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For engine nerds, you should check out Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game [1]. It is basically a car builder simulator where you go through every aspect of developing a car - chassis design, suspension, engine..

I spent hours tuning and building exotic engines. 6 liter turbo inline 3? 1 liter NA V12? Only your imagination is the limit.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQpfvliszx4

Bonus: You can export your vehicles directly in BeamNG.drive and test them on the track.

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I work on engines for a living as a master diesel tech, and this post just gave me a second job. you've ruined my entire weekend with this absolutely enthralling and amazing game.

I hope you step on a Lego.

At least he didn't recommend Factorio. 5000 hours and climbing...

I’m almost 1 month clean of Cracktorio, and I genuinely crave the problem solving aspect of it every single day.

This was weird... I work in IT for a big car company, and regularly have to help with software for automating tests like this. Seeing a simplified, gamified version of it is fascinating.

Are engine simulations true to life? Will I be able to learn something about engines by playing with this?

I haven’t played it but probably no and definitely yes

you'll absolutely learn about engines in the game, although a solid knowledge of basics is a better start. internal combustion, displacement, and timing is maybe a good 20 minute refresher before the engines part.

you'll also figure out why things like a v12 Honda civic don't pan out ;) (looking at you dodge hellcat.)

With the rise of EVs, the knowledge will become obsolete very quickly, though.

As long as those engines are still working (and laws aren't put in place to ban them), then there will be a demand for that knowledge.

"very quickly" is wishful thinking, nothing else. which is fine, by the way, just not real.

I think all EV companies should be all over this simulator as some of the ‘fake noises’ they generate over the audio system doesn’t sound nearly as good as this.

I’ll settle for a 6.8 liter v10 Civic Si. I’m not picky

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