Many of us are familiar with the below data, yet maybe a few aren't so here it stays for everyone; engine mapping for
GT2:
The engine life value is just one of the variables that commands the engine durability in game, perhaps the most important (i
n this case it shown the LifetimeEngineRPM in-game variable that together with LifetimeOilTemp, LifetimeAvg, LifetimeVar dictate the engine starting durability).
What is its practical use?..
Well if you stay below/near that
rpm (
and the engine isn't too hot), in game you will manage to get the maximum distance/time of that same engine (
as everything, the end will come 
).
So this means one has to be all times below/near that
rpm?..
No.
However, if you do it, likely your car would do 6hrs+ event without a problem...
Since this is an only about 3hrs event; yes you guessed it, it is all about management. Go above to get that extra hp at a given circumstance, save the engine at other times for potential opportunities.
For those of you who like the information even more "chewed"; keep engine oil temperature below/near "hot" (want a value? 95ºC), avoid gearbox engine braking that will take the car above the life time variable (like many do in sprint races and this is the main engine killer in long distance races) and avoid long periods above that same rpm value.
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I see that there are yet 3 places to take in the GT2 server... 3
Fiat are up to take...:tongue:
First the mod... the mod is very easy to install and it doesn't conflict with anything I know about.
Is it "real"?.. Well, both cars exhibit behaviors typical of what was/is expected/known of them in RL. But... yes, there are some problems/shortcomes... but one thing is sure, it is fun and not too farfetched.:wink:
The 430 is the quickest... in a direct few laps contest, the 430 virtual racer has a quicker machine than the 997 one. Has everything there is a trade-of, the nervous nature of the virtual 430 engine mapping, plays against it in endurance racing. Although the 430 surely can be a winner at an endurance event (after all it is quicker), its own engine nature invites engine "burn" easier than with the 997.
So don't be "afraid" to take those last
430, as in every endurance event, it is all about
consistency, brain and some luck (
or lack of bad luck as you wish:wink
.
If a 430 virtual racer is given a 50% engine health at start, he is in for a calm but not lost race.
If he gets the "jackpot", a 100% health engine start, together with some management, he has the race in its hands since he has the quickest car and some room to manage the engine over the about 3hrs.
A final "word" for the
997... although a bit slower over a few laps, with its endurance friendlier engine mapping the things might be more pointed to a sure arrival at the end. But it isn't all easy, far from it... The
997 with its nice
Porsche physics (
RWD, rear engine), will be "fun" after a few laps, specially if the tarmac temperature is high. It will be a
Zen exercise
not to light-up the rear of the 997 in a few corners... although one has to admit that it is fun (
to light the rear that is)
cheers,
