I'm doing a private test in the GT86 GT4, its overheating after about 5 laps.
I'll try to do another set of laps, short shifting, see if I get different result.
This car does also have the option to turn the boost down, but having already raced online against the other GT4 cars, turning down the boost would would make it very slow.
Can someone give a brief explanation as to why an engine blows? I know in flight sims I open and close my water and oil radiators depending on temps if I push the plane too hard.
1. What will cause my car to overheat? I know late shifting but what else? What about downshifts?
2. If my engine starts to overheat, what do I do about it?
3. How do you figure out how open/closed your radiator should be?
Red lining on upshift does damage. Most race cars have shift lights in the cockpit. If you're not in cockpit view, you won't see them. The "shift indicator" that comes up on the HUD Tachometer is not as accurate as the shift lights in the cockpit.
Some cars, like the C7R GTE, you don't even want to take to the redline, as you get more acceleration by shifting earlier, as indicated by the lights on steering wheel.
Downshifting is the really big one though. Rapid fire downshifting will cook the engine real quick. You can get away with doing it on a quali lap, or for extra braking force during a late lunge to pass someone, but for regular race pace, you want to avoid banging the revs off the limiter on downshifting.
) but I don't know why I would be overheating the engine.
