A good and fun way to learn about working on cars?

[ᛉᛏneon@stralᚨᛉ]

Hello, I just got this, I previously played around with 2016 version but back then I got distracted with work and forgot about it.
I just rediscovered this game in 18' version and its stunning! I cant wait to play when I have free time.

But i have a question, is this game good to learn structural basics of the car on? What I mean is its "mostly" completely true to life, Hence simulator?

I ask bc my younger brother wants to learn to work on his 🚗 is this game a good gift for someone to help out with basic structural knowlege and what it takes to take up a car project?

Thanks

[ttower]

It can help with the basics. By learning through the game, you can then recognise a lot of parts on your real car when taking it apart, and that can help with your understanding of the cars. I would not recommend relying only on the game, especially since almost every part will not look exactly like the parts on your actual car. You can learn where the parts go, but you wont nessesarily learn how to actually get the parts in and out of the car, since parts in this game jjust phase through things like bodywork and other parts, and there are many more smaller parts not included in the game, such as electrial wiring and tubing for fuel, air, oil, etc.

[Tumpy_Noodles]

Absolutely not. This is nothing like real life. This is a very basic take on the mechanism of a car, but it's a really fun game.

[Volkswagenman3]

Ummm it can help but research on the computer irl can help too. This can be a tool to help you better understand how to work on cars. It's more fun in my opinion than reading a book on cars.

[Sereous313]

I am a complete noob when it comes to working on cars and got this game for learning. It has been amazing how much I have been able to learn, like the other said I will recognize parts and their locations but the procedure of fixing them would not be realistic.
This game mixed with YouTube videos though have helped me do my own brake job on my BMW 335i along with fix belts and troubleshoot issues. I really find this game relaxing and it does a good job slowly introducing you to more parts, my fave part is in the car order you can see the parts you need and click a star and it highlights the location in the game. Most parts I'm familiar with now but when I'd get a new part I had no clue on this showed me where it was hiding.

[ᛉᛏneon@stralᚨᛉ]

Great responses guys, thats pretty much what I meant by basic structure learning. So far after 6-7 basic orders this game helped me a lot!

Originally posted by Sereous313:

I am a complete noob when it comes to working on cars and got this game for learning. It has been amazing how much I have been able to learn, like the other said I will recognize parts and their locations but the procedure of fixing them would not be realistic.
This game mixed with YouTube videos though have helped me do my own brake job on my BMW 335i along with fix belts and troubleshoot issues. I really find this game relaxing and it does a good job slowly introducing you to more parts, my fave part is in the car order you can see the parts you need and click a star and it highlights the location in the game. Most parts I'm familiar with now but when I'd get a new part I had no clue on this showed me where it was hiding.

I'm not from US so I never had my own garage let alone a car up untill I was 23 I was finally was able to afford a B13 Sentra beater, then fast forward I owned a b14 and now 240sx coupe. My dad never worked on his cars and there is no mechanic classes here unless you go to Institute.

with shame I admit Im a mechanics' scrub and cant do a DAMN thing without a friend supervising me(aside from meintance and I changed breakpads, its was a miracle I was so proud of mysef.)

But if its helping me im sure it will teach some basics to my bro, it is very fun and SURPRISINGLY addicting.