No more "live" icons/status for engines during manual tests?

Hi all!

Just a question for the devs about a removed feature in the new version! I used to use manual engine testing a lot to check for restrictions in exhaust / turbos and to see if engine parts are approaching damage levels, as they changed on the icons as you manually throttled the engine up and down.

I see we still have the function of icons now, but they are no longer “live” - only after we do the first engine test do we get the icons and then the changes we make to the engine just show up instantly on the icons / graphs without even running the engine first.

Curious as to why the “live” damage / airflow graph was removed from MANUALLY controlled engine testing? I quite miss that feature! The manual engine testing screen now serves little purpose other than to hear your engine run and watch the gauges (there isn’t even a “Knock” light anymore!)…the damage/airflow icons are gone from that screen and the power/rpm/economy graphs don’t even change in real time at a given engine speed :frowning:

I’m not really trying to complain as I still LOVE the game regardless, just commenting that I thought it was a feature that added to the immersion, and I’m sure I can’t be the only one who misses it! :slight_smile:

Major kudos on the Steam release / update, just recreating all my cars and engines now and the game has worked flawlessly so far (and load times for cars / engines are noticeably improved!)

Good job Devs! :smiley:

That is actually a bug which we just fixed and test in a closed beta version :slight_smile: there SHOULD be the flow and stress screen on manual testing. It will be released this evening.
Cheers!

AWESOME! Thanks for the quick reply and efforts Killrob! :smiley: I was thinking to myself “I can’t see how/why they would really remove this!” Glad to hear it’s just a bug! :slight_smile:

For the record, on the topic of bugs - I noticed a bug where the I4 old-school font engine cover has the plug wires glitching through it!

steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=407023695

And on another unrelated sidenote - a suggestion if I may be so bold! Any chance we can have Engine Family names bolded in the full engine list? Sometimes you can quickly click on a family name rather than a specific engine as there is no differentiation visually between their fonts in the list! :wink:

Good suggestion on the bolding of the names. I put that on our list :slight_smile:

Thanks man! Also, I just realized I had the best unintentional pun ever in that post…“If I may be so bold!” - talking about bolding Engine Family names! GET IT??? Clearly I’m a world-class comedian…

:wink: Thank the rest of the crew for the hard work as well! :smiley: