Exhaust Systems?

[fetalalcoholsyndrome293]

I apologise if this comes off as annoying, but are there any plans to implement X or H pipes into the game? i think it could be pretty cool and serve a decent purpose in the campaigns.

[thegreensteem]

I doubt so

[Killrob]

So what purposes would they have? What are the tangible advantages and disadvantages of the different designs?

[Jack]

As much as I would love this addition as well, gotta say no real advantages. If anything, it would cause a ripple effect of more work to do for minimal change. The only thing X and H pipe layouts do realistically is change the sound of the engine. X pipes can typically increase HP a small amount, but you can already do that by increase the quality of the exhaust. The ONLY reason I would love to see them is because H piping a OHV8 (or really any engine kinda) should produce a more old school classic muscle car sound that currently can't really be achieved, while X pipe should produce those amazing exotic car sounds even from I4 engines. But again...that would mean producing a lot more sound profiles and I'm sure that would be a ton of work for basically no "payout". Reality sucks.

On a side note, anybody got a ton of money laying around we can throw Killrobs way so we can see all these additions come to life? Lol kidding of course.

[Killrob]

Hmm yes, sound tuning of exhausts very much is a thing IRL, but with how disgustingly complex the engine sounds are already, we don't want to venture in that direction. :) Cheers!

[TankCatapult]

Besides, if you want your engine to sound raunchy, just get rid of a muffler. EMISSIONS BE DAMNED!

[fetalalcoholsyndrome293]

Ooh ok. Sorry for bothering.

[Klayton]

Carbon exhaust can be a thing ? Like less weight and slighty increase power.

[thegreensteem]

Originally posted by Klayton:

Carbon exhaust can be a thing ? Like less weight and slighty increase power.

CFRP doesn't increase power and the epoxy holding it together would melt at the exhaust gas temperature. I do know there are experimental CFRP conrods though, but still, the piston insulates them form the heat.

edit:
There are many types of carbon composites, so I assumed you meant CFRP, wich is the carbon fiber used in body construction, not carbon ceramic, which would probably be a lot better at withstanding heat. Still though, you run into the problem of it being feasible. there's hardly any gain to the material you use except for lightness (the shape and size of the exhaust is what adds power, not the material it's made out of), but unless you're really need to shave off pounds, it has very little bearing on the weight compared to the rest of the car. most weight comes not from the headers, but from the mufflers and such. For the developers, it really makes no sense, the quality slider does that already... IRL though, that would be interesting to see.