Update Speculation thread

A launch control feature, that would be suitable for tuner/modern sports cars.

 

Well remember those are modified engines, not stock. My 1976 Holden Torana idles at about 950~ and hardly creeps forward at all, I need to jab the throttle to get moving. Its little 253 V8 with an Edelbrock manifold with a Holley 650 (huge I know) on it but the rest is stock, not that that many people on this forum would know much about Australian engines anyway, and the transmission is a Trimatic or in American speak and Hydramatic 180. And just about all of the Falcon V8s had an idle ranging from 850-1200 (the latter on the GTHO's) and these engines are the 302 and 351 (I don't think the 289 has such a high idle im not sure ive never worked on one before)

 

The engine in my '56 Willys is completely stock. As far as a modified engine goes, it would typically idle at a higher RPM than a stock engine due to increased fuel and air consumption. You Aussies must need to learn how to properly tune a carb.

 

Nah you Americans need to learn how to tune a carb, theres no oil flowing in those engines that low down in the rpm range

 

Yes, there certainly is. RPM doesn't affect oil pressure too much, it more so affects the volume of oil moved throughout the engine. At idle you'll typically have lower oil pressure than at cruising RPM, but with parts moving at a slower speed/RPM when idling, the lubrication from oil pressure and volume seen at cruising RPM isn't needed at idle. You can create oil pressure from spinning an engine over a few times by hand with a breaker bar on the crank bolt, so sustaining oil pressure when the engine is rotating at even a 500 RPM idle speed is just fine.

 

yeah, I meant it somewhat jokingly though, I just use the choke to get the oil really flowing when I start it up, I hate a cold engine idling, kills about all the moving parts extra quick and when you consider my engine has done 280 000 km's (and that its the factory original from 1976) I don't like it one bit. Once its all warmed up I got no quarrels with the oil flow and volume but when cold I always keep it far running at about 1700~ rpm (I don't have a tachometer but ive had one hooked up briefly before tearing it out, it looked tachy and cheap)

 

Is it just me or does the Bolide have metallic paint all of a sudden?

Edit: seems like every car has metallic paint now

 

I noticed this too, seems like every car has just a bit more of a metallic shine to it in the light. Possibility of official metallic paint in the future?

 

not sure if this was mentioned yet, but on the topic of pickup bedliners...

and what it looks like in game:

 

the empty parts thing must be a glitch, because now on the fr17 (which has had no updates since 0.20) has a left radiator and front sway bar and the only options are empty

was it in the files?

 

I don't know when this was added, but under the tow hitch there is something named small trailer

 

been there since tow hitches were added

 

At one time you had to attach trailers through the parts selector rather than spawn them as a separate vehicle.

 

Guess that might be one thing we get in the final D Series Remaster. I hope for a remodeled interior as it's the oldest in game dating back to 2012.

 

yeah, considering the roamer dash will likely be in the gen 3 d series, it would make sense for them to give it slightly older hvac/radio controls for is to be suitable in the 85 (if maybe a tad futuristic).

I wonder if they'll standardise and give the H-series the roamer dash as well?

 

H-Series might get its own dash based off of the Roamer dash but not literally the roamer dash will be on it.

 

Great that they will finally add the rest of the bed liner, as we had just the tailgate thing since the (pre)last update

 

I hope that the new pickup isn't just a facelift, as it would be really weird to have a truck from the 80s still being produced on the same platform in the 2000s.

 

I agree. What I hope they end up doing is using the Roamer's windshield and doors for a next gen D-Series. It wouldn't be too hard as the Roamer is already modeled and ingame.

 

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