Could Someone Give me Advice on Engine Tuning for Better Performance in Mid-Range Sports Cars?

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Hello there, :wave:

I have been playing Automation for a while now; and I am working on developing a mid range sports car with an emphasis on performance and affordability. The car is intended to compete with popular models like the Toyota 86 or Mazda MX-5 in the under $35,000 market. My focus is on achieving a balance between power; fuel efficiency; and driveability.

I have designed a 2.0L inline 4 turbocharged engine; but I am struggling with tuning it to hit the sweet spot in terms of torque and responsiveness. Right now; the engine produces decent horsepower 250hp; but I feel like it lacks low end torque and is a bit sluggish in the mid RPM range; which affects the overall driving experience.

Also, I have gone through this post; https://discourse.automationgame.com/t/my-video-guide-series-on-how-to-tune-and-optimize-an-engine-mlops/ which definitely helped me out a lot.

I am trying :thinking: to tweak the turbo and cam profile to improve low-end power without sacrificing too much top-end performance, but I have not found the right balance yet. Also; I am not sure whether the intercooler or exhaust setup could be optimized further.

Thanks in advance for your help and assistance. :innocent:

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Hello! :smiley:
First, a minor organisational thing - Support is for issues with how the game works (or doesn’t), this fits more in General Chat, so lemme just quickly move it there… done! :slight_smile:

As for your questions, it would certainly help if you could provide some screenshots of your engine - mainly of the turbo tab, with the compressor map view (one of the buttons above the power/torque graph), and of the flow percentages - to the right of the graph you have those coloured bars with some engine part names and numbers, one mode is the torque/RPM limits, the other (switched above it) is the flow utilisation, the latter is important here. Without the screenshots, it’s hard to really say anything.

Oh, and in case you can’t post screenshots due to being a new user (I don’t remember the exact rules), you can either make some posts (any posts really, compliment someone’s car for example, or try guessing in the Guess What Car thread :stuck_out_tongue:) to unlock it, or post them to some external site and link them here (imgur, imgbb, Discord even, whatever you prefer).