This mod is broken as of 0.27 onwards. A patch is on the way but no planned release date. Please stop posting negative reviews.
This mod adds an additional modification to certain vehicles: an Idle Stop-Start System.
This system will shut your engine off temporarily when you are idling under certain conditions, and restart it once you take off (releasing brake, applying throttle or clutch), just like how most modern cars shut off at traffic lights, annoyingly.
Equipping it is super simple: [ESC] -> Vehicle Config (or [Ctrl]+[W]) and pick "Idle Stop-Start System" under the "Additional Modifications" menu
Then, drive off! The system will kick in whenever you idle under specific conditions. The following logic determines how it functions:
The "required idle time" is 1.5 seconds by default, but is fully configurable in the vehicle config's Tuning tab: [ESC] -> Vehicle Config (or [Ctrl]+[W]) -> Tuning
- The system will consider your vehicle "idling" if there is no throttle input, the brake is pressed in, and the parking brake/handbrake is not applied for the required idle time
- For Automatic-based transmissions (Auto, DCT, CVT), it requires you to be in drive/D
- For Manual-based transmissions (Manual, Sequential), it requires you to be in neutral/N
- Releasing the brake, applying throttle or applying the clutch (manuals only) will restart the engine
- If for any reason throttle or clutch input is detected, the brakes are released, the parking brake/handbrake is applied or the vehicle is shifted out of the required gear during the idle countdown, it will cancel the idle countdown and not shut the engine off
It supports the following modern vehicles:
It does not support electric vehicles (Such as the Vivace E or the eSBR) as they perform differently; electric engines are technically in a permanent "off" state until you apply throttle, and do not have a method to turn the engine on or off
- Bruckell: Bastion
- Cherrier: FCV
- Civetta: Scintilla
- ETK: K-Series, 800, 1300, S-Series, 800 Ute
- Gavril: Vertex
- Hirochi: Sunburst, SBR, CCF2
Land Rover: Defender (as of 1.1)- Raven: R20
- Toyota: 4Runner (as of 1.1)
An additional note: I can't guarantee this works with the Arcade gearbox behavior. Arcade forces the brakes on whenever you're stopped, however it also forces the vehicle into neutral when stopped usually, which Idle Stop-Start doesn't function with. Realistic gearbox is recommended.
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Idle Stop-Start System 1.1.1
Equip your vehicles with automatic engine shut-off when idling under cetain conditions
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Author's Response
Exactly the point of this you made my morning with this review, glad you enjoy it!
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Author's Response
All of the features you've mentioned (faster idle time, quicker restarts and brake starting) are already implemented and coming out very soon. Additionally, you'll be able to configure the required time idling between 0s (instant) and 5s, with a 1.5s default.
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Thanks for the suggestion, I'll add this to the next version :)
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I've come to a middle ground of a 1 second delay for the next version. I do agree 5 seconds is a bit too much, and even 3 seconds is a bit long.
The delay is based off the one car I drove with this tech, as it had a small delay before turning off in case you pulled up at lights and they went green as you did, saving you an engine cycle. 1s is a nice middle ground as it shuts off nice and fast but gives you that small bit of wriggle room if you do stop but need to go again.
I may look into seeing if there's a way for me to have this configurable per-car, ie. in the tuning settings, as having it as an option is probably the best thing.
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Author's Response
I'll try and find out if I can patch it to work with them, however I'm not going to guarantee that I can as I'm still learning Lua :)
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