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Old Sep 1, 2015 | 08:43 AM
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Unhappy GT4 with no G-Force Display

I did not order the Sport Chrono / Track App. My GT4 did not come with a G force display. In the Technik on page 96 it says the G-force display comes standard on all GT4's.



I got this info from another site/person full disclosure. As of yet no one has any info.
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Old Sep 1, 2015 | 08:47 AM
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It would be nice if this could be fixed at the dealer via a software update. What are the chances I wonder?!

If enough people complain, maybe they will do something about it.
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Old Sep 1, 2015 | 08:59 AM
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I do not have Sport Crono and I do not have "Gforce" and "Gear shift assistance" displays .....
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Old Sep 1, 2015 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Ochocoronas
I did not order the Sport Chrono / Track App. My GT4 did not come with a G force display. In the Technik on page 96 it says the G-force display comes standard on all GT4's.



I got this info from another site/person full disclosure. As of yet no one has any info.
When you jump from item to item with the lower right lever, does it go from TPMS to Performance, without showing Gearshift assistant and G-Force between?

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Old Sep 1, 2015 | 09:33 AM
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These are the only options given.... nothing else. To answer your question. Yes it goes right to performance.
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Old Sep 1, 2015 | 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Ochocoronas


These are the only options given.... nothing else. To answer your question. Yes it goes right to performance.
Mine is the same. Does anyone not have PDK and actually have the g meter, or is it just a manual misprint?
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Old Sep 1, 2015 | 10:31 AM
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Mine is the same. Does anyone not have PDK and actually have the g meter, or is it just a manual misprint?
Are you referring to a GT4 or A 981C ? This problem is only on the GT4.
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Old Sep 1, 2015 | 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Ochocoronas
Are you referring to a GT4 or A 981C ? This problem is only on the GT4.
GT4. Sorry - meant 'Sport Chrono' not 'PDK'. I'm just haunted by PDK right now...
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Old Sep 1, 2015 | 10:51 AM
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Yeah, I'd consider this a software defect that Porsche should fix.
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Old Sep 1, 2015 | 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by d00d
Yeah, I'd consider this a software defect that Porsche should fix.
Thanks for bringing this up! As it was your OP I used from another site. I wanted to get this info to as many people as possible to try and resolve this. The G-Force display is the only one I wanted and was disappointed not to see it .
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Old Sep 1, 2015 | 11:52 AM
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It's not very useful anyway. You aren't going to be looking at the gauge when you are at the limit. It holds peak G, but it's not useful info because it's transient peak, not sustained.
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Originally Posted by Ochocoronas
Thanks for bringing this up! As it was your OP I used from another site. I wanted to get this info to as many people as possible to try and resolve this. The G-Force display is the only one I wanted and was disappointed not to see it .
G-Force display is one of those things that sounds cool, but if it's doing anything interesting, your eyes had better be focused on the road rather than the instrument cluster, which kind of defeats the point.
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Old Sep 1, 2015 | 02:11 PM
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I'd be more interested in the shift indicator, although the g-force meter is nice for seeing how hard you threw it in the corners!
The point here though is that some of us here feel cheated because Porsche did a poor job of communicating what Sport Chrono did and didn't include.
If the specs/manuals say that these features are included, then we should get them.
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Same for me.
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Old Sep 1, 2015 | 02:55 PM
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Silly question, but what does the 'Gearshift Assistant' actually look like? Anyone have a link?
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