[Philip Fisher]

Originally Posted by Director76

Some very highly tuned performance road car engines (M series spring to mind) have variable engine rev limiters that restrict access to full revs when cold, but that’s about restricting red line bouncing on cold oil, not a brief excursion into the 3,000s

Not that I try it regularly but I have noticed that when in Power mode the power is significantly reduced on a cold engine. I assume the software restricts the power when it might damage the engine.