Audi R8 went into limp-home mode!

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Yesterday after returning home from work, I was glad to see that my Minolta Toyota had whipped up on the competition at the Circuit De La Sarthe I 24h endurance race. My Audi R8 was waiting for me in my garage.

Well, I started thrashing it around all different tracks, finally settling on a photo session at the Monaco GP track (Cote d'Azur).

I got a phone call while I was driving, and was on the phone for over an hour. I decided to keep thrashing the car while I talked, eventually getting my lap times down to the 1:20's (without adjusting my setup).

At lap 23, I was approaching the Loew's hairpin (the famous one that the F1 cars take at 30 mph). Coming down the hill to the corner before the hairpin, my car all of a sudden died while braking. I could not accelerate past 2nd gear, about 4000 rpm and 50 mph. I didn't stay in the mode for long, and as soon as I went to another track, I was able to thrash yet again.

My real-life Evo has a similar thing where if you put the wrong fuel in it, the computer will sense the ping and knock and the engine will go into a 'limp-home' mode where you can't rev past a certain limit. That's where I came up with the term in the title.

Has anyone else experienced this? What's the deal? I don't think you can run out of gas in photomode, and if I stopped the car, it accelerated as hard as normal, just up to 50 mph and no more.
 
I dunno, it sure sounds like you ran out of gas. I did once and had to limp back to the pits at 50 mph.
 
Yeah it just sounds like you ran out of fuel.
 
Yes, you ran out of fuel. You don't need to panic.
 
OK...that's weird. I will look again for a fuel gauge. :dunce:

Thanks for putting me at ease, I was hoping that my beloved R8 didn't have some terminal problem that would keep resurfacing over and over again.

Funny that the car can still continue around the track even though it is "out of gas." The "Ultimate Driving Simulator"?? Hmmmm...
 
That was my reaction the first time I had a race where my pit stops had to be timed by fuel instead of tires (so I wasn't used to watching the fuel gauge)(it was the Super Speedway 150miles endurance race, IIRC). The car suddenly slowed down and I'm like what is wrong with this car, they don't have penalties in this mode (or I was wondering if it was a bug where it thought I had entered the pit and was restricting my speed), then I glanced over and noticed the fuel gauge was empty. Oops. :)
 
Warp3
That was my reaction the first time I had a race where my pit stops had to be timed by fuel instead of tires (so I wasn't used to watching the fuel gauge)(it was the Super Speedway 150miles endurance race, IIRC). ***SNIP***
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Same thing happened to me, but I was on the last lap of the that race with about an 8 second lead. :banghead: I was running the tires into the red because I knew if I pitted I'd lose.

Seems like on almost any other race the tires will wear out to an undrivable condition before the fuel runs out.
 
lol, that's pretty neat. I was wondering for myself what would happen if the fuel runs out

can you imagine running out of fuel just soon after passing the finish line of the Ring? oh boy, coasting around the Ring at 50mph is enough to make me cry.

There is only one F1 car in the game? awwww...I was hoping for more than 1 F1 car in the game, like how GT3 had 6 if I recall correctly....I think I should give that prize car list a look, but I don't want to spoil the surprise for myself
 
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can you imagine running out of fuel just soon after passing the finish line of the Ring? oh boy, coasting around the Ring at 50mph is enough to make me cry.
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Speaking of which, when I was running Nurburgring during the 1000 miles race (or more correctly, my B-spec driver was), the car in last place was a Fiat 500F. Well apparently the rev-limiter in the top gear equates to 65mph, because he spent most of the race just cycling between 62-65mph (including the looooong straight). Poor guy. :lol:

There is only one F1 car in the game? awwww...I was hoping for more than 1 F1 car in the game, like how GT3 had 6 if I recall correctly....I think I should give that prize car list a look, but I don't want to spoil the surprise for myself
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There is, indeed, only one "F1" car in GT4 (the Polyphony Digital Formula Gran Turismo, to be precise), but it does still come in several color schemes (with the black one being the prize for 100% completion and the others as prizes for the 24-hour Nurb. endurance race).
 
As stated before, you simply ran out of fuel and 50mph is the fastest you'll be able to "limp home" until you get a chance to pit and refuel.
 
Pingzone
Surely, If you did run out of fuel it would be 'a bit more realistic' if it ran at say .. 10 mph?

50mph seems too fast.....
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i dont think it runs out but switches to the best fuel economy milage (about 55mph) to last what you have got to get to the pit.
 
When i was driving the citroen 2hp it would accelerate out of soem corners, but the ai did, so with old cars you ahve to keep some revs or your engine will stall, but since this Audi R8 isn't that old, and i's limping i would say : Fuel
 

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