03-06-2014, 03:19 PM
Single cylinder engines have always been OP (we'll at least they were in the last build). In fact, I would argue that the game presents engines in reverse, meaning that the more cylinders they have the more nerfed they get, I've posted about this before. I get the feeling that this problem has been alleviated somewhat in 1.12 but it's definitely still there.
What has made the problem so glaring now is the increased volume limit which makes it possible to make much larger and more powerful single cylinder engines.
I don't think the volume limit needs to be reduced, the equations need to be tweeked so that a single cylinder is hampered by it's need for a massive flywheel and multi cylinder engines are not. Also, the stroke of an engine should play a greater role in limiting RPM, this alone would greatly reduce the viability of huge single cylinder engines. Lastly, the number of cylinders should have no effect on MPG, this should be based mostly around power output, total volume and RPM along with some design choices with a special penalty to single to represent that massive flywheel I keep talking about.
What has made the problem so glaring now is the increased volume limit which makes it possible to make much larger and more powerful single cylinder engines.
I don't think the volume limit needs to be reduced, the equations need to be tweeked so that a single cylinder is hampered by it's need for a massive flywheel and multi cylinder engines are not. Also, the stroke of an engine should play a greater role in limiting RPM, this alone would greatly reduce the viability of huge single cylinder engines. Lastly, the number of cylinders should have no effect on MPG, this should be based mostly around power output, total volume and RPM along with some design choices with a special penalty to single to represent that massive flywheel I keep talking about.