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PS4 - Running out of fuel while "Fuel Remaining" on MFD is still positive

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I was finishing a 25% Russian Grand Prix in a Sauber and I was managing my fuel during the last few laps. On the very final lap, I was just barely on plus fuel according to the "Fuel Remaining" meter on the Multi-Function Display as I was cruising to the finish on Standard fuel mix. Despite that, as I came out of the second-to-last corner, the car stopped accelerating and I realised that I had run out of fuel.

Looking back at the video that I saved, I was at +0.02 laps of fuel remaining at the moment that I ran out of fuel and even as I crossed the finish line. I know that the fuel meter only got it wrong by a tiny fraction of a lap but, surely, the car should never run out of fuel before I cross the finish line if the Fuel Remaining is in plus figures and only if it is in negative figures.

Also, after I finished the Qualifying Test Programme in Practice 2 at this Grand Prix, I went into Rich fuel mix to see what would happen as I ran out of fuel since I was already on low fuel. I noticed that the Fuel Remaining was also in positive figures (something like 0.04 laps, I don't remember exactly) when I ran out of fuel and the MFD wrote "Low Fuel Mode", rather than at zero. But, of course, that isn't necessarily relevant as the way fuel is measured in Practice and Qualifying is different to the Race itself.

P.S.           The only reason I'm angry enough to write about this is that when I ran out of fuel, I was scared into cutting the final corner a fair bit to maintain speed and protect my P9. I didn't lose a position but I did get a ten second penalty for the corner cutting. I was too late to notice that and couldn't pause the game to use a flashback (as I usually would: I'm not very sportsmanlike) after I had crossed the finish line like I could in F1 2015. Thus, I ended up in P16 and promptly exploded.

That's not relevant to the bug, I just thought it would be an amusing story.

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