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About this mod
Fixes over-exaggerated fuel consumption in higher-hp heavy and medium truck engines.
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This mod re scales the fuel consumption of the Medium 330hp, Heavy 350/440/540hp engines to a more realistic increase per HP while still staying in line with all other vehicles in the game. The original values were wildly over-exaggerated and grew exponentially when in reality the HP increases would only have minor effects on overall fuel consumption, if any. Loaded weights should be the defining factor in fuel consumption in a commercial diesel, not the power ratings.
This is self-admittedly a patchwork solution to this problem. Later there may be better tools at our disposal to rework the fuel consumption system, but for now this will bring things back in line and help you keep truckin'!
WARNING; BACK UP YOUR SAVES. ANY MODS WILL DISABLE LEADERBOARDS.
Installation;
Place Truckfuelfix_P.pak in your "...Steam\steamapps\common\Motor Town\MotorTown\Content\Paks" folder. Launch the game as usual!
An explanation for realism;
Over and over, people repeatedly complain that the Golima's fuel tanks are too small, making the south desert hard to traverse without constant supervision or emergency refueling. The Golima fuel capacity is accurate and realistic, it is the fuel consumption that is the problem.
Large commercial diesel engines do not necessarily burn more fuel over a journey when power is increased like a gasoline engine, in fact more power usually means less time spent on uphill grades and less bogging when liquid loads roll forward and backwards in the trailer. Overall, they do apply more fuel/air in the combustion chambers, but the end result is it's being used more effectively by having sufficient torque to move a heavy load and be less affected by uphill grades. Commercial Diesels only burn more fuel when it is required, and otherwise they retain the same air/fuel volumes at cruising speed.
The weight of the load is more effective in lowering fuel ranges than available HP.
This is self-admittedly a patchwork solution to this problem. Later there may be better tools at our disposal to rework the fuel consumption system, but for now this will bring things back in line and help you keep truckin'!
WARNING; BACK UP YOUR SAVES. ANY MODS WILL DISABLE LEADERBOARDS.
Installation;
Place Truckfuelfix_P.pak in your "...Steam\steamapps\common\Motor Town\MotorTown\Content\Paks" folder. Launch the game as usual!
An explanation for realism;
Over and over, people repeatedly complain that the Golima's fuel tanks are too small, making the south desert hard to traverse without constant supervision or emergency refueling. The Golima fuel capacity is accurate and realistic, it is the fuel consumption that is the problem.
Large commercial diesel engines do not necessarily burn more fuel over a journey when power is increased like a gasoline engine, in fact more power usually means less time spent on uphill grades and less bogging when liquid loads roll forward and backwards in the trailer. Overall, they do apply more fuel/air in the combustion chambers, but the end result is it's being used more effectively by having sufficient torque to move a heavy load and be less affected by uphill grades. Commercial Diesels only burn more fuel when it is required, and otherwise they retain the same air/fuel volumes at cruising speed.
The weight of the load is more effective in lowering fuel ranges than available HP.