Struggling With Balancing Performance and Reliability in My Turbo Engines

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Hey everyone,
I’ve been having a blast with Automation lately, especially tuning turbo engines for my sportier builds but I keep running into a wall trying to balance high performance with decent reliability and low service costs. Either the engine ends up fragile or the performance dips too much. Any general advice or tricks you’ve found that help smooth this out? Would appreciate any resources or engine build examples that break this down well. I’m still figuring out how deep I need to go with component quality sliders and cooling choices.

Some links I’ve been looking at for help:

https://www.theengineeringprojects.com/2023/03/turbocharger-working-advantages-and-disadvantages.html
https://automationgame.fandom.com/wiki/Turbocharging
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320957832_Design_and_Optimization_of_a_Turbocharged_Engine_for_Improved_Performance_and_Emissions

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Which version are you trying this on? The new Al Rilma update changed reliability and turbos quite a bit.

To make your turbo engines more reliable across both sides:

  • Check the turbo grid for mechanical and surge stress. If you run against the edges of the coloured area, you lose a lot of reliability. Often, spooling later will boost reliability.
  • Add quality, and don’t expect reliability as soon as they’re unlocked. Early turbos sucked for reliability, especially if you’re not investing extra in them.
  • You do have to accept a certain amount of issues with reliability and service costs, because more points of failure will always mean more failure.
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