[this is a repost of an old suggestion. please share this idea if you think its good! lets get it in the game! :D]
so i love making craft in this game. i make alot of cars, trucks, and land vehicles. i had a few ideas on how a multiple geared engine could work (settings wise).
there wouldn't be a separate prop in game for it, just a setting in the car engines settings. you could switch between say "single" and "multiple". kinda like this.
gear type: single
or
gear type: multiple
i'm not sure how difficult it would be to implicate this into the game. a few other ideas regarding the engine. "single" gear type would be the exact same as the current car engine prop. "multiple" gear type would have a few different settings. the amount of gears. maybe a variety from 3-8? just for an example. maybe more rounded numbers like 2-10 would be put ingame.
the length(?) of gears could be variable too. like a slider from one number up to another. a separate slider for each gear maybe. likely the "multiple" gear type would be automatic. oh yeah! another variable could be shifting time. how long it takes to switch gear.
once again, i'm not sure how difficult this would be, and what i have thought up here is not exactly a full idea of what it would be like ingame. this was just an idea that i and i'm sure others would like to see. either way, i absolutely love this game and can't wait to see where it goes!
@Chancey21 yes, i have. unfortunately im on a laptop so it didnt run well. the gears would be automatic, to make it simple. you set how the gears change and the ratios ect. the game would decide when to change gears based on the settings.
It would require an entire control overhaul to have realistic gearbox simulation, have you heard of the game BeamNG.Drive? @jacoboopy
@Chancey21 the point is that it would be optional. by default it would work like the regular car engine in the game. and for those people (i know there are a few) that want to make realistic cars, the option is there for gears.
Cause car engines don’t matter, they are there to drive wheels and that is it. The aviation game doesn’t need complicated gear shift options, because right now cars are compatible with the airplane control system of the game and adding gears would mess up that intentional simplicity and fluidity of their implementation into the game @jacoboopy
@Chancey21 care to explain? :c
Nah