Engine blown

[JustKristian]

3 races in a row where i havent bumped any other cars the engine have blown on me for high temp. Its not that i shift late, and i have auto clutch on...
Am i overlooking a basic mistake here or is there a bug?

[DV8ing1]

I've seen this reported too many times now that I'm really unsure if its a bug or not. I've heard others had to restart their sessions and things worked properly again but again not sure. Only time I've blown an engine in the game was when I had minor contact damage on the front end which meant my radiator was busted and the temps were going up even with short shifting.

Could be a bug, might be downshifting too fast. I love the added realism but it definitely needs a look see by the developers to make sure its working properly.

[シェービングフォーム]

I've only been able to blow my BMW M6 engine so far. What car(s) have you tested?

[FHarbor]

R8 LMS Ultra engine blowed up once for me.

[ASR@Feynman]

i blew my ginetta gt4, its a bit of a mystery and a worry

[PEANUT]

stop red lining the engine when changing gears
and when coming down the gears dont slam them down engine willover rev and blow on you

[[ZZ-Trans]Humblesimon(NL)]

Just tested it with an M1 Procar and without overreving and on downshift only in the bottom revs it still runs extremely hot and eventually, after 6 laps or so, it WILL blow. I noticed it before i found this threat and tested it to be sure on my own. Also the grip of some of the cars is horrible (Corvette StingRay is allmost impossible to drive without assists!) but overall a very good and pleasant game, especially with Oculus! (AMD R7 3,8Ghz, 16Gb Ram 3000Mhz and GTX1070)

[tsouxtra]

formula c in monaco blowed up with no damage at all but 140c in the engine
totally wierd

[RianeA3]

Radiator/Bodywork damage?

[HooksGURU]

Open your radiator percentage. You are likely carrying high RPM strain in already warm conditions.

[Wobb the Great and Terrible!!!!!]

In the ginetta I am especially getting this a lot. I have to change gear way early now to avoid it.

I would usually follow the HUD indicator and speedo, that turns red at (what I assume to be) the optimal time to change up. I did that throughout my 200+ hours with project cars 1, without an issue.
Doing that here, especially with the ginetta cars I have driven so far, a ended up with either blown engine, or enine badly damaged. Because the oh so nice and helpful engineer back in the pit gives me a warning the engine is about to blow around 3 seconds before it blows, so it goes no matter what you do. I even had the stupid doofus still be halfway through telling me to come in because the engine is about to blow, and he still kept talking after it blew.

It's nice to have this kind of thing in the game, because no matter how hard I seemed to push cars in the first game I never even got a warning about engine temps, let alone blown the engine completely.
But it need tweaking a bit, at least for some of the cars anyway.

[DRUNK_CANADIAN]

I'd guess hes probably downshifting at high rpms lol.