I know there is a bunch of diesel cars in the game now, and I was thinking it would be great to have another form of simulated engine failure (like the ones that already happen when the car overheats for too long) called a runaway, where if a diesel engine were to have damaged piston rings and was at a high enough temperature, that it could begin uncontrollably revving at full speed. Eventually the engine would die unless you stalled it or something( but the engine start stop button wouldn't shut it off ). It could have it's own warning message in the top left corner where it could say "Engine Runaway" and a few moments later be accompanied by "engine starved of oil" and such. There are a bunch of videos on youtube of this phenomena occurring that could be used for exemplification.
Honestly not that bad of an idea, I don't know how hard or easy that would be to add but if it were added then that could be quite fun to mess around with
They did say that optional rev limiters(I think) were coming. Maybe, with that, this would be easier?
If you own a diesel, make sure you know where the engine intake is so you can choke it. Another pro tip is to buy a manual diesel car so you can put it in it's highest gear and stall it.
The intake is a safer, yet harder to do. With the 6th gear dump, you risk damaging the clutch. (And anything else if it is made out of wood for some reason. If it was made of wood, it would have burned already anyways.) Quite possibly. I don't see why not. Then they just need to change the engine code to see if it accepts diesel or has the runaway-able tag, then allow for a runaway from there.
This is a great idea. The thought of a fully loaded T75 uncontrollably accelerating until it is stopped either by sheer force or clever tinkering, is absolutely terrifying.
That would kill the engine. Or at least badly clog it up. If you were thinking of cooking marshmallows on the engine, good luck. --- Post updated --- By the time it reaches that level of RPM, it is likely that it won't have enough torque to keep going.
If you put it in neutral or park, I don't think it will actually move, just rev the engine to bits. But if you're not that smart...
It will move in neutral if you shifted down all the way to N, but the engine is detached from the drive shaft in N so it won't accelerate any more. --- Post updated --- With the post I made in the community screenshots, I certainly don't want to see that barreling down the road while it's engine is under going a runaway.
If we're being technical, it will accelerate, but the acceleration will be negative as it is slowing down
With the post I made in the community screenshots.. It won't be accelerate forward. It will accelerate backwards! Yes, it is still technically accelerating. --- Post updated --- I have seen it got noticed by Goosah so may actually be coming. (Yes I know, Goosah. I may have too much free time spent here. :/) Spoiler: Proof
Yeah i agree with this feature. Of course this wouldn't happen on fuel injected cars. As for safety procedures, dump the clutch onto a high gear, apply brakes, and try to stall the car. It doesn't matter if you burn the clutch a little considering there are lethal crashes caused because of a runaway engine.
If the fuel injectors got stuck open, it could kinda runaway, but you can just turn off the cars then get it serviced somewhere. Chances of that happening to a car in real life is... extremely rare? But yes, you can try to dump the clutch on a high gear. Can stall engines fast.
You might find some of what your looking for on either Roane County or even more-so on So-Cal Interstate maps, both of which I made. Many highways to choose from, there's almost 16 miles of highway between the two maps with So-Cal having the lion's share of it. No truck ramps, though, not yet. There's some pretty darn steep hills in So-Cal though, but they CAN be done, though some of the side-roads are just a bit too steep for a truck, they are purposely by design that way.
Yeah but that would mean ALL or nearly all the fuel injectors have to get stuck open at the same time the throttle body gets stuck open. Odds of that happening are 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% to one per car.
