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One small thing I’ve noticed is that, for all but one vehicle, the highest speed shown on the speedometer is able to be reached with the upgraded engine and turbo.

However, for the Lamborghini Countach, the speedometer actually undershoots what the car is truly capable of. You’ll notice that the Countach’s engine keeps revving higher and higher while the speedometer stays pinned at 400KPH. You’re clearly going faster than 400KPH, but it’s impossible to tell by how much you’re going over.

Is there any means to get the true speed of the vehicle in this case? And, more importantly, would you be comfortable adjusting the Countach’s speedometer to make it accurate to the speed that the car can actually attain?

Sk1ds75 days ago(+1)

That's an interesting case. I'll look into it tonight. Does the tachometer go past redline when that happens?

The speedometer's max value is calculated based on the max rpm of the engine, and the highest gear (and size of the wheels.)

openroadracer74 days ago

The tach keeps rising even as the speedometer goes past 400KPH. I don’t think it maxes out the tach. It certainly goes into the red zone, though.

Sk1ds74 days ago(+1)

Then it's probably a coincidence. The calculation rounds up the result to the nearest exponent of 20, but it doesn't take anything above redline into consideration, because you're not supposed to go into the red zone. You can, thanks to the fact that the turbo disables the rev limiter. So the top speed of the upgraded Countach is probably slightly below 400 without the turbo, so once you use the turbo, it goes faster than 400.

I'll add a bit of buffer to the max rpm in the calculation. That should increase the top speed on the speedometer.

openroadracer74 days ago

The thing about this is that the Corvette goes all the way to 440KPH, and the DX40 goes all the way to 420. But, without boosting, these three cars(Countach included) tend to run at about 360KPH or so.

openroadracer72 days ago (1 edit)

Yeah, just from some recent playing with a fully upgraded Countach, I can go well above 400KPH. It almost maxes out the tachometer to 9000RPM.

I was seeing this on the “Cruising” course, both the first and last segments, and probably others along the way. The fully upgraded Countach is a lot faster than you’re giving it credit for.

And all this is with full assists: automatic transmission, anti-lock brakes, traction control, the whole nine yards. I’d presume much faster is possible if you turn assists off?

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