Question 11: This is the most important piece of advice I can give to a brand-new Automation player.
Take inspiration from real world cars - 13
thecarlover
partario
Ldub0775
lotto77
timthechaotic
bonthebonthebon
driveguy
dildoplocus
peewan
meehdrescherstudios
Capri78
militaryguybr3437
taki_productions_2006
take your time on a build - 7
vero94773
kilacoust
HTVR
HyperskiesSM
ordinary_emerald
velory
marsfrommars_17149
Have fun - 6
flashwarrior3
pdksaurus
Bnell71
HowieVS
chomutogus
N-R-F-D
Practice makes perfect - 5
Ducethetruth100
LucasTW79
tajikkhelok
Viddevidden
Trainman342
Watch Tutorials - 3
l0jli
Devin1234
LegionThunder
Read the tooltips. - 3
danii720
SlimJim86
dukeaccent
Use Sandbox - 2
smellylobster
martiekeyes
Don’t make too much power - 2
Rambow
Eetu3097
Experiment a lot - 2
kaasper69
st8tix
Fixture count means nothing - 2
mister_muffin
AdmiralObvious
Learn from your peers. - 2
cake_ape
pacerstallion
Don’t overlook quality - 2
AndiD
sm345
ACES:
adjust it until it works - motormatt
Warnings don’t matter. - lotsoftroubleusuallyserious
Don’t pigeonhole bodies - The Stig Is A Spy
dont use nitromethane - MrSkeleton
I fucking suck at the game, I should not be giving out advice lol - i_evade_tax
just try making a less rpm engine - Gergish
Don’t resize the license plate - Techerov
Be ready to hate every hour you spend attached to this game- especially while learning 3ding. - Silverback
3d fixtures are they way - C2H6
you dont need that turbo or blower - Vincento117
Pay attention to reliability - KLinardo
Your factory is too big - Racetro
If a rule is not written, it does not exist - Edsel
mo POWAAAAA - DiaberlyDiablo
don’t be afraid to use fixtures for things thet aren’t ment for - Maverick74
get the max displacement quad turbo v12s out of your system - slugginatubb
Play campaign first so that you know how the game works and you can learn to make decently realistic engines without quality sliders, also just have fun - TheVoiderofWarranties
Make some fun and absurd cars before making a realistic road or racecar - Dev1l
dont just make race cars - arc_slk230
Download workshop mods. - Milikiller4o4
When in doubt, +15 - Trail Blazer
Question 12: On a related note, this is the one big mistake I see people making constantly in Automation.
Giving your car a completely unreasonably overpowered engine - 9
Bnell71
TheVoiderofWarranties
bonthebonthebon
st8tix
arc_slk230
N-R-F-D
meehdrescherstudios
lotto77
HyperskiesSM
Leaving out or just not doing major details - 6
timthechaotic
kaasper69
Techerov
kilacoust
driveguy
C2H6
Failure to grasp the design basics. - 6
Capri78
Ducethetruth100
Ldub0775
martiekeyes
LucasTW79
l0jli
Bad powercurves. - 5
Eetu3097
Dev1l
Maverick74
pdksaurus
AndiD
bad photos - 4
chomutogus
vero94773
lotsoftroubleusuallyserious
HTVR
Using too many fixtures - 3
The Stig Is A Spy
Viddevidden
peewan
Turbo grenades - 3
Gergish
AdmiralObvious
SlimJim86
Spamming quality sliders - 3
danii720
partario
dildoplocus
Trying too hard to replicate cars from real life - 2
LegionThunder
Silverback
Thinking that things should be done in any specific way, you do you - 2
dukeaccent
flashwarrior3
More detail != better - 2
Edsel
Trainman342
Not using quality sliders - 2
pacerstallion
thecarlover
Jump straight into campaign mode. - 2
Milikiller4o4
smellylobster
Not making enough unique cars - 2
marsfrommars_17149
tajikkhelok
prioritising a single stat too much - 2
ordinary_emerald
militaryguybr3437
ACES:
i see this as a sandbox so i see this as none - motormatt
Not trying to make custom parts - sm345
diabolical fuel economy - MrSkeleton
idk - i_evade_tax
puttng 400 hours in a shitbox - Vincento117
Suspension tuning - KLinardo
Using Pushrods - Rambow
Using body molding, when another fixture does the trick - mister_muffin
Calling your car ““cheap”” instead of ““affordable”” in ads - Racetro
not using molding - velory
placing fixtures between a raised and flat surface which makes them stretch an realistic amount - taki_productions_2006
not enogh power - DiaberlyDiablo
not making enough lawnmowers - slugginatubb
Not double-checking submission criteria/rules for challenges! - cake_ape
not sure - HowieVS
Not reading the FAQ - Devin1234
Not asking me for help - Trail Blazer
Chips’ Answers
Be patient, don’t expect to climb to the top of the learning curve immediately
Only building one type of car and then wondering why you aren’t improving
- dildoplocus
- slugginatubb