When do you change the oil?

  • Thread starter Thread starter turismoslayer
  • 31 comments
  • 1,979 views
turismoslayer

turismoslayer

Messages
550
United States
Newport Beach, CA
Messages
TurismoSlayer
Ive tried search but on the app search is utterly useless.

Specifically on new cars, should you wait until after engine break in? Or should it be done right away? I've been driving my cars until the hp and pp gain stops then I change the oil. Is this necessary or is it the same cause and effect by changing it at 0km/m?
 
First time do it right away then i change when the light comes on during a race
 
DurWinning
First time do it right away then i change when the light comes on during a race
Click to expand...

This is correct, but you should change the oil again every 200 miles or so. The change oil light doesn't come on until much later than this.
 
Depends. If its a car I use for the GT TT's, I don't. The dirtier, the better. Otherwise, once when I buy the car, then every 200 miles or so.
 
Collectively, I have around 1000 cars. I think I've changed the oil on around 100 of them, once.

I'm not a serious racer/driver so I don't worry about it. :)
 
Hyped
This is correct, but you should change the oil again every 200 miles or so. The change oil light doesn't come on until much later than this.
Click to expand...

That's with conventional oil...

...I use synthetics, and can go 205.
 
Make sure you're using the high mileage oil if the car has over 75,000 miles too.
 
You can do it when ever you want.
 
ZohsixGT5
Make sure you're using the high mileage oil if the car has over 75,000 miles too.
Click to expand...
But most importantly is to use the year-round oil, its best for summer and winter temps.
 
Thanks for the replies. Very helpful and funny. Does the car net more on hp and pp gain when doing the oil change right away?
 
The gains you get will decrease with the mileage you put on the car, but I think you will get a net gain.
 
Last edited:
In pp racing is it beneficial to change oil or run it dirty?
 
PapaGnr
The gains you get will decrease with the mileage you put on the car, but I think you will get a net gain.
Click to expand...

Cool. I knew about the decrease as the mileage increased. I'll have to compare the two methods and see which is superior. Always going for the best.
 
If you are trying to meet a certain PP requirement, the dirtier the oil (the more miles on the car with no oil change at all) the better. The less weight you have too add, the less you have to power limit, etc to meet the PP regs if running a high PP car. Case in point, my 2J which almost all of the top 20 was using a couple of time trials ago. That car has about 18,000 miles on it and is far faster than a normal 2j at 500 or 550 PP, don't remember what PP the TT was. But anyway, you get the idea.
 
KB18FAN
Run it dirty, just like I said earlier.
Click to expand...

Is this for the performance difference bonus? Or more of a guilty pleasure.
 
Last edited:
^
Just trying to be funny. Read your last post after this.
 
Since these aren't real cars there is never really any need to ever change the oil since no damage will be done to the engine. The only reason you would want to change the oil is to maintain the cars maximum horse power. The engine wil begin to loose HP well before the oil light comes on.

Once you are unable to regain peak HP through oil changes then it is time to rebuild the engine.
 
Change the oil as soon as you get the car, then after than every time it would raise the HP and PP.
Once you are unable to regain peak HP through oil changes then it is time to rebuild the engine.
Once you are unable to regain peak HP through engine rebuilds then it is time to use restoration tickets.
 
I change mine as soon as I get it, I may not drive it for a while, and I hate that oil light right after the race starts.
And after maybe 15 laps on the X Track, I`ll go to the shop and check if there`s an advantage or not.
Generally speaking, I have a backup veh. for if I`m on-line and don`t want to leave the room.
 
gamerdog6482
Change the oil as soon as you get the car, then after than every time it would raise the HP and PP.
Once you are unable to regain peak HP through oil changes then it is time to rebuild the engine.
Once you are unable to regain peak HP through engine rebuilds then it is time to use restoration tickets.
Click to expand...

How long is it roughly before you're 'forced' to rebuild the engine and use a restoration ticket?
I'm pretty sure (a very long time ago), when I used to use my Veyron alot to complete the 'Story Mode', it got majorly abused, to the point where I felt a serious lack in performance. So obviously I changed the oil, then took the hint and rebuilt the Engine. That fixed it; and basically, my point is, it must take an extremely long time for it to get to the point where using a restoration ticket is neccesary.
 
