BMW M4 top speed, 185+ MPH ?

In AC the top speed is listed as 250 km/h or 155 MPH. Is there a reason I'm able to exceed this ? I was able to reach 185 mph at Highlands Long in the stock M4, default setup, Optimum grip on the out lap.

 

there is no speed limiter on AC, only in real life

 

Well without the limiter, top speed is apparently 189 mph

 

@Orne - they should have taken some fuel out

 

hahaha totally !

 

For cars by the BMW M-division, you can usually let them take the speed limiter off.
A couple of other manufacturers provide that service for their cars as well.

Sometimes they have ridiculous rules to do so. e.g. I remember that would request for a racing licence to remove the limiter.

 

Pretty easy to remove the factory limit on all cars with the right software..

 

There are so many big apes overestimating their skills or racing on public roads - and injuring other people in their races, so what is so ridiculous in that rule? No plane flying without a plane license, no gun owning without a gun license, no superfast car driving without a racing license. To park into a parking lot backwards, and staying in control at 200 mph, are two very different things.

I would fix that speed limiter at even much lower speeds, btw. My family was hit twice by azzes who did not care to act reasonably and killed people we loved by their car "driving". Never forgotten. Never forgiven.

Just look at how many accidents there are on trackdays at the Nordschleife per year, and how drmatically some drivers mishandle their cars there, or do not understand what their car as it is can do - and what not.

 

Damn right. Never forgotten. Never forgiven. - Thats for sure. Sad to hear about your family.
Was crashed by one of those stupid wannabes at the countryside, me was drivin around 70km/h. The front of my car was crashed, luckily this guys car was completely wrecked, so it wasn't that cheap for him. No one was injured, so that guy was real lucky. If my wife has got injured, i have killed him and all those in his car right there.

 

Many people forget one thing:
In Germany its allowed to drive as fast as you want on the "Autobahn" (when there is no speed limit).
But!
When you drive faster than 130 km/h you are minimum 20% guilty (? - bad english sorry).

I drove a lot fast in my life - but now with little children and a wife that works as child nurse i love it that my fun with speed and my agression on the street can be kept in front of the monitor.
Driving AC since February i feel and see everyday that i drive more and more passive and slow.
Thats an aspect really surprising me but i love it.

So - dont be so reckless with speed!

@Skybird - Sad to hear this....

 

I'd argue that its the M4's 406 lb-ft torque that gets people in trouble more so than its top speed, at least for those who lack good sense and skill and are foolish enough to drive the car with traction and stability control disabled.

 

You got a problem with my quote?
I work as a mechanic it's part of my job to know how to do this and all other electronic procedures.
Was the car that hit you delimited?
I've also had friends die on the road, family members hit by speeding drunks whilst out walking etc etc...none of those cars were delimited either.

 

So have we established the cars in AC aren't speed limited? If so, I guess we can shut this thread down, lol