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GPL: using the telltale indicator

6 posts by 6 people · 16 Dec 1998 - 17 Dec 1998

i can see what the telltale (the extra red arm on the tacho) does, and i know how to reset it, but, what use is it to the driver? ta, martin. --
> i can see what the telltale (the extra red arm on the tacho) > does, and i know how to reset it, but, what use is it to the > driver? Please, tell us how you reset it ? Has anybody noticed that: Randomly during the race the display and the sound have a short gap and the red arm is reseted. Gilles
NanaKofi 16 Dec 1998#440465
If you've redlined it once, I use it as reference point on when to shift (usually a couple hundred rpm earlier so not to wear my engine).
Holding shift and then pressing T on the keyboard will reset the tell tale. For me, the telltale is a way to see how close the engine is to my shift point without having to stare at the tach. Adios, Ryan Kocher
Quoted text (12 lines)> > i can see what the telltale (the extra red arm on the tacho) > > does, and i know how to reset it, but, what use is it to the > > driver? > Please, tell us how you reset it ? > Has anybody noticed that: > Randomly during the race the display and the sound have a short gap and > the red arm is reseted. > Gilles
Schlomo4 16 Dec 1998#440467
At the beginning of a session i rev the engine all the way to get the tell-tale to the max rpms and i just shift before it.
I've actually created new tachos for each car in GPL that indicates the redline. Well what I think the redline is from the maximum power outputs from the car stats page. All I've done is painted a white marker on the dial where the redline should be. Just as if a driver stuck some masking tape to the dial. It's nothing very attractive or artistic but it does the job, I don't blow up engines now. I've made a utility to update the car .dat files yet. But if anyone who owns a GPL web page wants the updated car .dat files they're welcome to them. Just so you know I will not email the dat files to anyone who doesn't own a web page. Rob Yates. TPTCC entrant SS Motorsports. Found in the Land of OZ http://users.netcon.net.au/ryates/index.htm

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