... so far so good and understood.
Along to the questions of
lordpantsington there are still some open questions to me:
In an engine.ini file one will find the following:
Code:
EngineBoostRange=(0, 1, 5)
BoostEffects=(75, 0.103, 11.0) // RPM increase per setting, fuel increase (%) per setting, engine wear rate (%) per setting
My understanding:
+ "EngineBoostRange=(0, 1, 5)"
- this example tells me that this vehicle has 5 Engine Boost Mappings starting with MP1.
+ BoostEffects=(75, 0.103, 11.0)
- First value: Each MP (starting with MP2) will add the amount of the first value relative to the current setup EngineRPM setting value.
Current Setup RPM = 8700 RPM
MP1 = 8700 RPM
MP2 = 8775 RPM
MP3 = 8850 RPM
MP4 = 8925 RPM
MP5 = 9000 RPM
- Second value: Each MP (starting with MP2) will increase fuel usage relative to the original fuel usage
MP1 = +0.000%
MP2 = +0.103%
MP3 = +0.206%
MP4 = +0.309%
MP5 = +0.412%
- Third value: Each MP (starting with MP2) will increase engine wear rate relative to the original engine wear rate
MP1 = +00.0%
MP2 = +11.0%
MP3 = +22.0%
MP4 = +33.0%
MP5 = +44.0%
1st question: When I use MP2 the engine wear rate will be raised to +11.0% e.g. Assuming I stay below the 9000 RPM at all times during a race. With MP1 the normal wear rate is
0.5 second for each second driving the car around the track. Using MP2 adding 11.0% to the "normal" wear rate, would it be:
(0.5s * 1.11%) for each second and I end up with a raised wear rate of
0.555 seconds for each second driving the car around the track, even if I stay below the 9000 RPM at all times ???
2nd question: Is the wear rate of the engine in a PRACTISE SESSION different to the wear rate in a RACE SESSION ???
During my research regarding rFactor engine wear rate calculations I stumbled over the formula shown in the picture:
View attachment 2908
Can someone confirm this to be a valid equation?
Looking at the UNITS of the values in the RPM equation the result is a RPM value ... can someone explain what those RPM are mend to be !?!?
Thanks in advance !!!
Cheers
Frank