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❤ Vehicle Customization and Simulation

Players can strip down their cars to the bare chassis and directly interact with over 1,000 unique parts to rebuild them into high-performance racing machines. The game simulates vehicle components in great detail, modeling parameters like cylinder bore, stroke, compression, valve timing, and airflow rate to affect the car's power and behavior. As parts wear out over time or suffer damage, their performance degrades dynamically, forcing players to carefully maintain their vehicles.

❤ Driving and Physics

The driving physics aim to provide a satisfying sense of mass and weight, allowing players to tune the handling characteristics by adjusting components like wheels, shocks, springs, and sway bars. The suspension simulation is based on real-world principles, enabling players to balance understeer and oversteer to suit the varied terrain of Valo City, which includes jumps and curbs that can damage the car's components.

❤ Engine Simulation

The game features one of the most advanced engine simulations ever seen, with no pre-determined torque curves. Instead, the engine power is calculated on-the-fly using real attributes like cylinder bore, stroke, compression, valve timing, and airflow rate. These parameters can change depending on the installed parts and their mechanical condition, with wear and damage affecting the engine's performance. Players can build their way up from tuning a simple inline-four to powerful, high-revving V8 and V10 engines.

❤ Damage and Wear

The dynamic permanent damage system affects individual parts based on the point of impact, with light bodywork dents increasing aerodynamic drag and larger impacts bending the chassis and damaging the suspension geometry. Driving style and racing conditions also contribute to the wear and tear of parts like tires, brakes, and suspension components over time. Careful management of the engine's RPM is crucial to balance speed and engine longevity during races.

❤ Gameplay Loop and Progression

The career mode can take 2-8 hours to complete, with a high replay value. Players must balance the need to maintain their vehicles, upgrade their performance, and compete in challenging point-to-point races against other drivers to climb the ranks of the local racing clubs and unlock new cars, engine types, and city districts. The unforgiving nature of the game, where even small mistakes can lead to costly repairs, adds to the sense of risk and reward.