Exhaust Smoke and Setup Variations for AI

Firstly the exhaust smoke. In an effort to increase realism and spectacle of the game, it would be nice to see some exhaust coming from these cars when under load, and when they backfire etc. Especially with the higher performance turbos and race cars they're not gonna be completely clean and so it would be great to see this modelled in game. Im sure some parameters could be modelled for example density and colour based on whether its fuel (darker black) or oil (lighter blue/grey) if the engine is becoming worn. It would be great indicator of engine wear if that is something we will have to deal with as the game develops. A small thing that would ad to overall feel of the game.

A similar idea could also be applied to over heating brakes and clutch.

Secondly, it would be great to the AI employing setups that are not all the same so that the cars are forced to behave differently. Nothing over the top and keep them within a practical range for the track at hand. Even the option to assign our own setups to the AI so that we can see which ones work and what doesnt.

Keep up the great work guys, looking forward to seeing where this game is at in the future it has immense potential.

 

I agree with the idea. But I think the different colors for fuel and oil is overkill. It'd be hard to implement and wouldn't be very noticeable.

 

I remember watching touring cars from the 80s and 90s, both turbo and naturally aspirated engines and they would all on occasion belch out black smoke, particularly when on the brakes / backing off the gas. What I believe causes this is how "fuely" they run the engine mixture (more fuel / air etc). Would be good to have, though smoke is often difficult to make look convincing and is often a big performance hit.

 

+1 exhaust smoke

 

I hadnt considered the likely performance hit when writting, however many of us would have a lot of fps leighway to use up if this was made an optional extra/effect. And its no critical loss to those who cant spare the resources.

Even minor details like this ensure all bases are covered and it would look so good particularly in and driving behind a large pack, so hopefully the idea can be properly considered.

 

yup i'll plus 1 the exhaust smoke too

 

Had to chime in here. After watching some older cars (and newer hillclimbs etc) i agree that exhaust smoke would be awesome. Especially maybe add it when on throttle hard. Make a couple of very transparent blue/grey exhaust clouds come out and rather quickly fade away. Optional setting would be nice as well in case it eats performance.

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Sure, its easy in PS to get a decent result fast. But im sure Si3v could whip up a nice faint exhaust effect. Nothing over the top, just that its there. I think it would make amazing vids and screens also hehe. And thats always good for promoting + it would look awesome.

 

As I wrote some time ago, different cars used to be more susceptible to pushing out smoke than others. The Lambo GT1 was a car which used to belch smoke a lot when on track...

 

Its usually not detectable when going fast, but for when taking off from stand still/slow and when going slow through a corner and then pushing full throttle again it could come out a little exhaust. Personally im not after "super realistic every car has its own color and amount" etc (even though it could maybe be adjustable through an ini file for each car in each car folder?).

Really small thing, but could be very nice. Adding more immersion/realism visually (and a bit more gritty as racing usually is).

 

+1 exhaust smoke

 

you cant beat a bit of exhaust smoke.