1.3 Dashboard
Several rows of text are printed along the bottom of the screen to
provide some information about the car, similar to the gauges on a
car's dashboard. You also get some information that you would not
normally see on a dashboard. Here's what is shown, going down the
columns, starting on the left.
- RPM
- The engine speed in revolutions per minute.
- Torque
- The current engine torque in Newton-meters.
- Speed
- The car's speed in kilometers per hour.
- Gear
- The currently selected gear. ‘N’ stands for neutral and
‘R’ is for reverse.
- Slip Ratios
- The slip ratios for each of the tires. A slip ratio is the difference
between the speed of the contact patch and the road moving beneath it,
divided by the speed of the wheel's hub. Rolling without sliding
yields a slip ratio of zero. Locking the wheels results in a slip
ratio of 1. Slip ratios are useful for seeing how close you are to
the limit of adhesion. A slip ratio of 0.1 is usually close to
optimal.
- Fuel
- Amount of fuel remaining in liters.
- Lap Time
- The elapsed time for the current lap.
- Last
- The time taken to complete the previous lap and the difference between
this time and the best time.
- Best
- The shortest lap time so far.
- frame/s
- The current frame rate.
- Sector
- The number of the current timing sector and the elapsed time for that
sector.
- Best
- The best time for the current sector.
- Last Sector
- The time taken to complete the previous sector and the difference
between this time and the best time for that sector.
- Distance
- The distance from the start/finish line in meters.