Will this teach me basics?

[Falcon]

I know how to do some stuff with my own car but was wondering if this actually teaches you common problems with cars and how to fix them? Or is it more made for people that already know what they are doing?
I would like to learn some stuff so i could do it on my own irl

[missingdigitgames]

I guess it depends on what you mean by "teach"? We provide some guidance (service manual entries) and also ease new players into the maintenance tasks by starting with simple things and slowly moving them to more complex tasks. The game is intended to be sandboxy and not tutorial heavy. You will need to figure a lot out for yourself.

[Fluxuated]

I think it's great for teaching basics. When I started, I had no idea how to build an Engine. I read a tutorial and learned. Now I can do it without looking anything up. I know I'n no mechanic, but I've learned a lot with this game.

[mnemonic]

Originally posted by missingdigitgames:

The game is intended to be sandboxy and not tutorial heavy. You will need to figure a lot out for yourself.

It would be very nice in the future to have a mode dedicated to just heavy learning that goes over a lot of detailed stuff. Maybe like a progression based system, where it teaches you stuff basic, then has you do them. Then you move onto more advanced and keep progressing to make it more rewarding (with the ability to just skip ahead, or review certain lessons)

[Flat-Bread-FISH]

I owned a NA miata (sold it recently) I've done a timing belt, water pump, clutch, starter on the actual car(1rst time doing those jobs, 2nd time ever doing a clutch,1rst time on fwd car).

After playing this game redoing the same jobs over and over again, I feel very confident I could do the same jobs listed above much quicker than actual did them prior(average time was 1-2days, 4 days when discovering I should replace certain parts related or near the area the job is centered around).

I've been doing the bottom engine rebuild many times so far that I feel like I can easily remove a cylinder head from the majority of 4 cylinders in the junkyard.

[liksamna]

This summer I helped my retired neighbor change his timing belt on his Mazda MX-5. (He's an mechanic...but has health issues) He was guiding me, I was doing the work. Well..when I started playing this game for real a couple of weeks ago I was so surprised of the detail level. All the steps I did IRL are in the game.Almost Completely identical!

Will this game teach you the basics? It will! Are there parts missing from IRL? I think there are a couple of sensors and different electrical stuff thats not modelled...but really, those are just a pain

Will you be a to the same steps IRL? Yeah...probably, get a good service manual though...you'll have a better understanding how engine's and the other parts are built, and how it's supposed to be.

This game to learn the basics + Service manual for your specific vehicle - yeah

[Limmin]

Best of all, you don't get your fingers dirty / hands scuffed up.

I find working on my real life car (not a Miata) is a lot easier if I know where stuff is and what to look for, and this game helps provide some of that "intuition." To a much greater extent than CMS.

[ZombiePotatoSalad]

It can allow you to visualize what something looks like, and where it may go in relation to other parts. It can also let you get some practice in before doing the actual task. It's also pretty close to real life. For example, I replaced the brake pads and calipers on my car in real life. Just recently, I played the game, and did it all from memory. It was very similar, as well (minus a couple of hardware pieces).

[Simrealism]

if you are the sort that suppliments your game pplay with a lot of reading and studying, yes
no game can alone -- not yet
do a bunch of mechanic sims to get a broader range of things to fiddle witrh
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[YouTube/AndrezyOne]

If you learn from somewhere then apply here yes! It will help you a lot!