Just noticed the car description

[Ferrari458Italia]

It doesn't tell you how many cylinders your car has?
kinda weird, no?

I wanted to see if the V16 really is a v16 lol

 

[HSVBOS]

Umm, read the description, most of them tell you what car has what motor.

V16TT got 2 V8 motors from what i remember.

 

[Ferrari458Italia]

some tell you some don't

there was one, could've been the V16 that it didn't tell you.

I just wish it was alongside HP, displacement, torque, etc etc

 

[NTIV10]

Yes, the Cizeta V16 is a V16. It would be sort of stupid to name it that otherwise, don't you think?

The design of the engine is based on two V8s, but they share a single block. It's as much a V16 as the Veyron's W16 is a W16 and not two W8s.

 

[Villain]

some tell you some don't

there was one, could've been the V16 that it didn't tell you.

I just wish it was alongside HP, displacement, torque, etc etc

Have you checked www.google.com?

Pretty sure that will tell you what engine a given car has.

FTR: The Cizeta has essentially two flat V8s (but it's a single engine block like NTIV10 said) lined-up transversely; it's also illegal in the US

http://tinyurl.com/ycqcbx4

 

[MadBullBunny]

Bugatti has two camshafts which is exactly the same as butting two v8s together. Its why people joke and say the veyron has two v8s.

 

[NTIV10]

Bugatti has two camshafts which is exactly the same as butting two v8s together. Its why people joke and say the veyron has two v8s.

Whoa whoa whoa. Hold up.

No, the W16 has four camshafts, and one crankshaft.

Check your facts.

 

[niky]

The Veyron has four camshafts... and it's not a joke, it has four banks of cylinders, so it really is, essentially, two V8s fused at the crank.

 

[MadBullBunny]

Indeed it is. Last time I read from other forums for information. Never really researched the engine to much. Should have typed W16 to research its motor instead of just Bugatti Veyron. Theres so many different facts about it. Though I see where the true facts about it are now. Thanks for clearing that up I was under a completely different assumption

 

[hyyperactive]

What's kind of stupid is that some cars have the --- instead of showing the hp, weight or the other stats in the car screen. Yet you can see the weight and hp in the garage and sometimes it reads in the description...

 

[RedBaron]

 

[jujub]

It really sound as in the game

 

[shirakawaa]

In GT1 (and, I think, GT2) we had several more useful information in car specifications/details:

- Engine type, displacement and number of cylinders
- Front/rear track width
- Front/rear tire and wheel size
- Front/rear suspension type

In general, it looks like that in every GT iteraction, something gets dumbed down/simplified. I wonder why.

 

[Dennisch]

Double that, and you have a W16

 

[Samus]

In GT1 (and, I think, GT2) we had several more useful information in car specifications/details:

- Engine type, displacement and number of cylinders
- Front/rear track width
- Front/rear tire and wheel size
- Front/rear suspension type

In general, it looks like that in every GT iteraction, something gets dumbed down/simplified. I wonder why.

Numbers. The more cars they add the longer it's going to take to give lots of details on each.

 

[shirakawaa]

Numbers. The more cars they add the longer it's going to take to give lots of details on each.

That's the same data they have to use to render each car's handling characteristics within the game physics/driving engine. There's no reason why such data shouldn't be publicly shown other than design reasons.

 

[TouringBubble]

Double that, and you have a W16

Actually ...

I only see one crank pulley in this pic (kind of dark). You can see the alternator on the lower right, then a silver pulley to the left of that (water pump maybe) then the black accessory crank pulley just to the left of that one.

I don't know anything about the V16 the OP mentioned, but the W16 is not based on the technology of 2 VR8s (a VR engine being, basically, an offset inline engine ... one head opposed to 2 like a V engine). 2 heads and one crank, just like a standard V engine, but with offset cylinder banks.

 

[Samus]

That's the same data they have to use to render each car's handling characteristics within the game physics/driving engine. There's no reason why such data shouldn't be publicly shown other than design reasons.

But the obvious question is, do they? Have they really modelled the physics of all 1031 cars from the true data of each and every one, or did they take some shortcuts on some? I'd assume so.

 

[Dennisch]

Actually ...

I only see one crank pulley in this pic (kind of dark). You can see the alternator on the lower right, then a silver pulley to the left of that (water pump maybe) then the black accessory crank pulley just to the left of that one.

I don't know anything about the V16 the OP mentioned, but the W16 is not based on the technology of 2 VR8s (a VR engine being, basically, an offset inline engine ... one head opposed to 2 like a V engine). 2 heads and one crank, just like a standard V engine, but with offset cylinder banks.

My picture shows the bottom part of the same block you are showing?
My guess is that if you could walk around the picture you should see the same on the other side of the block 💡

 

[TouringBubble]

But the obvious question is, do they? Have they really modelled the physics of all 1031 cars from the true data of each and every one, or did they take some shortcuts on some? I'd assume so.

I really don't think they just decided to leave out the engine notes on some just to do it. They have a detailed description for every car (some may be duplicated) and it would have been easier to just dump data in to a database for specs than do that.

I think it's just that the engine type/design doesn't really come in to play in the game currently. There are no "I4" or "V8" specific races. So, if it didn't flow easily in to the narrative description, it didn't make it to the game. Just a creative decision on their part it seems.

 

[TouringBubble]

My picture shows the bottom part of the same block you are showing?
My guess is that if you could walk around the picture you should see the same on the other side of the block 💡

Yes, it's the correct block. I took your post as "this is part 1 of 2." You are correct though ... the other side of the block is simply not shown and it is one piece.

 

[Dennisch]

Yes, it's the correct block. I took your post as "this is part 1 of 2." You are correct though ... the other side of the block is simply not shown and it is one piece.

👍

 

[dhandeh]

Actually ...

Glad I don't have to lap the valves in on that!

 

[TouringBubble]

Truth. I wouldn't even want to swap the plugs ... probably have to pull the engine to do it. lol.

 

[acascianelli]

The Cizeta's V16 is a single block. The engine block has 1 output shaft.

 

[wnx_echo0010]

The Cizeta's V16 is a single block. The engine block has 1 output shaft.

whoa. This thing needs a hose directly to the oil reserves to keep it powered. You could visibly watch the fuel gauge go down when you accelerate. This probably has more output than most small airplanes.

 

[dj-smurph]

The Veyron has four camshafts... and it's not a joke, it has four banks of cylinders, so it really is, essentially, two V8s fused at the crank.[/]

There is only 2 blocks and each block has 8 cylinders arranged in a narrow vee. The same principle as a vr6 or r32 golf and horex motorbike

 

[niky]

Well, you consider a "bank" as a group of cylinders in-line... which is why even if the cylinders are in the same block casting, the VR6 is still considered a V6. Two banks. It's just that then angle between the banks is narrow enough that you can put both in the same block.

 

[elohim]

You could say the Bugatti has two V8s puts together because the W16 is put together similar to the W12 in the VW Phaeton (which was essentially two VW VR6 engines connected at a specific angle).

 

[ac3h01e]

Truth. I wouldn't even want to swap the plugs ... probably have to pull the engine to do it. lol.

I wouldn't even want to do an oil change on one haha.