Remaining laps display useless

[snowgt]

Is the current way the display of remaining laps works the way it's intended to be? In the GTS manual it says the following...

"An estimate of the number of laps you can run at the current fuel setting will also be displayed below the meter."

I've just run the Bathurst GT League race, and that's certainly not what it does. What it shows instead, is the number of remaining laps if you go at fuel map "1". When you change the fuel mapping, it doesn't change, it simply counts down slower than before. What do I need that for? I already have the remaining fuel percentage and the current way it works just makes one display a simple multiplication of the other. What I definitely cannot derive from that, is how many laps I can do on the current fuel map, rendering the remaining laps-display useless.

The weird thing is, it used to work correctly, i.e. when you changed the fuel map, the remaining laps would quickly change to a new estimate. Why on earth did they change that?

 

[Alpha Cipher]

As someone who is a dunce at quick maffs, I use the remaining laps display over the percentage. It works perfectly for me. The only times I run out of fuel is when I intentionally do it 50m from the finish line

 

[phil_75]

Is the current way the display of remaining laps works the way it's intended to be? In the GTS manual it says the following...

"An estimate of the number of laps you can run at the current fuel setting will also be displayed below the meter."

I've just run the Bathurst GT League race, and that's certainly not what it does. What it shows instead, is the number of remaining laps if you go at fuel map "1". When you change the fuel mapping, it doesn't change, it simply counts down slower than before. What do I need that for? I already have the remaining fuel percentage and the current way it works just makes one display a simple multiplication of the other. What I definitely cannot derive from that, is how many laps I can do on the current fuel map, rendering the remaining laps-display useless.

The weird thing is, it used to work correctly, i.e. when you changed the fuel map, the remaining laps would quickly change to a new estimate. Why on earth did they change that?

I go at a pace im comfortable with or need to set then at half distance i will see how much fuel i have used/is left and decide then whether to pit or not.

I always keep it in mode 1 and shortshift to save fuel and the laps left counter is pretty much bang on for me.

 

[inri]

Never had a problem with it. if anything it's a conservative estimate

 

[05XR8]

The estimate works for me. The gauge would be flashing red, I trimmed my fuel from 1 to 6 and actually have .2 Laps remaining. If I just went by the gauge, I may have pit when i didn't need to.

 

[Tassie_tiger]

It's fair to say that even though I've raced recently in fuel deg. events, that I haven't really needed to take too much notice.
But what I would say, is from earlier experience it seems to work okay for me.

In my experience it takes some time for the new fuel map to "update" to accurate figures.
I can't recall seeing an instant, or even quite quick, adjustment as I changed mapping.
It does take some time, and to my mind, so it should.

The way you drive at fuel map 1 isn't necessarily indicative to how you drive at fuel map 3.
So it will take some time to accrue data to determine an accurate new estimated lap count, depending on how you are driving at the new fuel map setting.

 

[Nando deBem]

I think it’s based on average consumption. If I short shift, refuel and put just the amount they show me to put and stop short shifting, I’ll end up without fuel. You have to keep in mind how you’re revving your car.

 

[05XR8]

It's fair to say that even though I've raced recently in fuel deg. events, that I haven't really needed to take too much notice.
But what I would say, is from earlier experience it seems to work okay for me.

In my experience it takes some time for the new fuel map to "update" to accurate figures.
I can't recall seeing an instant, or even quite quick, adjustment as I changed mapping.
It does take some time, and to my mind, so it should.

The way you drive at fuel map 1 isn't necessarily indicative to how you drive at fuel map 3.
So it will take some time to accrue data to determine an accurate new estimated lap count, depending on how you are driving at the new fuel map setting.

Exactly this.

 

[snowgt]

It's fair to say that even though I've raced recently in fuel deg. events, that I haven't really needed to take too much notice.
But what I would say, is from earlier experience it seems to work okay for me.

In my experience it takes some time for the new fuel map to "update" to accurate figures.
I can't recall seeing an instant, or even quite quick, adjustment as I changed mapping.
It does take some time, and to my mind, so it should.

The way you drive at fuel map 1 isn't necessarily indicative to how you drive at fuel map 3.
So it will take some time to accrue data to determine an accurate new estimated lap count, depending on how you are driving at the new fuel map setting.

That's not what I experienced. After driving at map 1 for a while, I wanted to test it with how it would change under fuel map 6. I went a whole lap at map 6 and the result was, that the remaining laps went down by about 0.5 (instead of 1.0 at fuel map 1), which is in line with the amount of fuel that you save at map 6. However, that shows that the remaining laps prediction did not change a bit.

Also, by your rationale, if you set the fuel mapping to 6 at the beginning of the race, you should get an accurate estimate for that fuel mapping pretty much straight away. Well, from what I saw, you don't.

 

[Tassie_tiger]

That's not what I experienced. After driving at map 1 for a while, I wanted to test it with how it would change under fuel map 6. I went a whole lap at map 6 and the result was, that the remaining laps went down by about 0.5 (instead of 1.0 at fuel map 1), which is in line with the amount of fuel that you save at map 6. However, that shows that the remaining laps prediction did not change a bit.

Also, by your rationale, if you set the fuel mapping to 6 at the beginning of the race, you should get an accurate estimate for that fuel mapping pretty much straight away. Well, from what I saw, you don't.

Sorry mate. but I would have to test it to see if things have changed before I could make a definitive comment.

Although I would say that I didn't say what I did due to my "rationale".
It was from previous experience of actually taking serious notice of these things, due to upcoming races with fuel deg. and looking at getting the best possible pit strategy.
I also tried to make it clear that it didn't happen "pretty much straight away" but it took some time to re-calculate the new estimates.

 

[UnkaD]

I don't use any estimates for fuel since I don't trust their accuracy. Fuel usage fluctuates based on how I change my driving, so I just take note of the fuel gauge lap to lap and adjust accordingly.

I ran a ten lap Monza race in a lobby and got dumped to the back in T1 carnage, so I decided to stretch fuel to lap 6. When refueling, the little diamond indicator for enough fuel to finish was at about 60%. I filled it to 100% knowing I would run at fuel map1 and no short-shifting.

It was exactly enough, since I noticed in qualifying I used a quater tank each lap. I would have run short if I used the in-game notices. I think some others used the recommended fuel levels, 'cause a few guys ran dry on the second stint 2 laps before the end.