Out of Gas?

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Ive been wondering this for a while but never tried. Can you run out of gas while playing gt4? My b-spec driver just went empty but kept going. What happens if you do? do you stop in the middle of the track and lose? or is the gas just for show? Thanks for the responses. I did search.
 
Whether you're B-spec or A-spec driving, when you run out of gas, your top speed is 50mph (80kph). B-spec should head straight for the pits, while in A-spec you're free to do what you please.
 
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Whether you're B-spec or A-spec driving, when you run out of gas, your top speed is 50mph (80kph). B-spec should head straight for the pits, while in A-spec you're free to do what you please.
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I've never tried this, might try it tomorrow in Nurburg 24 hours.
 
I was made aware of the 50mph restriction the other day by a friend.

I've also almost run out of fuel on sarthe II but quit before i did in frustration when losing it near the end of a new lap record :grumpy:

for some reason one of the AI, the gt40, in the 24h sarthe II ran out of fuel, crawled around the track but lost it, went into the sand trap at the end of the second long straight and was stuck there from lap 80 to the end of the race, just driving into the wall!

anyway in conclusion, no fuel is bad!
 
Just because there aren't any "fuel dots" illuminated doesn't mean you're out of gas. Just like you still have nitrous for a few seconds after the bar looks empty, it's the same way with gas. On most tracks you can get a whole lap down after the guage says you're empty. Just like in a real car :D
 
richardrfo
for some reason one of the AI, the gt40, in the 24h sarthe II ran out of fuel
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Both the AI and B-spec drivers don't like to pit until their tires are really bad... so on some tracks, where the pit entrance comes right after a turn, they can miss it due to the lack of grip, and will have to go another lap. On a long track like Sarthe, that can spell disaster as not only will they have no grip, but they can also run out of fuel. 👎

So when you are using B-spec, its a good idea to plan your pit stops ahead of time, and not wait for the B-spec driver to pit on his own. This will also save you the 5 second wait time added to each of your pits when you don't respond to the pit command.
 
Digital-Nitrate
Both the AI and B-spec drivers don't like to pit until their tires are really bad... so on some tracks, where the pit entrance comes right after a turn, they can miss it due to the lack of grip, and will have to go another lap. On a long track like Sarthe, that can spell disaster as not only will they have no grip, but they can also run out of fuel. 👎

So when you are using B-spec, its a good idea to plan your pit stops ahead of time, and not wait for the B-spec driver to pit on his own. This will also save you the 5 second wait time added to each of your pits when you don't respond to the pit command.
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ah right, thanks for the info :)

On that circuit i was using the madza 787b which pits every 8 laps on super hard racing tyres, meaning the fuel tank was just the right size, on the last dot when it pulled in everytime :D
 
Anyone know just how the guage works? I know that you still have 4 units left after the guage shows empty. I suspect the top bar represents 4 units as well. How much does each bar stand for?
 
philly cheese
Anyone know just how the guage works? I know that you still have 4 units left after the guage shows empty. I suspect the top bar represents 4 units as well. How much does each bar stand for?
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All the fuel tanks (cells) in GT4 hold 80 units (liters) and there are 10 bars, so basically 1 Bar = 8 Liters... but maybe the light on each bar goes off only at the halfway point for each (4 liters), thus why there is 4 liters used when the first bar goes off, and why there is 4 liters left when the last bar goes off?
 
I did a test in this a few months back in A-spec around the Nurburgring in a 350Z, and I did tun out of gas. Quite funny, I almost couldn't make it all the way back to the pits :p
 
I don't know if you've seen it but when the fuel guage gets to the last to bars it gose red, but when you pull in to the pits ti gose back to blue whats up with that.
 
Oh, so THATS why I slowed down to 50kph on Twin Ring Motegi Speedway oval enduro.
I knew about the whole fuel business, but for some reason I didn't think to check the fuel gauge during the race. And I was leading by almost a lap :grumpy:. Still haven't done it yet. May soon though.
 
bjb
I don't know if you've seen it but when the fuel guage gets to the last to bars it gose red, but when you pull in to the pits ti gose back to blue whats up with that.
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It goes to red as a warning to pit in SOON and then it goes back to nice blue because you can't run out of gas in the pits because the pit speed limit is 50 mph. Once you're in the pits and you select to get fuel, it'll go back to blue.
 
philly cheese
Anyone know just how the guage works? I know that you still have 4 units left after the guage shows empty. I suspect the top bar represents 4 units as well. How much does each bar stand for?
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I did a research on this matter and here's my results:
10___9___8___7___6___5___4___3___2___1__0 - units left on the mid-race gauge
80__76__68__60__52__44__36__28__20__12__4 - units left on the pit-stop gauge
 

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