Temperature display questionF1 2010-2016

[FunkMuffin]

I was running practice at Spa last night in the heavy rain, and my OSD kept popping up showing my engine tinted blue. Is that an indication that I'm not keeping enough temp in the engine? I didn't realize that was possible. I've only seen that before one other time when I got really aggressive in the opening turns of a race, and I believe it was showing high-temp in the engine (reddish).

I'm puzzled because it kept happening right before the final chicane before the pit straight, when I was running flat out in 7th. The rain kept me from getting up to full speed.

Can anyone shed some light? How to deal with the situation?

I pitted in and set my gears a little lower to try and keep the engine in the power band a little more, but it didn't seem to help much if at all. is it something that just happens in really really wet conditions?

 

[VINCE__]

Good question. I too have some questions regarding colors. Like the OSD colors you mentioned. The lap and sector time colors red, yellow, green and purple? On the OSD is green good? On the tire wear display how dark is bad? Green, blue, brown, red wtf? Yes I am new to this F1 game and love it. I have almost forgotten about GT5.👍

 

[Shaggy Alonso]

Guys, it isn't rocket science that a blue engine represents it being cool, which is obviously good. An engine never blew from being too cold to my knowledge. Keep it blue and it shouldn't explode on you.

Likewise with the tyres, if they are blue on the temp indicator they are running cold, if they're green you've got them 'switched on' and are giving their maximum grip.

The tyre degradation info is a bit different - fresh tyres start off clear, then as they get worn they get thicker in colour, eventually turning fully red by the time they're completely knackered.

The timing colours can be a little more complicated and I heavily suspect are bugged anyway. In short, red means you're down on your previous lap, green means you're up on it and purple means you've set the session's best sector/lap for it to turn that colour. However I get a black colour as much as I get red for being slower than the previous lap. Likewise I get a purple colour even though it isn't even a personal best, nevermind session best.

 

[VINCE__]

Thank you Shaggy. That info helped me to clear things up.

 

[bazylfox]

If I may drop two cents from me.

Cold engine is not what you want to have.
In real life cold engine means that motor lubrication isn't as good as it should be.

Every engine has it optimal work temperature. Too cold engine is not lubricated enough and gets more damages from pistons movements. (sorry if i'm using wrong word but i hope you know what i'm talking about)

For example - you absolutely shoudn't make high revs when engine is cold.

Cold brakes won't brake good enough. So is the engine. Cold engine will have worse acceleration and will need more fuel to work.

So... cold is not good nor the tyres nor the brakes, nor the engine.

 

[Mr. S]

Everything should be green imho - as a rule of thumb. It's showing the optimum temperature.

However, your brake discs will obviously overheat quite a bit if you're braking from 350km/h shortly before a hairpin. Yet, I've never had a broken disc. Oh and your engine can stay cold easily if you're not driving too aggressive and / or using the medium / lean mix.

 

[FunkMuffin]

Everything should be green imho - as a rule of thumb. It's showing the optimum temperature.

However, your brake discs will obviously overheat quite a bit if you're braking from 350km/h shortly before a hairpin. Yet, I've never had a broken disc. Oh and your engine can stay cold easily if you're not driving too aggressive and / or using the medium / lean mix.

OK, so now we're getting somewhere. In the first half of my first career season, I've never seen a cool engine warning. Now, at Spa (heavy rain - full wets - medium mix) it pops up two or three times a lap, usually at wide open throttle. Why would that be the case, and how do I keep it up to proper temp in these conditions?

 

[Mr. S]

OK, so now we're getting somewhere. In the first half of my first career season, I've never seen a cool engine warning. Now, at Spa (heavy rain - full wets - medium mix) it pops up two or three times a lap, usually at wide open throttle. Why would that be the case, and how do I keep it up to proper temp in these conditions?

It's not too bad when it's getting a bit cold. The engine will always cool down a bit (same for the brakes discs) when you're driving down a straight, for example. It's nothing to worry about and normal in such conditions. The other drivers / the AI are suffering from the same problem. You can, however, try to warm the engine up my putting a fast lap in between the normal ones. Shouldn't change the overall performance, tho.

 

[acjy1985]

OK, so now we're getting somewhere. In the first half of my first career season, I've never seen a cool engine warning. Now, at Spa (heavy rain - full wets - medium mix) it pops up two or three times a lap, usually at wide open throttle. Why would that be the case, and how do I keep it up to proper temp in these conditions?

Are you sure it is the engine it is alerting you to? I had this happen to me at Spa during the wet but I realised it was actually alerting me to the brakes being cold. It happened at the end of the long straight after Eau Rouge and it then happened again before the final chicane. On all occasions the alert disappeared once I had braked and got the discs nice and warm.

 

[Sach]

Are you sure it is the engine it is alerting you to? I had this happen to me at Spa during the wet but I realised it was actually alerting me to the brakes being cold. It happened at the end of the long straight after Eau Rouge and it then happened again before the final chicane. On all occasions the alert disappeared once I had braked and got the discs nice and warm.

I agree with this. It's likely that your brakes are cold and causing the warning.