe your copy of the game gave you a special synthetic blend of oil lol.

Its amazing the little things you mis in this game, I'd never noticed the colour of the oil, on the oil change screen before.

Thanks for that. 👍

blue devil · Mar 5, 2011

Oil changes are still absolutely necessary. When i was upgrading one of my two Audi RS6s, the power was about 890 (15 more than my r8 v10, lol). when I changed the oil, the power went up to 927(1hp less than my Zonda R).

slower than bob · Mar 6, 2011

UPDATE: Not needing an oil change after 9hr Tsuckba and 24hr LeMans was just a weird glitch. Just finished another 24hr...car needed an oil change.

moving along. nothing to see here!

SlyckTires · Mar 6, 2011

Toastmaker
Vettel challenge? where can i find that?

It appears in the 'special' segment, after you hit L30 in A or B spec.

Layzie · Mar 6, 2011

i just did a indy 500 in bspec with my x1. couldn't change the oil... or wash it

defaultoasis · Mar 6, 2011

I can change my X1's oil after a DCS.

slower than bob · Mar 8, 2011

Figured out when this glitches...

No need for oil change, no miles/km's accumulate, and no HP loss.

After finishing an endurance race (B-Spec) i quite often exit the race screens and then immediately exit game so i can back-up my save, in preparation for the next long haul. Restart the game and try to change oil...pfffft...not needed. Also HP has not gone down, no miles accrued.

Every time.

If i screw around after a race (doing anything else) and then check: the oil will need changing/ HP loss/ accrued mileage shows just as you would normally expect.

Pretty much useless glitch other than the weird factor.

TenEightyOne · Mar 8, 2011

In some cases the endurance mileage doesn't register on the car. It's almost certainly a bug/glitch/error of some kind... but look upon it kindly, especially when you think of the cost of maintaining a high-mileage X2010!

MM1000 · Mar 8, 2011

To save money on maintenance, the cars I use to grind are in a friend's garage, and I simply borrow them. If I switch to another car, and then reborrow my grinding machine, the car's exactly as it originally was. It helps if you and a friend both have GT5 and just handle this for eachother.