Oil consumption oddness?

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Having done the grind for months and months, exiting after every 5 races to check the turnover in the UCD, i was having to change oil fairly regularly in the X2010 and once in a while doing an engine rebuild when the HP dropped too quickly. Anyway, i now have every car from the UCD, so no need to exit all the time to check the cars. This means i could just stay on Indy/Like The Wind and just repeat the race over and over. Yesterday i must have done it about 30 times, on 2 separate occasions but when i went to change oil it said it was still fresh!
So it seems it not the milage but the number of days the car goes to the track.

Has anyone else noticed this?
 
Well as far as I've noticed it's about distance driven, not about days gone by. But hey, congats on getting all the standard cars.
 
OK, i've run the Vettel X2010 again ALL day none stop on Like The Wind and the oil doesn't seem to have changed at all. I must have done the 5 lap race about 50 times today since this morning.

No oil change needed after all that?
Can anyone else confirm this with a Vettel X2010?
 
Oil consumption is a complicated formula, I'm sure. I think it comes down to extended time, rather than net time. For example, if you're running the Suzuka 1000, which is approximately the same distance as those 50 races you just ran, you'd be running the motor for 4 hours straight. Instead, you're running the motor in 4 minute bursts, and not for as long either (4 x 50 = 200 minutes; 3-1/3 hours).

It's not about distance or times or days, it's about sustained use.
 
It is 'fresh', but the power will still have dropped. It did this before with my Minolta and my NASCAR when I grinded with them.
 
But going back to the original post, if i did the Like The Wind 5 times in a row, then quit to see the UCD, then go back and do another 5, quit the the UCD, go back and so on and so on, the oil would change MUCH quicker. That's the point i'm making.
 
silicon1138
OK, i've run the Vettel X2010 again ALL day none stop on Like The Wind and the oil doesn't seem to have changed at all. I must have done the 5 lap race about 50 times today since this morning.

No oil change needed after all that?
Can anyone else confirm this with a Vettel X2010?
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in my opinion thats just messed up :) lol
my S.vettel needs an oil change after every 2 -3 races :(

With your, do u do the engine rebuild before you check the oil??
 
silicon1138
But going back to the original post, if i did the Like The Wind 5 times in a row, then quit to see the UCD, then go back and do another 5, quit the the UCD, go back and so on and so on, the oil would change MUCH quicker. That's the point i'm making.
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It sounds like the code relating to updating the oil is a little off then. What it sounds like is that it only updates oil degradation against the last race run in a series. So if you ran Like the Wind 50 times in a row, it would only apply oil degradation against race 50. Likewise, if you did 10 runs of 5 to get the same 50 races, it would apply degradation against race 5, 10, 15, etc. That wouldn't be the first instance of a misupdating stat when running several races in a row. From what I've heard, your win count only goes up by 1 even if you won multiple races in one go.
 
Silent7Sniper7
in my opinion thats just messed up :) lol
my S.vettel needs an oil change after every 2 -3 races :(

With your, do u do the engine rebuild before you check the oil??
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If i do two or three races then go out to the main menu and check my oil it also shows that it needs changing.
Try doing a fresh oil change, then go and do 20 races in a row without leaving the race track, ie when you finish the race, just restart a new one right after.
THEN go back out and check your oil. Mine still shows fresh oil, sometimes even actually saying i don't need to change oil.
It's like it only counts the oil change based on the amount of track days you do, not actual miles.
 
darkblade986
From what I've heard, your win count only goes up by 1 even if you won multiple races in one go.
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Incorrect - the car's count admittedly goes up by one but your stats reflects the reality. I have a NASCAR that has "20 wins" on it but I got a 1000 ticket with it by doing batches of five races each.

The same goes for the oil degradation, the full power is retained for approximately 200 km (which sounds normal to me) no matter if the mileage is acquired by single races or those five race batches.
 
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