FWD?

[W-Triatox]

help why can't I put this longitudinal and FWD front engine configuration?

[W-Triatox]

PS:It is not a question of engine size because how can a 1299cc engine be big?

[Diesel-Smoke Yosef]

FWD and longitudinal engine placement generally don't go hand in hand. Longitudinal engine placement is mostly reserved for RWD and AWD since the engine is already inline with the driveshaft whereas transverse mounted engines are inline with the front driven wheels.

[W-Triatox]

yes but in my country in the past decades this type of configuration was very common, and in the game there was this type of configuration (I had designed some cars like this) but after the last update I can't get this type of configuration

[RiftHunter4]

It takes up a lot more space than Traverse FWD because it needs a gearbox and differential.

If you go to the Engine Family screen, there should be a pop-up menu on the lower right that show what kind of drivetrains will fit with the engine size.

[W-Triatox]

Ursprungligen skrivet av RiftHunter4:

It takes up a lot more space than Traverse FWD because it needs a gearbox and differential.

If you go to the Engine Family screen, there should be a pop-up menu on the lower right that show what kind of drivetrains will fit with the engine size.

thank you! I don’t know what happened but I was messing with gear settings suddenly he was there the blessed FWD

[Usagi]

I think the problem currently is that there is only one type of Longitudinal FWD in the game, when historically there are a number of different ways this was done.. Currently placing the engine in front of the front axle really limits the possibilities and is only really suitable for small V6's or other compact engines on most bodies.. Even if the body is large enough to handle bigger it usually screws up the handling by having too much weight over the front axle.

I think they should add another variant with the engine behind the front axle like the Traction Avant, and Cord 810 to name a few. This would allow alot bigger engines and use in older large sedans where having a large V8 hanging over the front end makes the car handle ridiculous.

Maybe Killrob could answer this, but couldn't this be added without too much effort by adapting the way the RR engine layout works on rear engine cars but for the front engine bay? All the 3d assets exist so I imagine there can't be too much involved in adding this..

[VaderDFXB]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Epic Fail Guy:

I think they should add another variant with the engine behind the front axle like the Traction Avant, and Cord 810 to name a few. This would allow alot bigger engines and use in older large sedans where having a large V8 hanging over the front end makes the car handle ridiculous.

That would be nice, and should be easy enough to implement in theory.

Edit: It's called a mid-front configuration or something like that, right? I know there's a specific name for it.

[Usagi]

Ursprungligen skrivet av VaderDFXB:

That would be nice, and should be easy enough to implement in theory.

Edit: It's called a mid-front configuration or something like that, right? I know there's a specific name for it.

I'm not sure if theres an exact technical term for it.. All drivetrain configurations of this type are seemingly always referred to as simply "longitudinal front engine wheel drive" despite the subtle variations between each implementation.. though I suppose Front-Mid-Front wheel drive (FMF) would be the best way to describe it.

I don't have knowledge of the inner workings of automation code, though having years of experience poking around with code and dabbling in modding things I don't fully understand, I can't imagine it being hard too implement... If automation was a little more accessable to modding I'd try and do it myself.. Though I suspect this won't be possible without access to devtools, and I wouldn't really expect any serious modding automation until after full release.

I think if Killrob doesn't notice this post after a few days I guess I'll make a proper suggestion.. It's something i've been thinking about for a while but I haven't got around to posting.. Mainly because I have a tendency to go into autistic detail about things and it's not something I want to half ass..

I suppose me posting in this thread is really just me procrastinating about making a proper suggestion thread and hoping killrob senpai notices me so I don't have to :P

[Admiral Obvious]

The current method is pretty much the really old Audi method of placing the engine up front and bolstering it with the front of the frame.

Other companies did indeed use a FMF engine, when building. One way could be the engine belts facing the cabin too, that alone might get us more space. The FMF engines people are thinking of were possible, but had a rather complex assembly to make them work (something like, towards the cabin, down, then under the engine to the wheels). It would be another interesting engineering choice, but I do think they'd need to make another transmission mesh to make it work, as well as find a way to balance it out properly.

[W-Triatox]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Admiral Obvious:

The current method is pretty much the really old Audi method of placing the engine up front and bolstering it with the front of the frame.

Other companies did indeed use a FMF engine, when building. One way could be the engine belts facing the cabin too, that alone might get us more space. The FMF engines people are thinking of were possible, but had a rather complex assembly to make them work (something like, towards the cabin, down, then under the engine to the wheels). It would be another interesting engineering choice, but I do think they'd need to make another transmission mesh to make it work, as well as find a way to balance it out properly.

right. Volkswagen I had most of the cars made in my country. in the 80s / 90s cars with this configuration 4 longitudinal line Fwd can search there "Passat, Gol" and. I believe that the game is also doing this line because I only got this configuration from the 80's I believe that it is due to the advent of compact engines.