Using different Block and Head materials
Brucemation on: The restrictiveness of the families system
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So, you’ve quoted two articles, one of which is debating the merits of aluminum vs iron (And make no mistake, almost universally across the board, aluminum tends to the preferred option; It’s lighter and doesn’t rust), which has absolutely no bearing on what I suggested. The other is kind’ve rambling, but begins by asking for the same thing I am - more options regarding what constitutes an engine family.
So, while you can find all the threads you want, I’ll bring this back to what was asked for: Make the god damn variants allow for more stuff than displacement differences.
The only things that you can’t change on a varaint are material and head type. I’m not sure what “more” you’re after. We know you can (in some real-world cases) “sohc to dohc”, but the devs have said that’ll mess with the manufacturing bonus system they have in place. I may well be wrong, and feel free to correct me if I am, but that’s what I read/heard.
…Material and head type would be a good start. Was also the impression internals couldn’t be changed either (So if you used forged pistons in one, you used forged pistons in all of them), but I haven’t played in a week or so, so I may be incorrect.
On top of that, what was suggested was logical - they more extensively you changed an engine, the less of a bonus retained for being in a family. I stand by my support of that suggestion.
I can confirm this is false, all the internal materials (as in pistons, conrods, and crankshaft) can be changed with variants
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It’s worth to add that we will also be able to exchange crossplane and flatplane cranks in V8s in Unreal.
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Appreciate the correction! Like I said, haven’t had a chance to play in a little while.