10-26-2015, 04:38 PM
Hello,
As a real freak of automotive history and a big fan of GearCity (since recently) I find your project very interesting.
I have already sugested some new features to Eric (LINK), but he told me to propose them here as well, because it is too late to implement them in the official vanilla game.
What I would like to see in the game is more choices in the following fields:
-valvetrain: add SOHC 4 valve, DOHC 4-valve and also both of them with variable timing. Maybe sleeve valves could be an interesting temporary solution (they were really popular in luxury cars between 1905-1925),
-gearboxes: add planetary and preselector (the latter could probably be added officially, though), and maybe decrease the number of gears early in the game (the 5th gear was very rare before 1970s and extremely rare before the 1950s, while in the game I have 6 speed transmissions during the I WW !!)
-fuel delivery systems (modded as fuel types): for gasoline - 1/2/4-barrel carbs in sets of 1, 2 or 3, plus mechanical injection and electronic single/multipoint. For diesels - indirect/direct/common-rail injection.
-air cooling as an option for the most common engine blocks (sinlge, twin, flat),
-ideally also a couple of brake systems (mechanical 2-wheel, mechanical 4-wheel, hydraulic drum, front disk, 4-wheel disk, vented disk), but I know it will be difficult to find a place to mod them (somewhere in chassis types...?)
-suspension: cantilever leaf springs dor luxury cars in the 20s and 30s.
Also, I haven't seen my favorite car type in this game - the European GT / American personal luxury car - I know that the 2+2 coupe is similar, but in the game it is rather a kind of a sports car. I do not know if such a modification is possible in a mod?
What do you think about these?
BTW, if you need any help with historical accuracy of the particular components (dates, popularity, advantages and disadventages, etc.) I will gladly help you. I can already answer your question about the 4-cylinder engines - yes, it is true that the first ones appeared around 1900-1901, but they became widespread almost immediately (in expensive cars at least).
Good luck with your project!! Looking forward to play the mod!!
As a real freak of automotive history and a big fan of GearCity (since recently) I find your project very interesting.
I have already sugested some new features to Eric (LINK), but he told me to propose them here as well, because it is too late to implement them in the official vanilla game.
What I would like to see in the game is more choices in the following fields:
-valvetrain: add SOHC 4 valve, DOHC 4-valve and also both of them with variable timing. Maybe sleeve valves could be an interesting temporary solution (they were really popular in luxury cars between 1905-1925),
-gearboxes: add planetary and preselector (the latter could probably be added officially, though), and maybe decrease the number of gears early in the game (the 5th gear was very rare before 1970s and extremely rare before the 1950s, while in the game I have 6 speed transmissions during the I WW !!)
-fuel delivery systems (modded as fuel types): for gasoline - 1/2/4-barrel carbs in sets of 1, 2 or 3, plus mechanical injection and electronic single/multipoint. For diesels - indirect/direct/common-rail injection.
-air cooling as an option for the most common engine blocks (sinlge, twin, flat),
-ideally also a couple of brake systems (mechanical 2-wheel, mechanical 4-wheel, hydraulic drum, front disk, 4-wheel disk, vented disk), but I know it will be difficult to find a place to mod them (somewhere in chassis types...?)
-suspension: cantilever leaf springs dor luxury cars in the 20s and 30s.
Also, I haven't seen my favorite car type in this game - the European GT / American personal luxury car - I know that the 2+2 coupe is similar, but in the game it is rather a kind of a sports car. I do not know if such a modification is possible in a mod?
What do you think about these?
BTW, if you need any help with historical accuracy of the particular components (dates, popularity, advantages and disadventages, etc.) I will gladly help you. I can already answer your question about the 4-cylinder engines - yes, it is true that the first ones appeared around 1900-1901, but they became widespread almost immediately (in expensive cars at least).
Good luck with your project!! Looking forward to play the mod!!