It differs car to car, I know my X2011 took about 250,000 miles before it lost 1HP that it couldn't get back. So, you have to drive it a LOT.
 
gamerdog6482
It differs car to car, I know my X2011 took about 250,000 miles before it lost 1HP that it couldn't get back. So, you have to drive it a LOT.
Click to expand...
250,000mi., are you serious?
According to some quick calulation, it would take 31 days of continuos 24hr driving at 330 mph in the X2011 to accomplish that much milage.
Now I know you didn`t do that, but that`s a lot of miles.
 
What I did was do all of the B-Spec enduros, than I did Suzuka 9hrs. like 40 more times, than about 12 A-Spec races with t, including the Indy 500.
 
So this B-Spec racing, you just turn it on and let the car drive itself?
Not my cup of tea...
 
With the X2011? Yes. For most other cars? No. I mastered B-Spec back when I completed my second GT4 save only racing B-Spec (Golded every race), and I must say it's an art.
 
gamerdog6482
Change the oil as soon as you get the car, then after than every time it would raise the HP and PP.
Once you are unable to regain peak HP through oil changes then it is time to rebuild the engine.
Once you are unable to regain peak HP through engine rebuilds then it is time to use restoration tickets.
Click to expand...

Great answer. I always thought engine rebuild and the restoration tickets were the same and have never used my tickets due to the fact I thought they were. Also since engine rebuild is relatively inexpensive.
 
turismoslayer
Great answer. I always thought engine rebuild and the restoration tickets were the same and have never used my tickets due to the fact I thought they were. Also since engine rebuild is relatively inexpensive.
Click to expand...

Depends on the car. Rebuild will ALWAYS be half of the cars value new, the only exception is if the car is over 1,000,000, as the cost locks at 500,000. If I rebuilt the engine and restored the chassis on my X2011 it would cost 1,000,000Cr.
 
Yep I'd use engine rebuild tickets just to save money on the cars that cost near 500,000 to rebuild. Not that the money is tough to get, but you have the tickets so you might as well use them and that's their most efficient use.

The full restoration tickets are best only used on cars that have gone so far that even rebuilding the engine doesn't get it all back and that you want to keep. In most cases I'd think that would be just for used cars with tons of miles and for cars used for major grinding in the good old days before megabucks seasonals. Some people also probably use them for chasing that lost 1hp, that's up to them of course. I suppose they are good for permanently degraded chassis as well, but that's a bit tougher to quantify and if what I've read is correct it takes longer than it does for the engine to permanently degrade.

In general, full restoration tickets should really only be used on cars you can't get back, either special downloaded cars or cars that came with a special edition of the game, or for standards that you like and are difficult to find again.

I'm still waiting for the oil light to come on in my street 2010 Camaro, been at about 3,000 miles for a while. But driving about that far in the 24 hours of le Mans didn't turn it on so I don't know how much farther I have to go and I don't drive that car as much as I once did.

And I STILL haven't used up all my oil change and car wash tickets. :b
 
I change my oil after every 5 races. This does not include the endurance races, I change the oil after everyone of those. I guess I still have the race car mechanic stuck in my brain. On RL race cars you rebuild the engine after every race but it is not necessary in GT. I do think keeping the oil changed does keep your engine at it's peak HP longer than not changing at all others seem to do. Basically to each his own. Seriously an oil change is only 250 cr. so if you just won a half mil cr. in a race I don't see the big deal about spending 250 cr. for an oil change. I run 2 different games and my Steath GT500 has close to 10,0000 miles on it and I have changed the oil regularly and it has not lost 1 HP. So to me by keeping the oil changed seems to make the engine last longer before a rebuild is necessary. I haven't used up all my oil change tickets either. Just used a few at the beginning of the new new game.

When you run seasonals you gain so many credits per race I don't worry about 250 cr. for an oil change. So I guess just change the oil when you feel like it. As I said earlier to each his own.
 
Back