Do I need car knowledge?

[KFC Original Recipe]

This game looks really interesting and fun, and I would really like to try it out, but I know NOTHING about cars. The only thing I know about cars is that oil is black, coolant is green, and anti-freeze is typically red. That's about it. But do I need car knowledge to play this game? Or will it help me out?

[De[x]i]

Yes, it helps alot!

[MartyTheGamer]

Well you do need to know what is what and what goes where to be able to build up the car, but if you want to learn and play the game, there are some detailed video tutorials on how to build the car on the internet, like this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4MCM5MLKqM

The game currently has no built in tutorial, although an engine building manual is being worked on. Also it's rather unforgiving, so keep that in mind, and I suggest to have Permadeath turned off. It might take you a few restarts of the savegame to understand how not to die.

[Udenszirnis]

Or just ♥♥♥♥ around and try trial and error

[accent]

There's always the option to just not build the car and instead do all the other things, especially since a lot more things to do will be added in future updates. But I'm guessing you still would like to try the main attraction which is the Satsuma car. There are many guides available all over the internet by now that tell you how to assemble the car and how to operate the other vehicles, so you will probably be able to learn how to do things.

Building the car is really actually kind of like a jigsaw puzzle. When you point at a part, it will tell you the name of the part and from that, if you are smart, you can at least have a good guess as to where it goes. I had absolutely no idea where and in what order to put the parts when I started but now I have learned and can do it in my sleep.

[KFC Original Recipe]

Alright, thanks for all the help guys! I have a general idea of where things should go, just from common sense, but yeah, good to know if I'm ever in a spot of trouble, there are some guides to point me in the right direction. I'll definitely consider purchasing this game.

[Tony]

I would say not, I also have ABSOLUTELY no knowledge about cars, at all. Built the suspension and wheels by myself, wasn't hard to figure out, but I did watch a tutorial on the engine after like, 3 failed attempts.

The most daunting thing I would say is the sheer amount of parts and looking at them all and thinking "Where do I begin...."

I also have a friend on TS who knows a fair bit about cars so, was useful to ask him from time to time :P

[Baneken]

Well being knowledgeable with cars can also be a problem such as with the pistons being put in the reverse order with the shaft first instead of the other way around, took me a while to figure out what was wrong.

[IsaAurinkoinen]

I didnt have any previous knowledge from cars and I build my car without outside sources or helps.

Getting car running without extra noices then I had to ask some help, like how rackers should be tuned.

So if you like puzzle games, have some visual-spatial intelligence and little bit patience then you are ok to go. IMHO

But there are guides for those who are in need.