Has the tachometer stopped working for someone?

[eiriksmil]

Hello,

The reason why I asked this is because my timer one day decided to take a break. The fastest laps weren't recorded, so I got times from lap 1 as best, even though I had 2 seconds better laps now. It's now cured, and I believe it's due to PS2 starting to fault on the reading, or the disc itself, possibly needs a clean.

However, what bugged me, was that it's a lot more logical that the whole game won't load, than that something stops working. It did, and I now wonder, have anything stopped for you, tacho, speedo, odometer, anything? Just a thought I had.


Eirik

 

[JTSnooks]

No, mine works fine. However, the timer has nothing to do with the tachometer, so maybe you should've said "lap timer" in your thread topic.

 

[Pagan_2k]

I've had the lap timer stop working a few times, no idea why though -it just doesnt start when you go over the line. When I exit and go back into the track its usually ok.

 

[Dark Elite]

This has happened to me once or twice. The first time I noticed it was in my Audi R8 at Laguna Seca, the timer would start but it would not register split times or count the lap on the 'Best Lap' or 'Session Record' counters. However, it would reset the ghost if I ran a faster lap.

It was nothing to do with disc reading or anything of the sort, though. It's never happened to me outside of Laguna Seca, either. It is rather annoying in an OLR qualifying session, though

As JTSnooks says, by the way, the tachometer is the 'rev counter'. The 'timer' is the chronometer, if you want to be technical

DE

 

[JTSnooks]

You forgot the "r", DE

 

[red70mach1]

Sorry, I can't recall that happening to me.

 

[MRslider]

This has happened to me once or twice. The first time I noticed it was in my Audi R8 at Laguna Seca, the timer would start but it would not register split times or count the lap on the 'Best Lap' or 'Session Record' counters. However, it would reset the ghost if I ran a faster lap.

It was nothing to do with disc reading or anything of the sort, though. It's never happened to me outside of Laguna Seca, either. It is rather annoying in an OLR qualifying session, though

As JTSnooks says, by the way, the tachometer is the 'rev counter'. The 'timer' is the chonometer, if you want to be technical

DE

You can't run in to the pit exit lane on the front strait...

 

[eiriksmil]

No, mine works fine. However, the timer has nothing to do with the tachometer, so maybe you should've said "lap timer" in your thread topic.

I would have written lap timer if that was what I wondered about
I just thought the tachometer/rev counter might be affected also, or maybe the odometer, if anyone had experienced that.
It's only happening on the Seca. Weird. Oh, and it's hard to be a Norwegian sometimes.


Eirik

 

[Philly]

I do remember this happening on another track. Not sure if I was in arcade mode or GT running @ a specific track. I was a little curious as well. There is a faint possibility that it was during a race when this occurred, but I'm not sure...

 

[bjb]

It's happen to me once in the first race in the DTM where the timer works for one lap, after that half way it resets it self beeps and the word
( START ) pops up like that.
That's a good way to off put the people you race in two play.

 

[Dimitrov]

Btw, a tachometer measures speed of anything.

taco = speed
meter = measurement

Not just about revs, like DE said that JT said

 

[Philly]

Btw, a tachometer measures speed of anything.

taco = speed
meter = measurement

I'm sure you mean "tacho = speed."

Those things you get at mexican restaurants are certainly not that fast

 

[Dark Elite]

You forgot the "r", DE

You know, I thought it looked a little different... That explains why Thanks!

You can't run in to the pit exit lane on the front strait...

Why is that relevant? I didn't mention anything of the sort in my post.

Dimitrov is indeed correct, but as far as cars are concerned the word tachometer concentrates on engine speed, IE RPM. If we were talking about trucks, we would also have a tachometer disc which measures speed and time travelled. Technically speaking, the speedometer is also a tachometer, but to distinguish between measuring movement speed and engine speed we give them different names in cars.

I've never seen any of the 'dashboard instruments' break on me, all that's happened is that Californian timekeeper getting it wrong if the odometer reset itself and reset engine wear at the same time, that would be a nice glitch

DE

 

[Dimitrov]

I'm sure you mean "tacho = speed."

Those things you get at mexican restaurants are certainly not that fast

Yes, that was a typo

tachos = speed, metron = measure

 

[GT40 MKII]

works fine for me

 

[94_XJ]

taco = speed

No kidding! Those things shoot straight through me.




Sorry, couldn't resist.

 

[FuzzyDogSlayer]

I seem to have a rather stranger problem with Bob (the B-Spec driver) sometimes, he'll just randomly start my races even though I selected A-Spec and then he'll not drive and let the car roll into the first obstacle that approaches it (i.e. a a barrier). However, if I restart, the problem seems to have vanished.

Has anyone else had a similar/same problem?