Tue Dec 22, 2015 2:26 pm
Tooling/Engineering costs between trims
Hi!
I don't know if I missed something here I've been trying to follow the dev updates but now that we have tooling and engineering costs represented in the game, I'm curious as to how that affects vehicles with multiple models or trims (similarly with engines of different variants).
Engineering time does not appear to gain any benefit from being a sub-trim of a certain model (likewise with engines), and on the tooling cost output on the final page it specifically mentions the tooling cost for the trim. In reality multiple trim levels of a car are often built in the same factory as there is significant part and process sharing to make the whole operation cheaper than just spinning up a new factory. Will this be represented in the game in the future?
I don't know if I missed something here I've been trying to follow the dev updates but now that we have tooling and engineering costs represented in the game, I'm curious as to how that affects vehicles with multiple models or trims (similarly with engines of different variants).
Engineering time does not appear to gain any benefit from being a sub-trim of a certain model (likewise with engines), and on the tooling cost output on the final page it specifically mentions the tooling cost for the trim. In reality multiple trim levels of a car are often built in the same factory as there is significant part and process sharing to make the whole operation cheaper than just spinning up a new factory. Will this be represented in the game in the future?
