Does the engine temperature matter ?

[MOMO & YUNA]

I know in real life engines need to be warmed up before driving. I see that in ETS2 the trucks also have engine temperature. But does it really matter in the game ? Does the game really take the engine temperature into account ? Does it help anything if i warm the engine each time before driving ?

[AndiTed]

idk, but i do it

[kevin1957]

i dont warm up the engine and i dont notice anything related to that.the break pressure on the other hand,sometimes,does require you to build the pressure back up before you can move.

[Fixxxer]

I'm not sure whether it makes any difference or not to the game but generally you would let an engine warm a little before driving it hard. I tend to let the oil pressure stabilise and coolant warm a little before I move off in game. Maybe we are far too sympathetic to our engines. Would be interesting to hear whether it makes a difference from the devs.

[yui]

I do warm it up before I move, but I don't know what happens if I don't do it. If you have answers lemme know. :)

[Mole]

In this game no.

[Long Ago [Linux]]

In real life engines do not need to warmed up longer than about 30 seconds in extremely cold weather, just long enough to get cold thick oil circulating. They warm up faster driving.

If someone is leveled up, rolling in cash, they could buy 2 identical trucks and see if there is any difference in maintenance costs between letting it warm up before getting on it hard, and going hard on it right away.

Many people on default graphics settings cannot even read the gauges, so that probably is not a consideration in the game.

[Max_Payne]

Diesel engines work completely different to gasoline engines, so diesel engines don't really need to be warmed up for more than half a minute

[MOMO & YUNA]

I will just warm up for the sake of realism. Just to feel good about it.

[metpei]

Engine temperatue is only visual in this game, nice to have it tough.
One cold start and driving 1km worn out engine more than driving 1500km with warm engine.
Even more important is after heavy driving let engine and turbo to cool down by using engine in idle.

[RayRay5]

Actually if your engine overheats, it might stall

[ExiaRS]

Publicado originalmente por AnkleBiter Linux:

If someone is leveled up, rolling in cash, they could buy 2 identical trucks and see if there is any difference in maintenance costs between letting it warm up before getting on it hard, and going hard on it right away.

No. Engine wear has static value.

# wear distribution to truck parts on regular usage per km

engine_wear:		2e-6

[Desolater III]

Publicado originalmente por Long Ago Linux:

In real life engines do not need to warmed up longer than about 30 seconds in extremely cold weather, just long enough to get cold thick oil circulating. They warm up faster driving.

In cold weather yes Diesel engines need more than 30 seconds to warms up as well as gasoline engines. as for heavy trucks the airlines can have frozen moisture and can burst the lines or clog them. and in both engine types the oil is thick so it will take time to warm. as for the clutch/transmission its a good idea to let the engine warm up so you don't damage them. as for the turbo -cooling oil needs to flow normally. and in extreme cold weather you need to cover you're radiator so you engine doesn't freeze up. there's also the power steering pump in trucks/cars that have oil that will also need to warm up. in normal weather you need to allow break pressure in the air lines to build up. as far as euro trucks go the airline pressure builds up alot faster and is much more modern than American diesel engines.

As for ETS or ATS engine temps don't matter and the environment doesn't seem to affect it in any noticeable way. you can just start up and go. only when the engine is damged does the temps and oil temp get higher but it means nothing pretty much- just repair and forget

[HiTmAn]

i rember wen i was been kid my dad was warm up car every time and he was do that so slow... u cant belive xd and i get nervous and then he start to scream on me xd