VTEC is a Honda system design to alter valve timing on the fly automatically by the system.
Why would it 'kick in'? It's working all the time, from low rev's to high it's constantly adjusting for the best valve timing.
VTEC is a Honda system design to alter valve timing on the fly automatically by the system.
Why would it 'kick in'? It's working all the time, from low rev's to high it's constantly adjusting for the best valve timing.
This is in newer hondas i-vtech systems where it does that. The old ones from the 90's have a cross over point (typically 5500rpms) when it switches to the high cam profile and starts screaming like a banshee.
OP no I have not noticed any old vtech sounds or boost. On another note, you do not notice this in force inducted cars either. Power delivery in the game is generally linear since well...you cannot transmit the feel of g-forces to the user.
I hate it when people call it the "VTEC." It's called variable timing and lots of engines have it, not just hondas. My moms Cadillac station wagon(crossover) has it.
I'm pretty sure you wouldn't notice it much outside of first gear. The whole point of variable timing is daily driving + performance. If you are always keeping your motor at high rpm it makes no difference.
Edit: I know what you mean by kick in. My buddy has a Prelude and it advances the timing at a certain rpm and you can feel it kick in.
I wish there was a way to make the power band less linear and more peaky with certain cars. I wish my real STi had the same linear pull from low rev power that my GT5 one has.
Turbo (and VTEC if you want to call it that way) lag isn't modeled very accurately.
I hate it when people call it the "VTEC." It's called variable timing and lots of engines have it, not just hondas. My moms Cadillac station wagon(crossover) has it.
It may have variable valve timing, but it doesn't have VTEC for the very simple reason that VTEC is the Honda version of it - Variable Valve Timing and Electronic Lift Control. If it's called VTEC, it's only on a Honda.
Yes, VTEC kicks in y0 (time 4-5krpm, 5-6krpm and 6-7krpm). No, without the "kick" you get in reality, you won't notice it. Yes, it has been in all previous GT games, but people complain that it hasn't because they either don't hear it as clearly as reality or they don't feel it. Yes, I had a VTEC-equipped car in the real world - the Accord Type-R - so I have the experience to comment.
