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What exactly is the powerband and how does one determine it for a specific car?
Powerband?
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- GTP_Kent
Well that is a really good question.
Basically, the power-band reffers to the entire range of the tachometer. (from idle to max rpm)
What you probably want to know is, where is the most power in my power-band?
Since the power-band is never really mentioned in the stats about a car, the car's peak hp is mentioned with a specific rpm that the hp is achieved at. However, sometimes even that stat is off since many cars in the game continue developing hp past the initial redline.
Basically, the power-band on most cars is between the mid-range rpm and the peak hp rpm.
When trying to figure out the power-band of a car, I would suggest trying a technique where you use different shift points.
Try shifting early and late, if either one comes out to be faster on a drag strip test, then you've got a start as to where you should shift, and that's why you would wanna know your power-band... so you know where to shift.
I hope I came close to saying what I meant to, but at the moment Im in a rush... so if this is still here when I get back from my exam I will try to make the concept clear. (even more so than this attempt.)
Great question though.
Basically, the power-band reffers to the entire range of the tachometer. (from idle to max rpm)
What you probably want to know is, where is the most power in my power-band?
Since the power-band is never really mentioned in the stats about a car, the car's peak hp is mentioned with a specific rpm that the hp is achieved at. However, sometimes even that stat is off since many cars in the game continue developing hp past the initial redline.
Basically, the power-band on most cars is between the mid-range rpm and the peak hp rpm.
When trying to figure out the power-band of a car, I would suggest trying a technique where you use different shift points.
Try shifting early and late, if either one comes out to be faster on a drag strip test, then you've got a start as to where you should shift, and that's why you would wanna know your power-band... so you know where to shift.
I hope I came close to saying what I meant to, but at the moment Im in a rush... so if this is still here when I get back from my exam I will try to make the concept clear. (even more so than this attempt.)
Great question though.
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Thanks for trying, but I'm still at a loss.
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- GTP_Kent
Ok, well basically, "powerband" is a term you really don't even need to worry about.
Usually when it is used, it is only as a refference to the rpm range that a car gets its best power.
There really isn't even a need for the word powerband... for example, take the context that the word is used in.
"This car has a wide powerband." = "This car makes good power throughout the entire rpm range."
You know what... just forget it... there is really no way for me to word this so my point is made.
The bottom line, "powerband" is a word for car junkies to use when describing how strong a car is.
And just so you know, powerband is not in a dictionary, it is not in a car's manual and it is obviously something that I can not describe.
Good luck with this one and sorry I couldn't really help.
Usually when it is used, it is only as a refference to the rpm range that a car gets its best power.
There really isn't even a need for the word powerband... for example, take the context that the word is used in.
"This car has a wide powerband." = "This car makes good power throughout the entire rpm range."
You know what... just forget it... there is really no way for me to word this so my point is made.
The bottom line, "powerband" is a word for car junkies to use when describing how strong a car is.
And just so you know, powerband is not in a dictionary, it is not in a car's manual and it is obviously something that I can not describe.
Good luck with this one and sorry I couldn't really help.
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Drift on...
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- GTP_Duke
I'll add a little information that may make it clearer.
You may have seen dynomometer charts, or "dyno graphs" with several lines showing horsepower and torque graphed against engine RPM. Here's one from a turbocharged Neon:
As Kent said, the power band is technically the whole range of rpm that the engine will run, from zero till redline. But typically, "power band" is used to refer to the range or "band" of rpm where the engine makes the majority of its peak power.
In this example, you can see that Nemo's Neon peaks at 200 wheel horespower, right around 6900 rpm. But it's making well over 175 hp anywhere from 5500 rpm up to redline. So you'd say the "power band" was 5500-7000 rpmm, because the curve of the graph is pretty flat, meaning it's making nearly full power throughout that entire range of rpm.
Make sense?
You may have seen dynomometer charts, or "dyno graphs" with several lines showing horsepower and torque graphed against engine RPM. Here's one from a turbocharged Neon:
As Kent said, the power band is technically the whole range of rpm that the engine will run, from zero till redline. But typically, "power band" is used to refer to the range or "band" of rpm where the engine makes the majority of its peak power.
In this example, you can see that Nemo's Neon peaks at 200 wheel horespower, right around 6900 rpm. But it's making well over 175 hp anywhere from 5500 rpm up to redline. So you'd say the "power band" was 5500-7000 rpmm, because the curve of the graph is pretty flat, meaning it's making nearly full power throughout that entire range of rpm.
Make sense?
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Good job neon, that graph added an element to your reply that my replies were sorely lacking.
But I do like the fact that after it was said and done, I was correct in my assessment of powerband and you served to support that.
Anyway, with your post, I would say this is over
Hope the question about powerband was answered.
But I do like the fact that after it was said and done, I was correct in my assessment of powerband and you served to support that.
Anyway, with your post, I would say this is over
Hope the question about powerband was answered.
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I really hope GT4 ships with diagnostic tools to take the guesswork out of tuning...
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GT2 had the dyno graphs, I can't believe they did not have it in GT3! It is so useful to find cars with the best use of power. In fact, the power band is the sole reason for the Subaru 360's extreme slowness in GT2. It had almost no power until 5000 RPM where the power would shoot almost straight up to the max and hold to the red, which was 7000. SO for that car starting off was a problem and you needed to keep the revs UP to accelerate (so many people complained in other GT2 forums about this apparent lack of acceleration...).
