A little disappointed

[Golgath[GANG]]

The Interceptor had a gargantuan blower on her, not nitrous. I think that should be a toggle on that car. hold down space=going plaid

[darion350]

I 100% agree with your opinion. They had a lot of missed opportunities with this game. No blower whine on the V8's (one of the Scrotus vehicles I hijacked had blower whine.. it was awesome, so no sure why all of Max's supercharged V8's don't have it), supercharger pulleys that don't even turn (it did in the beginning scene with the Interceptor), nitrous that would have been better served as a switchable supercharger engage ala the movies (drains more gas when on, which would make you conserve when not in combat), all the V8's so far run like ♥♥♥♥ (constantly misfiring and stalling, which should have stopped occuring after the first upgrade), and better car physics.

Love the game, though, which is why this detail stuff is so annoying. Nothing would have been more enjoyable than screaming through the desert in a loud, obnoxious, pissed-off Magnum Opus, but as it is it sounds like a big bag of loose bolts. The fully upgraded V6 (which sounds like a small V8, so they should have went with big and small block V8's instead of the "V6") sounds amazing and is the best in the game, imo.

[Fabiolus]

its pushing it but being able to customize the motor more and tune it to perfection would have been a challenge too

[Brick Wallbody]

I think the Interceptor should've been a body you could use for an Opus build

[AbyssWanderer]

This game is not based of the movies. Sorry to say mate

[darion350]

Originally posted by Brick Wallbody:

I think the Interceptor should've been a body you could use for an Opus build

One of the bodies closely resembles the Interceptor, which is what I used for the majority of the game until I saw the Ripper and decided to use that instead.

[Chesty La'Rou]

The v8 actually DOES have supercharger whine to it. It's just VERY VERY quiet. Listen really closely to it next time. (the Magnum Opus anyways)

[Dog_in_Car]

Originally posted by Maniac:

This game is not based of the movies. Sorry to say mate

lol, then what is it based off?

[BlackWater]

Originally posted by Chesty La'Rou:

The v8 actually DOES have supercharger whine to it. It's just VERY VERY quiet. Listen really closely to it next time. (the Magnum Opus anyways)

Indeed, especially with headphones. The starter V-8 blower belt turns for me, but I think its an always on thing, agrees with wanting to be able to turn on/off at higher gas cost.

[darion350]

Originally posted by Chesty La'Rou:

The v8 actually DOES have supercharger whine to it. It's just VERY VERY quiet. Listen really closely to it next time. (the Magnum Opus anyways)

Yeah, I heard something but I didn't think it was the blower whine. The blower whine when present on the Roadkill cars is way more pronounced, like an actual blower should be.

Edit: I just went to listen to it again and it sounds more like a turbo spooling down (I only really hear it when you let off the gas). Man, they could have really used someone to create accurate engine sounds. Hell, the Big Chief V8 sounded like a diesel when it was in Stank Gum's truck (during cut scene).

[Angry Nord-Grunge Syndicate]

Originally posted by nsdewitt:

Originally posted by Maniac:

This game is not based of the movies. Sorry to say mate

lol, then what is it based off?

For one thing Max shouldn't even have Interceptor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpir9eGi8Mk

[Kain]

Originally posted by Maniac:

This game is not based of the movies. Sorry to say mate

Thank God for that, since it's so inferior to the movies.

[darion350]

Originally posted by Angry Nord-Grunge Syndicate:

Originally posted by nsdewitt:

lol, then what is it based off?

For one thing Max shouldn't even have Interceptor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpir9eGi8Mk

I had forgotten about that. I wonder if this puts the game between the first and second movie?

[Brick Wallbody]

I can't find it right now but I read somewhere that George Miller (the creator of Mad Max) said that the game is in its own universe.

[Dog_in_Car]

Originally posted by Angry Nord-Grunge Syndicate:

Originally posted by nsdewitt:

lol, then what is it based off?

For one thing Max shouldn't even have Interceptor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpir9eGi8Mk

The interceptor gets destroyed and rebuilt constantly and there is no set timeline in these movies. In Fury Road it is totalled at the beggining of the movie and then rebuilt by the end only to get destroyed once again.

[Major Ward]

I was a bit underwhelmed when I first got the Big Chief V8 myself. For all the buildup it felt a bit underwhelming and underpowered once fitted.

At first I spent ages trying to find out if there was some button to make the supercharger work as the belt didn’t move, the pulley didn’t spin and there was no whine to indicate it was working. After a while I came to realise it just wasn’t animated, which was ridiculous! If you can animate the car’s wheels spinning surely a bloody blower pulley and belt wouldn’t be that hard to do?!?

I agree with other comments here that it could have been switchable like in the movies, with increased fuel consumption when on.

Personally I think it would have made more sense to be able to get a “lesser” or naturally aspirated V8 made from spares found in wrecks and / or ruins (“It just happened, Max. A piece from here and a piece from there…”) and have that as another engine tier between the V6 and the Big Chief V8. Either that or have the big prize be the blower rather than the whole engine.

It seems very unlikely that, considering all the vehicles, wrecks, ruins and scrap parts in the game, at least the parts to cobble together a working V8 wouldn’t be possible.