Pole position 1 speed

tester007

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Not sure if this is an issue or not...but seems like one..

Just got this cab and got it working great... But when I play a game, I notice that in 1st gear it seems like I max out my speed, because when I shift to high, the engine sound goes down, and speeds up like it should, but the car mph stays the same.... And it doesn't seem like the car gains any more speed... I cannot remember what the top speed is on the speedo, but it seems like it could not go faster in real life (like 200mph or something close).. And I can do the track with the gas pedal pinned and never ever slide or lose control... It squeals a couple times, but I thought it was harder to control at full speed.. I could definitely easily do the lap pinned no problem... This normal or not?
 
I had the same issue when I picked up mine up. It ended up being the pot for the gas pedal was shot.

You could fire it up in test mode (switch inside the coin door) and check the values of the Accel field, should start from 00 and max out between 90 and AO according to the manual once you press the pedal all the way down. If it doesn't hit that then either the pot needs to be replaced or pedal needs to be readjusted.

Also there are dip switches that control the max speed during the game. It looks like to me even if your switches were changed should still hit a max speed of 195 mph.
 
I have to let off the gas on some turns in high gear. Just like I remember when I was a kid playing.
 
I know I am definitely remembering 'some' pp2 stuff since I expected all the tires and things flying when I first crashed..

On this video, it definitely maxes out around 100mph in first gear.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUU_F9TvXco
then after the shift speeds up more..
mine doesn't do this..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATuanhAwHpI

In this video you can see around 35 seconds or so its maxed in first gear, then he shifts and doesn't really gain anymore speed..this is what mine does... First vid is PP1, second is PP2.

I'll go outside to garage and check the tests.. have not done much since rebuilding and tweaking the monitor..
 
Odd... Went into test and pressed the gas pedal and it seems to be working fine altho the first time it was below zero... After pressing it once it seemed to calibrate itself to zero when I took foot off... Now it works fine..
 
sounds like a loose connection in the shifter. That's why it's stuck in 1st gear.
You can go around 200 kph in first gear, but around 340+ in high.
 
its in mph.. it used to hit 200mph+ in first gear.. when I shifted to high the engine went down like it should, but the speedo, and relative speed didnt change... it would max out in first gear.. now first hits 130 or so max until I shift..
 
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