I often watched the grand tour and Richard Hammond does it, to increase the car specs. How does that work? I know mechanics do it. But surely the manufacturer would put it on highest specs anyway? Or not?
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Modern car engines are controlled by computer chips.
It’s like the graphics settings in a video game. If the graphics are set to “Low” you’ll have chunky, lower resolution, pixely graphics, but probably a great frame rate. You can change the graphics settings to to “High” to get pretty, higher resolution, photorealistic graphics. Upping the resolution settings might give you better graphics, but at the expense of frame rate. Changing the settings changes the experience.
Same thing with your car’s “settings” in the computer that runs it. The “default setting” in your car’s computer might optimize for gas mileage over, say, a fuel mix that would result in more engine power. A richer fuel mix might give the engine more power, but at the expense of gas mileage. Changing the settings changes the experience.
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