Why does my F40 weight 1352 kilos?

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At the dealership it weighs 1100 kilos. In real life it weights 1100 kilos (2425 lbs)

in my garage and when I drive it it weighs 1352 kilos (2980 lbs)


That's 20% more weight than it should have..... that's a huge screw up.
 
That doesn't include fluids (fuel, hydraulic reservoirs - LOTS, water), gas for the tyres (the F40 was one of the first supercars to use the F1 'heavy' gasses) or the driver.

As ever - especially with sportscars - the 'dry' weight is extremely optimistic!
 
TenEightyOne
That doesn't include fluids (fuel, hydraulic reservoirs - LOTS, water), gas for the tyres (the F40 was one of the first supercars to use the F1 'heavy' gasses) or the driver.

As ever - especially with sportscars - the 'dry' weight is extremely optimistic!
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This.

There's quite a difference between a car's dry weight (which you're going to see in the dealership) and the car's kerb weight (which is what you're going to put up with while racing).
 
I have the same problem with my Mini :crazy:

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Luminis
This.

There's quite a difference between a car's dry weight (which you're going to see in the dealership) and the car's kerb weight (which is what you're going to put up with while racing).
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I don't see why PD should bother modeling weight and fluids for this specific car when they don't bother doing so for any other car that they took the dry weight for (like the Lambos). And they really shouldn't list the dry weight in the car purchase screen and then dump the curb weight on you when you actually buy it.
 
Not surprising that Ferrari and whoever is a fan to go for the dry weight figure when reviewing it, while not explaining it fully.

PD probably recognised this and put the correct weight. Some car makers go to extreme lengths to keep weight down. In reading the McLaren F1 book Driving Ambition, it tells of the struggle to keep the F1 at 1000kgs, but they just couldn't do it, even with a full titanium exhaust unit.

And a little something from the pistonheads website about the new McLaren-

"Reducing weight is an obsession at McLaren, borne of the principles that have driven McLaren’s racing teams to more motorsport success than any other: recent developments have lowered the MonoCell’s weight further to below 80 kilos, whilst continued lightweight engineering supports McLaren Automotive’s plans to launch the 12C at a lighter dry weight than any competitor at around 1300 kilos.

McLaren Automotive is aiming for the 12C to be at least 75 kilos lighter than its nearest competitor and a long list of further lightweight solutions highlights the 12C’s introduction as a new type of sports car, driven by McLaren Automotive’s obsessive attention-to-detail. Examples include:

* Standard composite brake system of forged aluminium and cast iron is lighter than the optional carbon-ceramic brake system, saving five kilos
* Low-weight Lithium-Ion battery saves 10kgs
* Lightweight magnesium structural beam supports the dashboard
* Small, twin-turbocharged V8 engine delivers 600PS from 3.8-litre capacity
* Rear mounted engine cooling radiators minimise the pipework, the fluids contained within them, and therefore weight. They were also mounted in car line to minimise vehicle width and weight.
* Hexagonal aluminium wiring saves four kilos over circular wiring."
 
drago6817
At the dealership it weighs 1100 kilos. In real life it weights 1100 kilos (2425 lbs)

in my garage and when I drive it it weighs 1352 kilos (2980 lbs)


That's 20% more weight than it should have..... that's a huge screw up.
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Fuel? tuning parts?
 
Jay
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Reports on the real weight vary quite a lot.
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Thats the GVWR sticker, meaning the maximum the car is allowed to carry with full passengers and luggage. If you go take a look at your car in the driveway it will be much higher than what your car weighs, for instance a miata gvwr sticker is like 2900lbs but the car only weighs ~2400

That picture actually proves the car is less than 1352 kilos because if it weren't no one would be able to drive it with a passenger unless they were both anorexic without exceeding the gvwr. It's usually at least 300 lbs higher than the car weight and usually 4-500

I'm not buying the curb weight thing, 1100 was the curb weight and besides that there's no way fluids weigh 500 lbs unless you're using lead as oil.

Additionally every other car in the game i've come across the driving weight is the same as the garage/dealership weight.
 
drago6817
Thats the GVWR sticker, meaning the maximum the car is allowed to carry with full passengers and luggage. If you go take a look at your car in the driveway it will be much higher than what your car weighs, for instance a miata gvwr sticker is like 2800lbs but the car only weighs ~2400

That picture actually proves the car is less than 1352 kilos because if it weren't no one would be able to drive it without exceeding the gvwr.

I'm not buying the curb weight thing, 1100 was the curb weight and besides that there's no way fluids weigh 500 lbs unless you're using lead as oil.

Additionally every other car in the game i've come across the driving weight is the same as the garage/dealership weight.
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It doesn't specify what the weights are but you are probably right, over here we call it GVM and it clearly lists it.
 

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