Update Speculation thread

i just got a ~100MB update (hotfix #6?).

 

Yep same here, game version is now v0.37.6, but no patch notes until know.

 

The hopper I6 is practically an Intech, so at least we have that.

 

With the hotfix my PC no longer meets minimum requirements. Was looking to upgrade anyway.

 

those 2 engines are wildly different. pretty sure the Hopper I6 is based on the AMC 4.2L that has pushrods while the intech is an SOHC engine with a crossflow cylinder head (intake and exhaust headers are on different sides of the engine). the only thing I'd say is similar between them is the cylinder layout and the displacement

 

Yeah, I am purely basing it off of the fact that they have same displacement, same amount of cylinders in the same arrangement, and the fact that the valve cover looks similar. In fact it wasn't until I put in both images up that I realised the intake and exhaust were on opposite sides. The whole purpose of this message however was essentially to say "this is the closest thing to an Intech" and not "hopper I6 = Intech." I don't think I conveyed that very well unfortunately. Also if you slap a turbo on the hopper I6 it goes bonkers, which is similar to what a lot of people end up doing to AU Falcons and what the result ends up being.

 

DAMM if i knew how to mod i would MOD the GM make it RHD and Model a EFI for the Hopper six,

I had 2 barra great engines,



( hopes devs reading all us wanting aussie cars )

More on that, They would have to MODEL lots and LOTS of stuff, coupe ( if its 60s.70s ) .

make a sedan/ute/van platform
Them a WAGON ( they where often longer then sedan )


For engines we did not get the emissions stuff till july 1976, So that does help. Fords used 3.3 as a base i6 then the 4.1 was a big six, Then the 4.9 ( 302 ) and the 5.8 ( 351 ) as a big block. Holden had the same 2 six's ( I mean they had a base 6 and then the 202 ... god i miss the red motors ) and then the 4.1 v8 the 5.0 v8 and the rare import 5.8 350 chev.

Then there was the aussie valiant

HOWEVER aussie cars started in the late 40s ( in holden's case ) and started in 1960 making the US Falcon, We started to change the falcon in 1962 with the XL falcon,


BUT to be fair, The devs could do a 50s way up till 2010s, And i guess maybe to save some time. Offer a RHD bastion, add a wagon and ute, Bingo a aussie car,

However i would LOVE and ADORE a aussie based range of car's

 

Yeah, I think if the GM were to receive a straight-six, it'd be the 4.1L in the D/H/Roamer. I believe that's SOHC, but I could be wrong on that. (The modern Gavril V8s are SOHC, just like many of the Ford Modular V8s.)

However, I'm not sure if the 4.1L will be dropped into the GM, since the GM is likely meant to be a Panther-platform (or at least, shares its dimensions with the period Crown Vic). Old Gabe-designed cars have been made more like specific IRL cars in recent years. A few examples of this:

-BX having a fixed- and pop-up front end, liftback and coupe body styles, a 2.4L engine in the US, and a Japanese-market coupe variant with a different name (like the Nissan S13)
-Sunburst switching to flat engines (like the Subaru Impreza)
-Burnside starting production in 1952 and switching from a flathead V8 to OHV V8s in 1953 (like the first-gen Mercury Monterey)

There are likely a few other examples, but those are some of the major ones. It might also be an issue of the 4.1L straight-six not fitting in the GM - a similar issue's why the LeGran doesn't have the Soliads' V8. There's plenty of space lengthwise for the straight-six to fit, but it might be slightly too tall.

And even if there were to be a straight-six in the GM, I doubt it'd get a turbo or any other major tuning options. The Burnside's straight-six is the only one of its type to have a power range of more than 50 hp, and even that barely cracks 200 hp without nitrous.

 

We got a new warning for cpus with less than 6 cores. Could mean nothing, but could also hint at something, like a new feature that might demand more from the cpu.

 

Glad I upgraded when I did, my old set up wouldn't of met the requirements I don't think.

 

All you Holden lovers have convinced me, we need a Holden.

 

I only have a 4-core CPUs (i7-6700), I hope I'll still be able to play the game in the future, I just got the game too.

 

Maybe it means the devs are just as tired as I am about people complaining the game runs poorly when they're trying to run it on a graphing calculator or a typewriter or whatever. It makes sense as the game goes on, it gets more intensive to run, so it's necessary to keep consumers informed.