Hello! I would like the ability to re-orient engines, in order to better fit a tall engine under a hood, for example. The example of this which I’m most familiar is the Saab 900, which had a longitudinal 4 cylinder engine canted at 45 degrees. This allows it to fit comfortably under the relatively low hood.
I saw a mention that you’re considering adding additional turbo setups, I’d like to suggest sequential turbos, with a small one for low RPMs and a larger one for higher RPMs. Saab made great use of this in their later model years. Also I know some supercars use engines which are both supercharged and turbocharged, but I know that’s getting a bit more esoteric. =)
Much enjoying the game so far, looking forward to tycoon elements!
SAAB is probably the best example, i could mention BMW, all M50/M52 blocks are tall and slanted
and tbh, would be nice, but i don’t see how it would help gameplay, because i haven’t encoutered problems with engine height while fitting, the lengh of the block is what gets you
I’m not sure what would be “nasty” about canted engines - are there engineering challenges unique to them, or would you anticipate UI issues? I was having a few height issues on one build, but I’m pretty sure I would have been okay if I could have just tipped the engine over a bit, as I had plenty of space in the other dimensions.
There are graphics challenges unique to them, to fit properly in all the engines bays they’ll most likely need their own sets of headers and exhausts, they’ll probably run into some chassis components of some chassis types too. Trust me, from an art point of view it would end up being a really big job. I’d rather spend that time making V6s!
There are graphics challenges unique to them, to fit properly in all the engines bays they’ll most likely need their own sets of headers and exhausts, they’ll probably run into some chassis components of some chassis types too. Trust me, from an art point of view it would end up being a really big job. I’d rather spend that time making V6s![/quote]
V6’s which in turn can have their head art shared I3’s. Much like V12’s can share heads with I6’s to save art development time.
Inclined engines would be kind of pointless in a way, I mean… I don’t know much about them myself, but I don’t imagine they have any particular advantages? Other than extra space in bodies with low engine bays.
IRL they had the obvious height advantage, but in game I don’t think it’s really going to make a big practical difference.
For most bodies, what limits the size of the largest I6 you can fit in them is the length of the engine, and for the few bodies were you are limited in height, you can easily fit a 7+ liter engine, at which point you would already have switched to a V8.
Maybe there will be a body at some point where it would make a major difference, but I doubt it, and IMHO it’s definitely not worth the time required to make all the art.
So are the M43 and N42/43/44/45/46, if I recall correctly.
Other engines installed at an angle, off the top of my head: Nissan RB, Toyota 3S, Honda F20C, almost every motorcycle inline engine ever. It’s usually a packaging thing, and if it wasn’t for Chrysler I doubt anybody would care whether the engine was installed at an angle or not. Toyota MZ-series V6s are usually installed transversely, slanted backwards, and I expect about zero people in this thread to find that interesting.
[quote=“Sayonara”]That’s nothing compared to the TZ engines, they lie almost flat underneath the passenger compartment in first-generation Previa/Estimas.
(They’re as horrible to work on as they sound.)[/quote]
