Why do the cars use the same amount of fuel per lap regardless of your pace?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Squibis
  • 12 comments
  • 975 views
S

Squibis

Messages
116
Messages
Squibis
Mythbusters needed?

Tested in Bspec endurance races, raced a full tank on full red and one on full blue, both ended up pitting on the same lap and needed the same amount to refill.

???

Just something not taken into consideration? Glitch? Or is this how it should actually be?


Any rocket scientist/mathematician/brain surgeons here? :p
 
Maybe B-spec isn't a very good reference? Because the AI pace down by going through the corner slower, but still accelerate in the same manner, full throttle and using all the revs.

I did try to control fuel use online in an endurance race by shortshifting and using generally higher gears, but I didn't came up with any solid results.
 
You'd need to keep the revs down. There are notable differences here and there. I tend to do the "Endurance - Indy 500" race over and over. I used to use the MINOLTA Toyota 88C-V Race car for it. It revs around 8000RPM around the track. Now I use the Redbull X2010 car that revs over 14k RPM. The Toyoda lasted close to 40 laps, and the Redbull car lasted around 25laps.

But of course on road courses they well be more equal due to acceleration and going though gears a lot rather then steady pace of Indy.
 
REDMARIEN
You'd need to keep the revs down. There are notable differences here and there. I tend to do the "Endurance - Indy 500" race over and over. I used to use the MINOLTA Toyota 88C-V Race car for it. It revs around 8000RPM around the track. Now I use the Redbull X2010 car that revs over 14k RPM. The Toyoda lasted close to 40 laps, and the Redbull car lasted around 25laps.

But of course on road courses they well be more equal due to acceleration and going though gears a lot rather then steady pace of Indy.
Click to expand...

its easy to compare different cars' fuel consumption, and yes, they do differ. What OP was referring to was driving the same car at different pace, and the fuel consumption seemed to be the same.
 
Yeah, that doesn't make much sense. Different cars use different fuel, sure ... but fuel conservation is a common tactic in anything beyond a sprint race, so it should be included if it is, in fact, missing.
 
I've been able to do constant 27 lap stints using the X2010 at Indy. The only gripe I have is that the X2010 is NOT a tire eater and every time you pit you must change both tires and fuel the car up. I tried stretching the fuel run to 28 laps and my car ran bone dry.
 
Blitz24
I've been able to do constant 27 lap stints using the X2010 at Indy. The only gripe I have is that the X2010 is NOT a tire eater and every time you pit you must change both tires and fuel the car up. I tried stretching the fuel run to 28 laps and my car ran bone dry.
Click to expand...

Where's your problem with changing the tires? If you come in and just need to refuel, that will take ages longer than changing the tires, and you get fresh tires as well.

And if you don't come in because of the fuel, then chances are you actually want to change the tires, right? :sly:
 
snowgt
Where's your problem with changing the tires? If you come in and just need to refuel, that will take ages longer than changing the tires, and you get fresh tires as well.

And if you don't come in because of the fuel, then chances are you actually want to change the tires, right? :sly:
Click to expand...

My problem is if I'm running a race and the pit stop bug is ever fixed, I want to test the durability of the car on a single set of tires to try and see where the tires finally fall off.
 
BeerBro
its easy to compare different cars' fuel consumption, and yes, they do differ. What OP was referring to was driving the same car at different pace, and the fuel consumption seemed to be the same.
Click to expand...

Yea I know just stating you can do a different pace but if you are still Reving high just in a different gear its still gonna use a lot of fuel. But till they allow us to change each gear rather then just the final gear you aren't gonna be able to change it up much. Unless you run manual and lengthen the gear box so much that the last gear can be used as a cruse. I haven't tried that so dont take my word on if it works or not heh.
 
It does make a difference. I tested in B-Spec 24 Hour Le Mans. 8 laps flat out used 92L, 8 laps taking it easy (blue) used 88. Only 4L but it's still something. Gonna try it in A-Spec with the R10 which is diesel.
 
KyleR
It does make a difference. I tested in B-Spec 24 Hour Le Mans. 8 laps flat out used 92L, 8 laps taking it easy (blue) used 88. Only 4L but it's still something. Gonna try it in A-Spec with the R10 which is diesel.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the info. When I get access to the enduros I will do some testing as well. The most common fuel conservation method is short shifting, so that would be the easiest to try. Should be able to get another few laps in by just shifting a few hundred RPM earlier every time.
 
On Nurburgring 4hr in the Nissan GT-R LM Concept I was getting anything between 62 and 64 litres of fuel based on my pace so I did have slight differences
 
I have seen differences. When doing 5 laps on the ring in karts online the karts run out of fuel early on the fourth lap. We had 5 people racing and the 3 front runners were way ahead (presumably running harder with higher revs) and they ran out of fuel a few minutes earlier than me and the guy in last.
 

Latest Posts

Back