Can not use tinker station to fix quirks

[Knutowskie]

I read a lot of how to's and things and all mention the tinker station. But i can not interact with it. My car has a quirk that needs to be fixed. Everytime i close the trunk it blows the horn. Please: any advice is appreciated

[JarvisR6]

i had the same quirk. Use this order. 1.Trunk, 2.Is closed, 3.Horn, 4.Honks

[Knutowskie]

Originally posted by JarvisR6:

i had the same quirk. Use this order. 1.Trunk, 2.Is closed, 3.Horn, 4.Honks

i can NOT access the tinker station. how is it unlocked? should be from the begin on or is it something that story reveals?

[path]

you press E on the tiny screen

[5$ Lewdboxes]

I had the very same quirk.

Now, I wonder, with that many potential options, how strongly are potential quirks curated? I'm all for chaos and wouldn't mind things get weird, but I don't think the devs would go as far as to allow things like "wiper goes to the left, door detaches" to happen.

[PerfectLife]

After you figure it out. You have to press the button to move to the FIX screen and it will tell you what parts you need to feed it.

[Techbane #FreeHK]

I just had the tinker station unlock after my... third outing, I think? I'm 90% certain my car developed a quirk on my second outing, so you might not get the option right away.

That being said, the quirk I got is not only an absolute nightmare express-designed to kill me, but the game seems to refuse to acknowledge or even give me the options to properly diagnose it in the menu. Every time I start a gateway link and have to rush to exit a level, my car's top speed immediately drops to ~20, but I don't see anything in the diagnosing options regarding the ARC Device, and regardless of whether I put "Car > Moves Slow" on the left or the right half of the equation, the terminal tells me I got 0/4 guesses right. YOU CAN'T TELL ME THE CAR ISN'T GOING SLOW AFTER IT'S NEARLY GOTTEN ME KILLED THREE TIMES ALREADY, GAME.

[TITILUS]

You have to do about 3 runs in my experience, at least. Then you have to figure out precisely what your quirk is, I slammed every door, took everything off and tested everything to find that my steering dims the lights. Takes a few runs to get access to it though, should be fine as long as you don't have a crazy quirk, honking when closing the trunk is an amusing one at least.

[[Heretic]Rivga]

For me it was not unlocked until 3 missions in.

[Rowgue]

It unlocks once you've done at least three runs and have acquired at least one quirk.

I like the concept of the possibility of getting a quirk now and then that has to be worked out. But in my opinion they happen far too often. I get at least one almost every time I go on a run at this point. Also some of them are really obvious and easy to figure out, and while slightly annoying don't have any real impact on anything. Others however can severely affect critical aspects of your car without any indication they even exist or what's causing them. You have to keep an eagle eye on things like fuel and battery consumption rates to make sure you haven't picked up a quirk that's going to guarantee you die next time you leave the garage. That part of it I can't say I'm really a fan of.

[Knutowskie]

Thank you very much, i unlocked it after 3rd run.